Review Rough Rider RR1869 fixed blade

[old4570]

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What can I say , there are people out there crowing about this knife = ???????????
So I kind off had to ........... buy one ........ just to see .......... for myself ......... who's full of it ............ or not !
Please feel free to do a youtube search for reviews in regards to this knife !
Don't take my word for anything !
As I can only speak for the RR in my possession !

Things not to like .. = 2

1) Finger grove , fits my finger so well ... That if I try to shift my grip it becomes a PITA
2) Righ at the top of the grove , it becomes a hotspot if you try to shift your hand forward ( Very annoying )

Other than those two things ( and in hind sight ) , the very poor factory edge performance ( 50 slice fail ) and the insanely easy strop back !
Ohhhhhhhh ! Is a this going to be a JUNK KnIFE ?
In the video I mention 80 grit ............... but no no no !
It will be the regular go to 22 deg Guided knife sharpener edge ..
The HRC was 55/50 ( 55 Bites / 50 Skates )
Back soon for a 2nd bite of the rope !

 

[old4570]

I think I said in the video that the Bevel was FUBAR to the naked eye ?
It's horrendously bad !
Each side of the bevel is at a different angle ..
One side was like 20 and the other side like 25 ..
Did I say it looked crooked / bent ... It was toward the tip ..
In fact around one inch + from the tip back was just garbage ..
I had to pull out a fresh 120 grit diamond to remove and straighten the FUBAR factory grind .. And after almost 30 minutes , there is still FUBAR near the tip ( It can stay there ) should not affect testing ..
THe grind was like , the blind guys seeing eye dog did the edge !

Ok , still 10mm on one side and around 15mm of FUBAR on the other side near the tip .. When the knife goes on the grinder , ill clean it up .
One shaving sharp knife ready for the rope ! Except near the tip !
I would rate that factory edge top 10 worst factory grinds ( Easily ) ... Ever !

 

[old4570]

Ok 22 degree guided knife sharpener edge cuts rope !
I took paper outside to slice ( slice test ) .. & it soaked up some moisture !
I called it a 200 Fail outside , but after slicing some paper that was inside ............... I would have called it a pass !
So , it might have been in reality a 250 Fail rather than the 200 fail . ( Winter sux's ) ...

60 grit ...
I did quite a bit of FUBAR removal ..

The wetstone grinder shows up things like this ^
Pictured is a dip or hollow in the edge .. This comes about because some one lingered too long in one spot whilst forming the bevel .
I got rid of bout 99.8% of this FUBAR .. There is just a small amount left , and it should not affect the next slice test !
The wet stone grinder removes / eliminates mistakes like this with a nice straight bevel .. ( Got to like that ) .. It also shows up bad grinds , which can be disappointing to find !

 

[old4570]

Wow . 60 grit @ 22 degrees ....................... Returned some 250 slices for a fail ..
So I would call that 250 / 250 @ 22 ( guided / ground @ 22 degrees )
At least it is consistent !
There was quite a bit of FUBAR to grind away ( wet stone grinder ) .. And just a small fraction of FUBAR remained .. Did it skew the results ? I dont think so ..

Anyways , I whipped out the 80 grit wheel and reground the edge at a slightly tighter angle .. So one more time and we can call it home and hosed !
Video Soon :

 

[old4570]

Hmmmm , I failed !
I wanted a tighter bevel and what I got was 21 degrees from 22 degrees ... That's one lousy degree of difference .
Performance was once again a 250 Fail ...
I really needed to tighten that bevel , but the 250mm wheel is a different animal to a 200mm wheel .

 

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[old4570]

RR1869 .. Final

I reground the edge to as near 18 degree as I could @ 80 grit .
It took a good one hour to regrind the bevel .
Was it worth the effort ?
The result was a 400 roll ( fail ) . 400 slices with a rolled edge .
Edge stropped back very strong with minimal effort .