Queen Heavy Trapper and Rough Ryder Reserver Whittler

Dropped by the folks over ‪@oldetownecutlery3190‬ to pick up an interesting traditional knife, and I also got a new Rough Ryder Reserve Center Swell Whittler in the mail.
The link to the Queen Trapper is here:
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And the link to the RRR is here:
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Let's compare them to my other Rough Rider Reserves, a knife from Case, some Great Eastern Cutlery(GEC) and some Victorinox offerings.
How do they stack up?

[@matthewpasqua4804]

Buck 112 has been a huge value for me USA MADE $60. I’m blessed not to have missed those and haven’t been disappointed so far personally. Granted they’re big (thick), but great still. My 500 Duke also amazing and even better EDC size. Hopefully those come back into production.

[@WoodsmanHobo777]

Smokey Mountain Knife Works own the Queen brand and had those knives made. When they made them they were marketing them as USA made with 1095 steel. There's going to be a lot of mad people if they're China made with D2 steel me included.

[@SquireSCA]

I think that some of them are made in the US, and some are outsourced to China. Depends on the model. The one I have, is excellent, even if it is made in China. Its as good or better than anything I have from Case...

[@1931Leatherworks_Terry]

When SMKW bought queen they had to get models on the shelves asap, so they had them made in their rough ryder facility, production has since been moved to the USA.

[@SquireSCA]

@@1931Leatherworks_Terry That makes a lot of sense. They had a very Rough Ryder feel to them, and that's a good thing IMHO. I have seen that many of their "newer" models are made in the US, so that's cool. They will give Case a run for their money.