Wow! As a fan of this pattern I just gotta get me one of these,especially now that they can be had in carbon steel. I like the double pulls and swedges,thanks for posting it GT,although I didn't think you was a BIG knife fan
Glad you like it, David; as with almost all of my Rough Riders, my first impression is that it's a solid. well-made knife. I always find it interesting that folks react so differently to the same knife.
I DON'T really like the double pulls, and I can take or leave swedges; it also has half-stops, a feature I like less the bigger the knife, I think. But
@Old Engineer and
@Duckdog both advised that every self-respecting fan of traditional folders should have at least one folding hunter. And I've been very pleased with all 3 RR carbon steel pattern I currently have.
You're right that I'm not a huge fan of BIG knives, but it's all kind of subjective.
In principle, I'm kind of prejudiced against any knife that's at least 4" long, closed. But there are lots of other factors that come into play. I've discovered I'm not a full-size trapper fan, maybe because I don't like TWO long blades. But I like a Case slimline trapper with just a single blade (although I also have a bias against single-blade knives, in theory
). And I LOVE 4"+ toothpicks with a long slender clip and a smaller secondary. I also don't usually wear a belt sheath, so that makes carrying BIG knives more of a challenge; on the other hand, I almost always wear carpenter pants, and a big knife rides like a dream in the tool pocket on the right leg.
Life is complicated, man!!
- GT