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Well some time back I bought a green bone Buck trapper, then soon after a yellow delrin Case cv. I already had a Taylor made Schrade, and I promised a review. Well its long over due, but I wanted to give some good pocket time to each. To give a little insight to the lives my knives live, I remodel single and double wide mobile homes for a mortgage company.As well as do maintenance on several rental properties. My knives do everything from mundane tasks like open the mail and cut string on up to more demanding tasks. They may be called on to strip wire, cut vynil siding, scrape paint, remove caulk, cut pex pipe etc.
First this review may be a bit boring as there is VERY little negative to say about any of these knives. But taken into a whole, that's a good thing imho.
Ok here's a group pic, caus hey we all like the pictures
Ok lets go with the Buck first and go alphabetical order.
Overall really nice, great color IMO, good dye job. No gaps, great Walk'n'talk, As ground satin blades, even grinds, neat etch if you like etching. Only negative points, very slightly sunken springs in closed position, spey is a tiny bit off center but doesn't rub. This buck is made in China. Notable feature: steel liners, blade etch, limited production
Next up the Case
Again excellent overall, classic Case yellow, CV blades, even grinds, no gaps in the above pic of the spine I think what appears to be a tiny gap is a trick of light, decent snap on opening, but soft on closing. Some may prefer that,some may like more, it doesn't bother me personally. Also my pic makes it look like the spey is off center but in reality its not. Only negative is the soft closing, but only if prefer more bite lol
Notable feature: Carbon blades, unique patina if you like that
Now the Rough Riders
Ok let me start by saying I bought several RR knives as gifts and for myself over the holidays. Fit'n'Finish on all of them was damn near perfect. Its actually quite amazing, I think they've upped their game. But also I buy in person, but all I looked at was really good Fit'n'Finish wise. Both of these exhibit excellent walk'n'talk, both have half stops, good even grinds. The one with bolsters has no gaps, but the springs are a very tiny amount sunk in closed position. You can barely see it, and can just feel it. The other has a VERY small gap of the clip blade spring. You can see in the above pic. The one with bolsters the clip is off center,but I don't see any rub marks yet, the other one is centered on both blades.
Notable features: they have several, double matchstrike pulls,half stops, nicely done swedges, slanted and pinched bolsters, unique "jigging", pulls on the pile side of the spey,that could be a positive or negative depending on personal taste. It doesn't bother me. By the way what's it called when a knife has no bolsters?, its escaping me lol.
Next up Taylor/BTI Schrade
Excellent walk'n'talk, good even grinds, as ground satin finish, no gaps, what appears to be a big full length gap in the pic is actually where the back side of the cover is dyed as well (whoops exceeded my upload limit, I'll ad the spine pic in another post
) I rounded the edges of the covers as for me they were to squared off. The clip runs a little out of center but I don't notice any rubbing. Overall a good plain Jane worker.
Well there you have it, in my opinion ALL of these are great, would recommend them without hesitation. I tend to touch up any blade I used during the day, so edge holding is something I can give allot on. They all seem to do just fine, and are easy to sharpen for me. As I've only had the RR trappers a short time ( bought the bolsterless one just today) basing my opinion on there steel on the other RR's I have.
Honorable mention goes to the RR mini, the build quality on it is simply amazing, no gaps,play,even and sharp grinds crazy good walk'n'talk for such a small knife
First this review may be a bit boring as there is VERY little negative to say about any of these knives. But taken into a whole, that's a good thing imho.
Ok here's a group pic, caus hey we all like the pictures
Ok lets go with the Buck first and go alphabetical order.
Overall really nice, great color IMO, good dye job. No gaps, great Walk'n'talk, As ground satin blades, even grinds, neat etch if you like etching. Only negative points, very slightly sunken springs in closed position, spey is a tiny bit off center but doesn't rub. This buck is made in China. Notable feature: steel liners, blade etch, limited productionNext up the Case
Again excellent overall, classic Case yellow, CV blades, even grinds, no gaps in the above pic of the spine I think what appears to be a tiny gap is a trick of light, decent snap on opening, but soft on closing. Some may prefer that,some may like more, it doesn't bother me personally. Also my pic makes it look like the spey is off center but in reality its not. Only negative is the soft closing, but only if prefer more bite lolNotable feature: Carbon blades, unique patina if you like that
Now the Rough Riders
Ok let me start by saying I bought several RR knives as gifts and for myself over the holidays. Fit'n'Finish on all of them was damn near perfect. Its actually quite amazing, I think they've upped their game. But also I buy in person, but all I looked at was really good Fit'n'Finish wise. Both of these exhibit excellent walk'n'talk, both have half stops, good even grinds. The one with bolsters has no gaps, but the springs are a very tiny amount sunk in closed position. You can barely see it, and can just feel it. The other has a VERY small gap of the clip blade spring. You can see in the above pic. The one with bolsters the clip is off center,but I don't see any rub marks yet, the other one is centered on both blades.
Notable features: they have several, double matchstrike pulls,half stops, nicely done swedges, slanted and pinched bolsters, unique "jigging", pulls on the pile side of the spey,that could be a positive or negative depending on personal taste. It doesn't bother me. By the way what's it called when a knife has no bolsters?, its escaping me lol.
Next up Taylor/BTI Schrade
Excellent walk'n'talk, good even grinds, as ground satin finish, no gaps, what appears to be a big full length gap in the pic is actually where the back side of the cover is dyed as well (whoops exceeded my upload limit, I'll ad the spine pic in another post
) I rounded the edges of the covers as for me they were to squared off. The clip runs a little out of center but I don't notice any rubbing. Overall a good plain Jane worker. Well there you have it, in my opinion ALL of these are great, would recommend them without hesitation. I tend to touch up any blade I used during the day, so edge holding is something I can give allot on. They all seem to do just fine, and are easy to sharpen for me. As I've only had the RR trappers a short time ( bought the bolsterless one just today
) basing my opinion on there steel on the other RR's I have.Honorable mention goes to the RR mini, the build quality on it is simply amazing, no gaps,play,even and sharp grinds crazy good walk'n'talk for such a small knife
in my opinion its way to bright orange to be tobacco bone, and its definitely gunstock checkered, have no idea whose in charge of the product description on their site, but they're dropping the ball...
