Rough Riders!

[jerryd6818]

RancherinAz, welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard.

[Louisville.Boy1947]

Rancher in Az
Why not send the RR Hawkbill back? I have found that all you have to do is call and request a prepaid label (they will email it to you) and use the original shipping box and send it back. In some cases they will just ship a replacement and tell you to keep the original unless the replacement is faulty and then they will want both back in order to give a refund. Their customer service has been top notch. Give them a call!

[Quick Steel]

Welcome aboard RA. Hope you will post some photos of your knives when you can.

[RancherinAz]

RancherinAz, welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard.

Thanks Jerry

[RancherinAz]

Rancher in Az
Why not send the RR Hawkbill back? I have found that all you have to do is call and request a prepaid label (they will email it to you) and use the original shipping box and send it back. In some cases they will just ship a replacement and tell you to keep the original unless the replacement is faulty and then they will want both back in order to give a refund. Their customer service has been top notch. Give them a call!

Okay , I'll give that a try . Thanks

[RancherinAz]

Welcome aboard RA. Hope you will post some photos of your knives when you can.

I absolutely will . I've just gotta figure out why my phone won't take pictures . I think it's full and I need to do some house cleaning . But I'll post Picts as soon as I can .

[RancherinAz]

So , I hope this works .
This is my Rough Rider collection

[Quick Steel]

A very nice collection RA. A wide variety of patterns and covers. Well done.

[Dinadan]

RancherinAz - nice group of Rough Riders! And welcome to the forum!

[RancherinAz]

A very nice collection RA. A wide variety of patterns and covers. Well done.

Thanks QS Didn't break the bank doing it either which is really cool .

[RancherinAz]

RancherinAz - nice group of Rough Riders! And welcome to the forum!

Thanks Dinadan . And thanks .

[bighomer]

rancher glad to have you aboard the finest knife forum in the world.
Great looking RR'S

[RancherinAz]

rancher glad to have you aboard the finest knife forum in the world.
Great looking RR'S

Thank you sir . This group seems to be real nice . Although I've run into some real snobbery on some other threads . Then there's those that despise us that collect anything made in China
It can get down right nasty in some of the responses .

[TPK]

rancher glad to have you aboard the finest knife forum in the world.
Great looking RR'S

Thank you sir . This group seems to be real nice . Although I've run into some real snobbery on some other threads . Then there's those that despise us that collect anything made in China
It can get down right nasty in some of the responses .

Hello! You came to the right place! Not everyone here at the AAPK collects RR but there is room here for anyone that does. I have 4 or 5 RR in my knife collection. I'm also a BIG FAN of the modern day Robi Klaas / Kissing Crane knives. They are also made in China & are really good knives like the RR brand. I have also been told that the modern day China made Mables knives are really good knives but I don't have any of those myself yet. Anyways, pull up a chair & make yourself at home. Lotta great friendly knifers here with a lot of knowledge they are glad to share. I don't know a whole lot about knives myself but I do know a whole lot more about knives than I did a couple of years ago when I started collecting. And everything I know, I learned from the great folks here. Don't miss signing up for the monthly Knife Giveaway! If you hurry, there is still time to sign up for the May Giveaway! Enjoy your time here and chances are good, you'll make a few new Cyber friends along the way.

P.S.
Great looking knives!

[Madmarco]

Hey guys! I just want to make anyone who's not aware of this that I just saw on Ebay Rough Ryder/Rider Dr.'s knives that had the spatula and a CLIP-POINT blade, and a model with the spatula and a Sheepfoot blade. I'd never seen anything other than the spear-point blade, and although I'm not a fan of the spatulas they were still pretty cool. The seller is antiques_plus!

[QTCut5]

Of all the new RR Doctor's knives, I like this one called "The Pipe Doctor" the best.

If I smoked a pipe, I would definitely get this one. Cool shield!

https://atlanticknife.com/collections/r ... knife-1899

[Quick Steel]

I would love to have had that good looking knife back in my pipe smoking days.

[jerryd6818]

Of all the new RR Doctor's knives, I like this one called "The Pipe Doctor" the best.

If I smoked a pipe, I would definitely get this one. Cool shield!

https://atlanticknife.com/collections/r ... knife-1899

What a coincidence. I just bought one this morning for the shield and the main blade and even though I haven't bought one in a coon's age, I still like Doctor knives.

Edit: Oh, and I quit smoking 26 years ago so smoking is not related to the purchase.

[RancherinAz]

rancher glad to have you aboard the finest knife forum in the world.
Great looking RR'S

Thank you sir . This group seems to be real nice . Although I've run into some real snobbery on some other threads . Then there's those that despise us that collect anything made in China
It can get down right nasty in some of the responses .

