Rough Rider & Related Slipjoints

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Old Forge.

I really wanted to like this. It looks cool and has nice file work. But I guess Rough Rider has spoiled me. I bought a ten dollar knife and in this case that's what I got. Oh well.. It looks OK sitting on my shelf. :thumbdn:
 
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I was suckered into getting one of those also. IMHO, a piece of junk; total waste of $10.
I was hopeful, as I tend to like primitive style knives (along with all others :-)
Rich
 
5K Qs said:
Here are some pics of Rough Riders that arrived this week.

A sawcut brown bone canoe:
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A half-whittler in amber jigged bone:
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A red jigged bone baby copperhead:
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A trio of stag canoes (I already have one - can't explain why I bought 3 more :confused:):
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- GT
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In a previous post, I displayed some of the Rough Riders that were part of my June spending frenzy. Here are some other RRs and related slip joints included in that order.
1) A RR Christmas canoe with some fancy (but kind of freaky) filework.
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2) A red jigged bone RR camper/scout to replace an amber jigged bone version that I gifted to someone.
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3) A Robert Klaas mini canoe.
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4) A Chinese Buck 389 canoe.
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5) A Zorro Barlow from Novelty Knife Co.
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6) A brass-handled dog knife, also from Novelty Knife Co.
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- GT
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There was one more Rough Rider in my June knives-buying splurge, but I had to send it back to the dealer for replacement because the pile side cover had not absorbed hardly any green dye, while the mark side was a brilliant "Kelly Green" (I don't really know what Kelly Green is, but just humor me). The replacement arrived recently, and here are some photos of the RR Stroke of Luck canoe.
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Note how color of mark and pile sides match nicely now.

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Here's the "legend" from the box:
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- GT
 
5K Qs said:
There was one more Rough Rider in my June knives-buying splurge, but I had to send it back to the dealer for replacement because the pile side cover had not absorbed hardly any green dye, while the mark side was a brilliant "Kelly Green" (I don't really know what Kelly Green is, but just humor me). The replacement arrived recently, and here are some photos of the RR Stroke of Luck canoe.
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Note how color of mark and pile sides match nicely now.

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Here's the "legend" from the box:
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- GT
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Now you did it, GT. You need to get the RR1057 Stroke Of Luck large stockman to go with that Stroke Of Luck canoe ... and I need to get one of those Stroke Of Luck canoes to go with my RR 1057 stockmans.

BTW, " Kelly Green" works just fine ... and is much easier to spell than Leaperchaun ... or however its spelled ...
 
afishhunter said:
Now you did it, GT. You need to get the RR1057 Stroke Of Luck large stockman to go with that Stroke Of Luck canoe ... and I need to get one of those Stroke Of Luck canoes to go with my RR 1057 stockmans.

BTW, " Kelly Green" works just fine ... and is much easier to spell than Leaperchaun ... or however its spelled ...
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First, Steve, your spelling for the little green guys is about as good as I can get. :p
If the Stroke of Luck stockman was a sowbelly, I think I'd be all over it, Steve, but I doubt if I'll go for a 4.25" stockman with squarish bolsters. Surprisingly, I DO like the green bone, and can even live with the fancy bolster treatments in this series, so I may take a look at what other patterns are available.

- GT
 
Canoe, large stockman, trapper. I think those are all that are left, and some are getting scarce (like the canoe)
Square bolsters or no, it does carry well. (and is large enough a nylon Buck 110 sheath can be used, if you don't want to have it in your pocket. I suppose a 112 sheath would work, too, but I don't have one of those.)
 
Okay, this is my current every day favourite, the Rough Rider small Coal Miner Stockman. Lovely size, smooth walk and talk, great fit and finish, no blade rub or play whatsoever and smart looking in black bone with brass liners and square nickel bolsters. Good bevels on each of the three blades makes the knife easy to sharpen to a razor edge with no more than a couple of swipes on a sharp-maker, a strop on a piece of prepared softwood, and a few swipes on a leather belt. I have a lovely Case stag/bone Peanut of a similar size, which I would gladly judge 10/10 in all departments. Based on the same criteria I would happily give this Rough Rider an easy 8.5. Just begs to be picked up and played with, but without the worry of damaging or losing it (not that I'd want to) because the cost is minimal. Just a lovely knife. :glee: :thumbup:

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Deltaboy, I like your RR stockman! Have you noticed any difficulty in extracting any of the blades? The reason why I ask is that I have a couple of RR stockmans and have had this problem. The nail nick on one or more blades is often recessed into the handle so that I can't get a good purchase on the blade with my nail. Frustrating! These are the two RRs I'm having problems with. The orange one's spey blade is so hard to get out that I have to open the other two first to get it out.



 
FelineGirl said:
Deltaboy, I like your RR stockman! Have you noticed any difficulty in extracting any of the blades? The reason why I ask is that I have a couple of RR stockmans and have had this problem. The nail nick on one or more blades is often recessed into the handle so that I can't get a good purchase on the blade with my nail. Frustrating! These are the two RRs I'm having problems with. The orange one's spey blade is so hard to get out that I have to open the other two first to get it out.



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Nope, I have the same knife as the Coal Miner in amber bone as well and don't have that problem with either of them. Yours are slightly differently designed to mine but other than that are pretty similar, I'm surprised they have these issues (I assume you're talking to me and not deltaboy Felinegirl on the subject of stockman) :confused:
 
I wasn't asking anyone in particular, but I hadn't seen your post above when I was writing mine. I like your coal miner! Nice! That's good to know that all RR stockman aren't this way. Maybe I got a lemon. My orange RR is the biggest offender, but perhaps that has something to do with its rather serpentine shape. I still like the knife, but it's not quite as user-friendly and takes just a bit more time to use the spey blade.
 
FelineGirl said:
I wasn't asking anyone in particular, but I hadn't seen your post above when I was writing mine. I like your coal miner! Nice! That's good to know that all RR stockman aren't this way. Maybe I got a lemon. My orange RR is the biggest offender, but perhaps that has something to do with its rather serpentine shape. I still like the knife, but it's not quite as user-friendly and takes just a bit more time to use the spey blade.
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Good thing is these knives are so cheep that a few little issues hardly matter do they. Thing is I would still definitely recommend them. :thumbup:
 
Ohhhh, I like that amber stockman a lot! So now I'm torn between getting the amber or the yellow. Leaning towards the amber! Yeah, you're right that they're so cheap I'm not going to quibble about small issues. And besides, I ordered that orange stockman last year, so it's way past the point of returning it.
 
FelineGirl said:
I wasn't asking anyone in particular, but I hadn't seen your post above when I was writing mine. I like your coal miner! Nice! That's good to know that all RR stockman aren't this way. Maybe I got a lemon. My orange RR is the biggest offender, but perhaps that has something to do with its rather serpentine shape. I still like the knife, but it's not quite as user-friendly and takes just a bit more time to use the spey blade.
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Welcome to the Porch FG ( that's what we call the Traditional Forum around here) glad to have you. I don't know if this will cure your problem but sometimes metal shavings get in any new knife and can be flushed out with mineral oil and working the blade. It may take you a few applications and don't be afraid to lay the mineral oil to it as it's food safe. Good luck.
 
I thought I'd post this one up today. I really like this knife and the awl works great on a leather belt after starving this fat boy the last couple of weeks I finally got to put another hole in my belt. :D


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Thanks, Randy, for the welcome! And thank you for the tip about flushing the knife with mineral oil. I'll give it a try this weekend. I've been eyeing that RR camp knife for a while. It sure looks pretty. I'm a sucker for Victorinox, so the camp knife appeals to me, too.
 
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