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Rodgers Sheffield Regimental knives
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Neat!
I have never picked one up, but they seem decent enough. Of course Victorinox/Wenger has had that genre of knife all but locked up, and others that have come along to offer similar knives, have had a hard time getting much market share. That said, in the long run, the variants that have come and gone, could become quite collectable, (being that there are many less of them around)
I have never picked one up, but they seem decent enough. Of course Victorinox/Wenger has had that genre of knife all but locked up, and others that have come along to offer similar knives, have had a hard time getting much market share. That said, in the long run, the variants that have come and gone, could become quite collectable, (being that there are many less of them around)
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Here's a pocket knife that is "swiss army like" that used to be issued to the German military...
And here is a "swiss army like" knife, (alongside an actual Victorinox knife), that was offered by the German cutlery company, Wusthof...
And here is a "swiss army like" knife, (alongside an actual Victorinox knife), that was offered by the German cutlery company, Wusthof...
Profile looks identical to Imperial frontier 4515, at least some of which were made by Camillus. 4"closed
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Very cool variant!
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So is the Joseph Rodgers... You simply don't run into the variants anywhere near as much as the Victorinox and Wengers... So, that alone makes them pretty cool in my eyes
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There were and still are some China made variants... Umm, they ain't too cool! 
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chevyrulez1
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Nice, I like the hollow ground blade, I bet it is pretty slicey!
Mikov makes a whole range of “variants”:You simply don't run into the variants anywhere near as much as the Victorinox and Wengers... So, that alone makes them pretty cool in my eyes
(There are more than just these.)
Quality is actually pretty good from what I hear. I have the all steel 2-blade model and it is decent.
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That 100-NH-8A (tho I'd prefer a multi-use corkscrew over the single use phillips screwdriver) and 115-NH-6A look interesting.
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Made in the dying days of Joseph Rodgers, after they were acquired by Richards of Sheffield, and then by Imperial, in the late 70's. They were manufactured, using highly mechanised production methods, at the Richards factory, on Moore Street, in Sheffield.
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That lockback does look a lot like an imperial, and that makes perfect sense.
They made that lockback under many series.
Mine had pinned wood scales, no bolsters, I think it was called the backpack but there was also a Craftsman version with bolsters and of course the frontier version in green synthetic.
Come to think of it the rest of these remind me of the Colonial swissmaster knives.
They made that lockback under many series.
Mine had pinned wood scales, no bolsters, I think it was called the backpack but there was also a Craftsman version with bolsters and of course the frontier version in green synthetic.
Come to think of it the rest of these remind me of the Colonial swissmaster knives.
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I have bought some on the bay when they were unexpensive. Knives are as new but boxes suffered. Quality is on par with Swiss made, just heavier. I love the Rodger's main blade.
The R91 is a bitza, came in a blister, plain (but good) Richards blade instead of Rodgers.
Basic R20.
Swiss made Mauser
The R91 is a bitza, came in a blister, plain (but good) Richards blade instead of Rodgers.
Basic R20.
Swiss made Mauser
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Great post Alain, I recalled that you had at least one of the Regimentals, as does
meako
I believe. Great to see the packaging too. I'd always assumed the quality would be lower than the SAKs. The 5 blade is from Richards standard line, it must be a later model, as they were usually just sold off cards, to which they were held with elastic bands 
