A.G. Russell Knives

The Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep and the Desert Big Horn Sheep complete Browning’s Full Curl Sheep Series of four knives designed by commercial hunting guide and knifemaker Russ Kommer. The first two, the Dall Sheep and the Stone Sheep were offered in the last Knife Collectors Club™ brochure and are available in the upcoming Russells™ for Men catalog and on the A. G. Russell™ website.

T. C. Roberts has an excellent eye for materials. He has chosen very high quality India stag carvers for the handles, Chad Nichols Stainless Raindrop Damascus for the blades and he has hand cast the hilts and butt plates from bronze.

That knife was a hunter with Ram's Horn handle scales. Customer interest has been high but Keith has done a great job of keeping up with demand.

This version of the knife that Northwest Arkansas knifemaker Keith Murr calls the Companion is small and unobtrusive but provides all the cutting edge you need for most tasks.

This Drop Point Hunter has a 3-1/2" blade of 440C at 57-58 Rc., polished on marked side and measures 8-1/8" overall.

Terry Renner, custom knifemaker and owner of TR Blades in Palmetto, Florida, is becoming well known for his high-end folders and art knives. But he has a fertile mind, and the idea for the Neckolas came while he was toying with an index-finger-ring folder design. The result is the Renner Neckolas™ knife/sheath system.

The Elite Skinner™ Series consists of four exciting new skinners. Series I consists of two fixed blade knives with deep bellied skinner blades, one with a guthook. Both have Olive Wood handle scales. Most interesting are the two knives in Series II. These are folders, but Remington® has designed a carrying system (sheath) that allows them to be carried either as a folder or as a fixed blade.

The first Becker knife released under the KA-BAR product line, the BK11CSM is an updated version of the Becker Necker. Made to the same dimensions as the original, the CSM Necker features a Carbon San Mai blade.

Are you looking for something exquisite as an everyday knife or a beautiful little Damascus fixed blade to add to your collection? Consider this elegant little Beauty from Boker®. The design is from German knifemaker Teyke.

Dietmar and I have been friends since he was a young Lieutenant in the German Army serving at a Texas base over 30 years ago. He came to me while on leave, I offered advice on knifemaking and we remained friends even though he returned to Germany. Dietmar has long been acknowledged as the finest maker of hunting and fighting knives in Europe.

Blue Steel refers to a non-stainless high carbon tool steel produced by the Japanese steel maker Hitachi Metals. It is commonly used in woodworking tools and knives. The name simply refers to the color of the paper the steel is wrapped in when delivered from the manufacturer. The paper represents a coding system to identify the steel.

We have re-designed the Hunter Scalpel making it a miniature of the full sized Deer Hunter, which has a 4" blade. The same Thumbolt® sheath design patented by Blackie Collins and assigned to A. G. Russell™ Knives is used by both these knives as well as the A. G. Russell™ Bird & Trout.

The TDI Law Enforcement Knives are designed for Low-Profile or concealed carry. Designed by John Benner, owner of Tactical Defense Institute, as an "off-hand" knife that draws like a pistol, it can be used very efficiently as a "last-option" defense.

Late in 2007, Canal Street Cutlery introduced an exciting new design by well-known knifemaker D'Alton Holder.

A peen is the end of the head of a hammer that is opposite the face and is used for bending, shaping, or cutting the material struck. It is often used to fix, or flatten, the pins that hold the bolsters in place. A natural part of that process is to lay a piece of leather over the knife to protect the bolster as the pin is peened. Canal Street has taken their idea for this unusual knife handle from that process.

After Russ Kommer makes a new knife, he takes it on the next hunting trip he guides and uses it on the heavy skinning of Alaskan moose, caribou and bear. If it works right, feels right, and holds its edge, Russ has another design in his book. If it doesn't, he takes it to his workshop and destroys it. Our new Signature Hunters started as Kommer customs and survived his field test. That's good enough for us at Columbia River Knife & Tool (CRKT).

The Deer Hunter and the Bird & Trout were an entirely new concept including blade, handle and sheath. The blades are just thick enough to be stiff rather than flexible and are ground very thin all the way to the edge, creating a marvelous cutting tool.

I designed this little knife in the late 70's. It was intended to be a light weight knife for the casual hunter, out for a morning walk in the woods.

