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A.G. Russell Knives is the oldest mail order knife company in the world. We sell only the finest cutlery from William Henry, Randall, Böker, Columbia River Knife & Tool, Kershaw, SOG, Benchmade, Spyerdco, Canal Street Cutlery, and more.
Website: http://agrussell.com
Location: Rogers, Arkansas
Members: 72
Latest Activity: May 25
A.G. Russell™ Shopmade® Push Dagger Letter Openers
Push Daggers appear to be a uniquely American development, first appearing on the early riverboats and in the gold fields of California and Nevada. Gamblers favored them because they could be as swift across a poker or faro table as a percussion pistol without the possibility of a mis-fire. The period right after the Civil War saw new development in cartridge pistols making them more reliable and much less likely to mis-fire. At about the same time there was a decline in the popularity of this type of knife.
If you search the internet, you will find some modern, high tech versions, usually pretty inexpensive. I have decided that it is time to resurrect a high quality handmade version of this old pattern for its only remaining possible use, as a letter opener. We have created two sizes, a His and Hers if you will. These elegant little knives are made in our own shop here in Rogers, Arkansas and are marked A.G. Russell Shopmade®. The blades are 154CM at 57-59 Rc. The handle scales are Natural Giraffe Bone (no dye) stabilized for stability and held in place by three mosaic pins. The very nice leather Desk Top Sheath is made off-shore to our design.
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What would you do if assisted openers and one-hand knives were banned?
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A. G. Russell Stag Medium Stockman
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A.G. Russell™ 2.5 Titanium Lockback Folder - NEW!
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Comment by Alexander Noot on May 25, 2012 at 6:28 -
Well, got my package. The 2011 Texas Ranger is a monster of a slipjoint.
Here you see it next to a standard size lagioule for reference....and that lagioule is NOT a small knife. I love it though. The fit of one of the scales is a little less than what I was used to from the 2010 texas ranger. But still quite good.Also love those little titanium handled knives. Excellent backups or for when you want to slip something unobtrusive in the pocket. Although the Ultimate pen knife is smaller than I expected.
Used the cooking tweezers in a BBQ yesterday. Excellent cooking tool and wonderfull companion to my folding Hocho. Shame that I had to pay such a large sum on import duties again....(€32 or close to $40) as well as shipping. The knives were placed in a MASSIVE box. But hey, it got here so I'm happy.
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Comment by Robert Burris on May 11, 2012 at 19:31
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"How Sweet It Is", Les that is one sweet little knife, you are lucky to have one. You will never waste your money buying an AG. Russell, it will hold it's value.
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Comment by Les Swalm on May 10, 2012 at 13:03 -
Yes, it is the chute knife from AGR with Ivory handle really sweet.
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Yea, Les, thats a fine AG Russell knife. I think it's called a "Chute" knife. I'll let Les give the info.
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Comment by Alexander Noot on May 10, 2012 at 1:48
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Not as small as I thought then. Very nice piece though.
And Les Swalm...that look REALLY nice as well. Can you tell me a little bit more about that one?
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The knife measures nine inches, I think. That's a one ounce silver English coin.
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Comment by Les Swalm on May 9, 2012 at 12:50
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Comment by Alexander Noot on May 9, 2012 at 12:43
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Nice loveless style blade that Robert! Is it that small or is that simply a very large coin?
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Comment by Steve Williams on May 8, 2012 at 19:27 -
Good looking knife Robert!
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Here's an A.G. Russel I have been having for a while. I have seen the value of this knife go up on Ebay by $50-60 since I bought it.
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