Rough rider small stockman

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Anyone has a good/bad experience with this pattern and overall knife?

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I had one with different scales, but i THINK its the same model. It was a cool little thing, but a couple things bothered me

1) the blades rubbed, badly, which as i was really new to non-sak traditionals kinda bothered me
2) the blades were thin, very thin, as in i could move them with my fingers, again new to stockman patterns, that bothered me too

perhaps i had a dud, or perhaps my expectations changed over the last 4-5 years, but i remember the scales fondly, the knife, not so much. Ended up trading it to a guy i worked with for my buck 309 :p
 
And how do you like the 309? Any pictures? do you use it often?

Rsmith_77 said:
I had one with different scales, but i THINK its the same model. It was a cool little thing, but a couple things bothered me

1) the blades rubbed, badly, which as i was really new to non-sak traditionals kinda bothered me
2) the blades were thin, very thin, as in i could move them with my fingers, again new to stockman patterns, that bothered me too

perhaps i had a dud, or perhaps my expectations changed over the last 4-5 years, but i remember the scales fondly, the knife, not so much. Ended up trading it to a guy i worked with for my buck 309 :p
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i dont have a 303, its on the list :D

but i do carry my 301 more often. depends on what i am doing, when i was more of an office manager type i settled on the 309, after i was forced into a career shift, i settled on the 301/pioneer (work in a warehouse nowadays)

that being said, its an excellent little knife, and ironically considering all the trash talking i do with Woodrow, its sorta killed my desire for a peanut which makes me a bit of a pariah around these parts ;)
 
Ryan, you want me to send you a Peanut so you can be one of the cool kids?

(But you can't have my yellow 303. You're gonna have to get your own).
 
jc57 said:
Ryan, you want me to send you a Peanut so you can be one of the cool kids?

(But you can't have my yellow 303. You're gonna have to get your own).
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I have an old one, red jugged bone handles, my first Rough Rider. About the size of a Peanut, Pretty darn good. No blade rub at all. If anything, there's too much space in there. Steel is very good. Sold me on the brand.
 
I would really appreciate a picture of the blades and how they fit all together before giving in and ordering one. I hope one of you fellows can take 5 minutes and send me one :)
 
Here you go. I don't have problems with blade rub, but on mine, you can see that the sheepsfoot is very krinked. It seems like the blade tang is sort of stepped on the wrong side. Very weak springs, but I don't mind that in little pen knives. The black one has some cool filework, and the white bone one is good for playing at skrimshaw. For under $10, you can't really go wrong.


 
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