Rough Ryder Peanut 18

Used to have knives like this, as a kid. This one is well-made. Ordered on a Tuesday afternoon - arrived in Wednesday morning's post. Excellent service!

Great value knife , small and pocket friendly .Well built and paper cutting sharp out of the box . Bought a white one ,i may order another in brown .

I have a number of Peanuts by Case, Queen, Schrade USA and now Rough Rider. It is very solidly built the brass spacer being the full height of the liners. The blade stock is slightly lighter than Case but the nail nicks much better (easier to use). General fit finish and snap rather good, an absolute bargain. The smooth white bone without shield on the scales is rather classy the printed details of steel and origin a bit naff.

Sits in the watch pocket of my jeans and is very useful without looking sinister. So usable I bought three. Prefer the jigged.

What a great knife! This is my first Rough Rider knife, usually I carry a Buck or Boker as my EDC, I have collected knives for many years. I never bought a Rough Rider as the low price put me off, I wrongly assumed low price meant low quality. This little knife has changed that view, I would happily buy another RR knife in the future. It has made its way into my rotation of EDC knives. HH were awesome as usual, great customer service and fast postage.

The RR Peanut is a fine small pocket knife. Ideal for office use. If you prefer to sharpen your wooden pencils with a pocket knife, the Peanut works great and tends to, with practice, yield a better result than a small hand-held pencil sharpener. Once their blades go dull, even on a good one, unless the dull blade can be easily replaced, all too often the lead snaps off inside the sharpener. Grr. A pocket knife, a good sharp one, quickly brings back a fine point, with a bit more control over the shape, too. Trivia: during the War, with supplies crucial, it was not permitted to use pencil sharpeners, as they were felt to be too wasteful. Instead, the wood had to be pared away as needed to use every bit of the lead. Actually the RR Peanut makes a very good detail knife if you want to try your hand at wood carving or whittling. The white bone version is very well made, albeit without the half stops offered by other makers. If you are not sure if the Peanut pattern is for you, RR is a good entry level manufacturer. If collecting appeals to you, it's better to try a cheap but well made pattern than sink five times the cash into a more expensive version that you may end up not using. HH, thanks for carrying this brand. And for excellent customer service!

This is the second RR knife I've bought, for the price it is so well made, the blades are sharp enough but I think we all like to sharpen them our own way anyway. The smallest blade is ideal for smaller whittling tasks so will complement my RR whittler well. Used to have penknives as a child and always wondered why they had different blades, this site has been a revelation and I'll be getting more styles of RR pocketknives in the future, I thought all knives these days were of the Rambo style, these classic styles are much more acceptable. Service from HH has been brilliant.

What a lovely old time penknife. Nice weight and well made. Blades sharp enough (I didnt buy it for cutting down trees anyway). The 'back' side of the white bone handle scales came with their own 'flaws' ie. natural dark pin spots which really add to the knifes character. Lovely well made knife. Service second to none.

A decent little knife with two useable blades. Quality is very reasonable for the price . Blades have a bit of flex but should be adequate for light work. Fairly sharp out of the box and appear to take a decent edge. Are they as good as Case Knives? In my opinion - No. They just lack that overall 'feel' of a Case. Rough Rider are good for the price but quality can be a bit up and down.