We offer this hunter in two styles, a drop point blade and a gut-hook. The gut-hook was invented by Sid Bell, "The Alaskan Silversmith," who took his whittled model to Alaskan knifemaker Merle Seguine about 40 years ago. Buck's gut-hook is a somewhat different pattern and has been patented and trademarked. The "Zipper" has a near square shape and should be easier to sharpen, it also should cut hides of almost any thickness.

The Bob Dozier Yukon Pro Skinner with Black Micarta® handle and horizontal belt sheath is a knife for the serious hunter, the man who makes his living in the woods. Instead of the traditional leather sheath that would over time get limp and rot, Bob builds precisely fitted sheaths of Kydex® for each knife.

Randy has been making knives using the stock removal method for about 20 years. A protégé of D'Holder.

3" drop point blade of mirror polished ATS34. Handsome California Buckeye Burl handle with a nickel silver hilt and butt, and maroon and black micarta and nickel silver spacers. The hand tooled leather sheath is made by his wife, Sonja.

If you have been a customer very long, you have seen knives from Randy Lee before. He is one of the most popular knifemakers we have featured. Randy made his first knife in a high school shop class. He remained fascinated and years later, after studying with local makers, he decided to get serious and buy the proper equipment; this was 1979. It was 1988, however, before he attended his first knife show. Since then he has attended about six shows a year. A serious hunter, Randy field tests all of his designs. He wants them to work as well as they look. He is fortunate to have a wife who can make and decorate such fine sheaths. His sheaths are definitely a step above what is typical on knives of this price level.

This Tom Mayo design is an ultra-smooth, slim profile, fixed-blade knife. Small, lightweight, and convenient, this style of knife is a popular choice for backpacking and personal carry.

In the hands of an expert, a great knife for dressing deer. Sized for small game, it is the perfect for everyday wear. Measures 6-3/4" tip to butt with 3" drop point blade of .060 thick D2 at 60-62 Rc. or AUS-8 at 57-59 Rc. Black fiberglass reinforced nylon sheath and handle. Weighs 1.9 oz. Made in Japan.

Both the Mini Alpha Hunter and the Alpha Dorado are enhanced with rare African Giraffe Bone for handle scales. Giraffe bone is the hardest and densest bone known to knife making.

As a guide, and as an Alaskan, Russ Kommer is a no-nonsense guy who designs simple, functional knives. He uses his knives on every trip he guides, and the faster he can skin and dress the game, the more hunting time his party can get in. It's that simple. That Kommer knives are also graceful and well balanced is almost incidental. After Russ makes a new knife, he takes it on the next hunting trip he guides and uses it on the heavy skinning of Alaskan moose, caribou and bear. If it works right, feels right and holds its edge, Russ has another design in his book. If it doesn't, he takes it to his workshop and destroys it.

Russ Kommer keeps coming up with ideas for high-value knives and tools that every hunter needs. CRKT calls this growing group of products The Kommer Collection. It includes a high-hollow ground skinner, a utility hunting knife and a unique chisel/sharpener.

This is the drop point blade carried to its ultimate conclusion. A knife suited to the skinning of any animal on this or any other continent. The 3-1/2" by 1-1/8" blade of D2 at 60-61 Rc. will flay everything from a small whitetail to a 20 foot salt water crock with the same ease, and will hold an edge beyond your experience. Bob Dozier's personal heat-treat of D2 is fast becoming legendary among knife aficionados (those of us who love knives and great edge holding).

To most of the people reading this catalog Bob Dozier's knives speak for themselves. The D2 high-carbon, high-chrome tool steel, hardened to 60-62 Rockwell, really holds an edge and the Dozier Kydex® sheaths that are molded to each knife hold the knife until the owner removes it with the magic release that Bob has designed into it.

Bob's concept of a personal knife is a knife that can be carried day in and day out; a knife that is never in the way but is always instantly available.

John Benner, founder of Tactical Defense Institute, designed the TDI Knife. Using his experience as a 30-year veteran Police Lt. and Vietnam Veteran, he has designed a knife with law enforcement officers in mind.

The TDI Law Enforcement Knives are designed for Low-Profile or concealed carry. Designed by John Benner, owner of Tactical Defense Institute as an "off-hand" knife that draws like a pistol, it can be used very efficiently as a "last-option" defense.

With an overall profile no larger than a credit card, it measures about a 1/2" longer; this knife can be concealed just about anywhere. Lace it up in your boots, pin it under a tactical vest strap, or use the enclosed lanyard cord to hang it around your neck.