Rough Ryder’s “Classic Carbon” Hawkbill is a traditional pocket knife with yellow composition handles. The handles also feature nickel silver pins, bolsters, a special Classic Carbon shield, and brass liners.

The “Classic Carbon” Hawkbill has a single polished T10 carbon steel hawkbill blade. The carbon steel used in these knives is easy to sharpen, but prone to rust. It is best to keep the blades well maintained, clean, and oiled. The knife has a clip point master blade and a secondary skinner blade. The bolsters have a pinched bolster shape, giving them a slight indent on each end of the knife. They also feature a slant-R embossed design. The blade opens with a match strike pull. Unlike a standard nail nick or long pull, a match strike pull has serrations inside the groove of the pull. These serrations allow you to strike a match with your knife. The blade uses the half stops and slip joints found in traditional pocketknives.

This knife is a hawkbill knife. These knives have a wide range household and outdoor uses. They are for cutting rope or nets, removing carpet, and pruning trees or shrubs. The blade has a concave shape and allows the knife to slice around objects and needs very little pressure to work. These knives let you cut by pulling along in a direction with one hand.

The “Classic Carbon” Hawkbill is a perfect knife for a collector, or for use as an everyday carry. The yellow composition handles combined with the pins and shield give this knife a timeless appearance. With more than ten patterns in this series, it doesn’t get much more traditional than this.