Rough Ryder Stockman Stag Bone Folding Knife 18

It's ok could do with being harder to open ,not sure if scales are antler ? Hence 4 stars

It was the look of the scales that led me to purchase this item.. this is a small somewhat delicate knife. and i tend to be heavy handed when doing any projects..so i only use this for fruit apple's etc. Gone are the days of me biting into hard crunchy apple's.. still its a very attractive knife and "cheap".. unlike supermarket apples.!! Usual lightning delivery from HH.

When this RR stockman came, I was truly impressed. For the money, they have really done a nice job. In keeping with the chunky aesthetics of genuine stag, the scales are appropriately thick, with a pleasing colour. As others have noted, up close it is obviously milled to approximate the natural look of real stag. Case did something similar with their "6.5 Bonestag" range some time ago. That too was near, but not spot on, compared with the real thing. Then again, this RR is a fraction of the cost of an equivalent Case stockman. Overall, the construction is neat and tidy. At 3-1/2" long closed, and with slender contours, this traditional slipjoint folder carries effortlessly and offers the ubiquitous three blade profiles expected on a stockman pattern, with one interesting and useful difference. The long clip blade and the handy sheepfoot blade both open from the same side of this pocket knife. As much as I like the classic Case No. 18 pattern stockman, it is a minor inconvenience IMHO to have to turn the knife over or else hold it left handed to get to the sheepfoot blade's nail nick. The sheepfoot blade is the one I tend to use the most on a Case No. 18 stockman. Actually, if you look at proper vintage Case's, the sheepfoot blade sits much lower. It is almost hidden when looking at the mark side (shield side) of the closed knife. The current Case No. 18 has the sheepfoot much higher, and it can be opened by pinching as an alternative to using the nail nick. But I prefer the layout that RR offers. It looks sleeker than the Case equivalent, as much I like Case. This really is a nice pocket knife. I showed it to a friend, asking him to guess the price, and after looking it over, he was amazed when I told him it was half of what he thought. Nice dealing with HH, too. Cheers!

Order in haste and repent at leisure, I lost my RR Sowbelly Stockman much to my chagrin so had a quick look and saw this, I ordered it at 5 o clock and it arrived the following lunchtime(amazing service!). Fit and finish is excellent and nice and sharp but it is smaller than the Sowbelly and in my geet paws this may prove an issue for some tasks, that said for the price I shall just have to get another larger model! Service and knife both first class, and outstanding value.

Got mine today. Simply superb fit & finish. The Stag bone scales are very attractive, as is the entire knife. Not just great for the price - great full stop. Keep on stocking these please HH, I may buy some more of this one. In fact, please get some more Stag RR patterns in please.

This is quite a nice size for a small Stockman, and apart from some blade rub, my example came with the usual RR quality. On mine, the jogged bone covers look absolutely nothing like stag though, in fact they are very synthetic-looking.