Rough Rider & Related Slipjoints

Reading this thread caused me to buy my first Rough Rider. My first was a yellow Muskrat (RR598) and I really like everything about it. Next was a Folding Hunter (RR854) which is a good knife but a bit thinner than other folding hunters I have. Then I was lucky enough to win a Rough Rider on a GAW (RR578) and it is a super knife. The size, F&F and blade centering are all great.

 
Glad you like that gunstock bone copperhead, edbeau! :thumbup::thumbup: (And I'm glad your opinion of it agrees with mine; sometimes I wonder if my knife evaluations are way off base compared to more knowledgeable knife folks, so it's good to occasionally get confirmation of my opinions. ;):cool:)

- GT
 
5K Qs, After I got it I took it to work and had many offers to give it a nice home. Thank You again for the knife.
 
edbeau said:
5K Qs, After I got it I took it to work and had many offers to give it a nice home. Thank You again for the knife.
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You're welcome, Ed. I thought it was a great knife, but just not a style I carried often, so I'm glad it found a "nice home". :thumbup:

- GT
 
mrknife said:
you get what you pay for tho, just snapped a rough rider coke bottle
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I'd like to know what you were doing when it snapped, too.

I used a Rough Rider large sunfish to carve some oak the other day, using the pen blade. NO damage to the knife, still no blade wobble, still has great walk n talk, and still shaving sharp; did not even have to sharpen it or touch up the edge.
I have a round 15 Rough Riders, in my experience, you get more than you pay for with them.
 
afishhunter said:
I'd like to know what you were doing when it snapped, too.

I used a Rough Rider large sunfish to carve some oak the other day, using the pen blade. NO damage to the knife, still no blade wobble, still has great walk n talk, and still shaving sharp; did not even have to sharpen it or touch up the edge.
I have a round 15 Rough Riders, in my experience, you get more than you pay for with them.
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me too...curious as to what made it break?....
jd
 
afishhunter said:
I'd like to know what you were doing when it snapped, too.

I used a Rough Rider large sunfish to carve some oak the other day, using the pen blade. NO damage to the knife, still no blade wobble, still has great walk n talk, and still shaving sharp; did not even have to sharpen it or touch up the edge.
I have a round 15 Rough Riders, in my experience, you get more than you pay for with them.
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i really wanted the knife blade, and was curious about the quality of it. knife opened in hands and bent to see what would happen. foolish yes, but at 12 bucks i was curious
 
R.c.s said:
MRknife . please give use more of the story and some pic's :thumbup:
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oo i broke the knife blade out, snapped the handle and broke it apart with a flat head screwdrivers help, also how does one post pictures?
 
Intentionally breaking the blade does not show anything about how the knife will hold up under normal use.
 
mrknife said:
i really wanted the knife blade, and was curious about the quality of it. knife opened in hands and bent to see what would happen. foolish yes, but at 12 bucks i was curious
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Wait, lateral force on the side of the blade?

What was suppose to happen? Bend or break are the only outcomes when applying enough force.
 
You have to use photo bucket or one if the others. I can't get the links to copy n paste for my pictures using my "smart" phone. Maybe my phone is smarter than I am?
 
mrknife said:
ooo pieces are in the garbage now, no pictures
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Well this is all pretty pointless then... buy a knife, apply pressure in a manor that will certainly break it, post you broke it here, and throw it away before you got any pictures showing how it broke.
 
MrKnife, I'm going to call BULL! As you discribe what you did to snap the blade, at least as I read it, you applied pressure with your hand to "bend the blade to see what would happen".
One of my Rough Riders, just happens to be a Large Coke Bottle (with smooth white bone covers). The blade has roughly the same width from spine to edge, and spine thickness as a Buck 110. Unless you are The Hulk, there is no way you could apply enough latteral pressure with the knife in your hands to snap the blade. If you put the blade in a vise, yes, you might be able to bend it enough to break, but you would probably need a cheater bar over the handle, but using just your hands? No way.
 
afishhunter said:
MrKnife, I'm going to call BULL! As you discribe what you did to snap the blade, at least as I read it, you applied pressure with your hand to "bend the blade to see what would happen".
One of my Rough Riders, just happens to be a Large Coke Bottle (with smooth white bone covers). The blade has roughly the same width from spine to edge, and spine thickness as a Buck 110. Unless you are The Hulk, there is no way you could apply enough latteral pressure with the knife in your hands to snap the blade. If you put the blade in a vise, yes, you might be able to bend it enough to break, but you would probably need a cheater bar over the handle, but using just your hands? No way.
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i didnt break the blade, i wanted that part. it bent at the joint, if it makes a difference to ya, ill dig out it out and take pictures of the handles. one side is intact actually. to be correct, i broke the knife
 
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