Rough Rider Canoe High Carbon

Service from our favourite vendor first class as usual. Knife is chunky and clunky, assembled by the myopic man on a Friday at quitting time. He clearly thought that including a gap or two would give the owner a place to store bank notes. Small blade sticks on the way open but thankfully closes perfectly. Fishing buddy loves this he shall have it, not even worth the low price paid.

A1 fit and finish. You get the benefits of carbon steel, but without corrosion. Cannot fault this knife. Looks good and feels good. Very pretty and functional item. Great service from HH as usual as well.

This is one of my favourite knives. Carbon blades are thick and solid and the whole knife feels a lot more chunky and substantial than other canoe pattern knives from RR. Highly recommended.

This is my third Rough Rider knife from Heinnie Haynes and again what a lot of knife you get for the money ! Fit and finish out of the box get an eight out of ten , no slop in the blades which are razor sharp on their entire lengths . It's small and discreet and the black g 10 scales and titanium coating on the blades add to the low key appearance of this little knife . There are minor finishing flaws , but for £18.00 I get a classy little gentlemans knife which is up there with the best of them ! Get one before someone decides the price is too low !

Next day deliver for free over £30 thanks Heinnie and free returns. Now to the knife, Both blades had a lot of side movement, and there is no way to tighten up the blade so i have had to return it, shame as my other Rough Rider Canoe knives have been fine. John.

Ordered Thurs. & got it Fri.by standard post! This is a true bargain at its marked down price of £14 due to being stamped as SS in error. Thicker carbon steel than the ss versions & takes & holds a good edge. Titanium coated blades with no play that snap into place - lovely! Looks great & is very well finished - a great UK EDC.

Fine little knife and very sharp out of the box. With the carbon blade it should be easy to keep that way. The little RR motif in the handle fell out immediately but with our old friend Gorilla glue it was easy to put right. Good value!

I have quite a few Rough Rider knives and they range in quality from flawless to sloppy. This knife unfortunately was towards the sloppy end of the scale.. I liked the fact that it is chunkier than the usual canoe knives from RR, and the blade stock is thicker. The trouble with my knife was that both blades had blade play side to side. That said, it may not be the same for everyone as I think it's the luck of the draw. Perhaps HH could introduce a picking service for an extra cost to check the knife over before shipping. Rough Rider quality control is a little hit and miss. Good service as ever from HH.

Why? Well because Chinese knifes are ** and I have that whole only Buy British thing going on etc etc. Alongside the exploitation of people within a ** regime....Argh! To the point of this knife. It is astounding that a knife of this quality is sold for £14! No blade play on either blade, blades are heavy and sturdy. Grind and bevelling clean and symmetrical. OTB sharpness, fair 7/10. Strong back spring, knife is heavier than my others. 95g, my broker plus is 57g. Handles and liners are well fitted, RR shield not so much. No half stop on either blade, blade finish is good looking but uneven, some minor pitting on the carbon steel. Backsprings have a gap between them. Knife came dirty, with brass swarf and some scratches to the bolsters. The red liners still had wisps of material unfinished. Rinse clean polish with autosol, a quick sharpen with the Lansky and What a knife, edge holding so far is brilliant. It has come up way better than an A Wright or an Eyewitness costing 5 times as much and that dear reader is why I hate myself, because objectively this isn't *, quite the opposite it's brilliant. British knife makers need to demonstrate more added value to justify the price tag and they just aren't in comparison to the RR. Many thanks to Richard at HH for recommending this one. Buy one it's worth twice this much.