Hello! You came to the right place! Not everyone here at the AAPK collects RR but there is room here for anyone that does. I have 4 or 5 RR in my knife collection. I'm also a BIG FAN of the modern day Robi Klaas / Kissing Crane knives. They are also made in China & are really good knives like the RR brand. I have also been told that the modern day China made Mables knives are really good knives but I don't have any of those myself yet. Anyways, pull up a chair & make yourself at home. Lotta great friendly knifers here with a lot of knowledge they are glad to share. I don't know a whole lot about knives myself but I do know a whole lot more about knives than I did a couple of years ago when I started collecting. And everything I know, I learned from the great folks here. Don't miss signing up for the monthly Knife Giveaway! If you hurry, there is still time to sign up for the May Giveaway! Enjoy your time here and chances are good, you'll make a few new Cyber friends along the way.

P.S.
Great looking knives!

Thanks Tom . I appreciate that .

[dlr110]

Just got these in on Saturday. It's the Rough Ryder Denim Series. Very beautiful knives, that have the same excellent workmanship as all the other RR's and with a very affordable price. The materials used are outstanding and present the feel and look of a great EDC or collectable knife. The only one I didn't purchase was the Large Moose. Here is the SMKW's description: "All of the knives in the Denim Micarta T-10 Carbon Steel Series feature T-10 carbon steel blades with a mirror polished finish, half stops, and match strike pulls. The handles are denim Micarta with brass liners, and nickel silver pins and slant ‘R’ bolsters."

The only problem I found was with the Barlow. Both blades set at the same depth in the well when closed and of course they are close together. This makes it almost impossible to open the main blade without opening the smaller blade first, because you can't get your fingernail in the nail pull of the main blade. I contacted SMKW and a person on the showroom floor confirmed the ones he had were made the same way and that he could not open the main blade with the nail pull. I then spoke to Chase (not sure what department) and he agreed this is a design flaw and assured me he would notify the buyers to pass this on to the appropriate factory reps. Don't know if this will change future designs, but it's something.

[Beavertail]

Just got these in on Saturday. It's the Rough Ryder Denim Series. Very beautiful knives, that have the same excellent workmanship as all the other RR's and with a very affordable price. The materials used are outstanding and present the feel and look of a great EDC or collectable knife. The only one I didn't purchase was the Large Moose. Here is the SMKW's description: "All of the knives in the Denim Micarta T-10 Carbon Steel Series feature T-10 carbon steel blades with a mirror polished finish, half stops, and match strike pulls. The handles are denim Micarta with brass liners, and nickel silver pins and slant ‘R’ bolsters."
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The only problem I found was with the Barlow. Both blades set at the same depth in the well when closed and of course they are close together. This makes it almost impossible to open the main blade without opening the smaller blade first, because you can't get your fingernail in the nail pull of the main blade. I contacted SMKW and a person on the showroom floor confirmed the ones he had were made the same way and that he could not open the main blade with the nail pull. I then spoke to Chase (not sure what department) and he agreed this is a design flaw and assured me he would notify the buyers to pass this on to the appropriate factory reps. Don't know if this will change future designs, but it's something.
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I bought the loom fixer.
It's a well built knife.

[jerryd6818]

Tim, I don't know which came first, the monkey or the egg but I got one in today's mail. I'm very pleased with it.

[Beavertail]

Tim, I don't know which came first, the monkey or the egg but I got one in today's mail. I'm very pleased with it.

Hey Jerry,
Did you see the single blade version in black micarta?
I got it last week and I really like it.

[jerryd6818]

I've seen it but for some reason, it doesn't stir my paint.

[kootenay joe]

Interesting !
I just posted in the GEC forum that GEC knives with Micarta handles don't really speak to me. Now i'm seeing these Rough Ryder with a bright blue Denim Micarta and i think they are very attractive. It's been almost 20 years and Rough Rider keeps turning out new knives that are a little different from what they have sold previously. And for me every RR knife i have bought has been super sharp and ZERO issues (in over 200 RR folding knives, Traditional style).
When the USA/Canada border re opens which i think will be within the next 2 months, i will buy a few of these bright blue Denim Micarta Rough Ryders.
Here are a few 'oldies', RR & Colt to show you.
There was an older gentleman who was a silversmith and he bought Rough Rider & Colt knives and then did a silver inlay of 'wildlife' (No, not women in Vegas).
He would then put them up for auction. I bought quite a few but always felt badly because often my winning bid was just slightly higher than the price of the RR knife. A couple of times i sent him a little extra money.
These make great gifts.
kj