A.G. Russell Knives

Gaétan Beauchamp is extremely talented and is one of the most popular knifemakers to be featured in the A.G. Russell™ and Cutting Edge® catalogs. He sold his first knife in 1992 and we first featured his knives in 2001. He is not only a highly technically skilled artist, but an extremely creative one as well. His specialty is unusual and rare handle material on well-made, dependable and attractive knives.

The Wrangler® Ozark Hunter is a fine using knife, not just a knife to hang on the belt. Its traditional style, including an antiqued, hammered finish, harkens back to a time when a knife was more than a collector's piece, it was a lifeline.

The 3-5/8" drop point blade is the same steel used in the Mammoth Ivory version - Carpenter Steel's CTS-40CP powder metal stainless at 59-60 Rc. Bob has found that it has fewer imperfections that the 154CM that he is currently able to buy.

Bob has agreed to produce ten Loveless style Drop Point Hunters with Interior Wooly Mammoth Ivory handle scales specifically for members of the Knife Collectors Club™ and A. G. Russell™ customers.

Bob recently made a very limited production of thirty Slim Drop Point Hunters with Green Canvas Micarta® inspired by the drop point hunter made by R. W. Loveless since the 1960s. To create this Slim Drop Point, Bob has taken his Loveless inspired drop point hunter and reduced the blade width to 7/8" while keeping all other measurements the same as the full width original.

This Wrangler® Hunter is a traditional style knife with a full tang, but the handle is certainly not traditional. A snakeskin camo pattern has been applied over a molded plastic handle creating a surface that feels "soft".

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.

The term San Mai comes from Japan and simply means "three layers". The San Mai steels that began appearing in the American knife market the past few years have all come from Japan. Laminated steels, such as San Mai, were developed to allow a very hard center core for the best cutting and edge holding and a blade that is tough enough to not snap under normal pressure. The soft sides support the hard core and add strength.

Our good friend, commercial hunting guide and knifemaker Russ Kommer has recently teamed up with Browning® to produce a limited edition series of hunting knives representing each of the four Full Curl Sheep. The designs are all Kommer; the manufacture is by Browning. Those knives will begin to deliver in the next few weeks. As a part of that collaboration, Russ is making a limited edition of fifty of his drop point hunter for Browning.

These two Pro Hunters from Fox Cutlery would make wonderful companion pieces, one is a folder, the other a fixed blade.

To create this Slim Drop Point, Dozier has taken the original drop point design and reduced the width to 7/8" while keeping all other measurements the same as the original 3-3/4" drop point.

The Vanguard is Buck's answer to the Loveless Drop Point Hunter. Since it was introduced by Bob Loveless in the 1960s, the drop point has been the accepted standard for hunting blade shapes. Nearly 30 years later, Buck introduced the Vanguard, one of the many production versions of the drop point hunter. Buck has two standard versions, one with a layered stabalized wood handle and the other with a rubberized handle.

Designed by Peter Janda, the FIN Fixed Blade Knives are made to be extremely rugged. D2 steel blades, a "humped back" handle designed to fit perfectly in the palm of the hand, and a locking, ambidextrous GFN PA66 sheath ensure these knives will stand up to the toughest tasks.

I have been drawing pictures of knives for all of seventy years, but it was not until the late 1960s when Robert W. (Bob) Loveless, the World's premier designer of hunting and combat knives, taught me how he developed a knife design that I began to design instead of just drawing pictures.

Each set combines a hunters two most important field tools, a razor sharp skinning knife with an aggressive wood/bone saw all in a compact belt sheath. Stainless steel AUS-8 blades are precision ground shaving sharp to ensure superior edge retention and ease of sharpening.

The original Gut Hook has been very popular with hunters because it solved a problem: it made dressing large game much easier. David Bloch, owner and founder of Outdoor Edge, has taken the gut hook concept and improved it. Instead of a hook design with a sharp point, the gutting blade has a blunted end with a sharp blade that curves inward.

Queen® Cutlery dates back to 1890 and is known for quality knives that continue to be produced using many of the same hand processes used many years ago. Over the years, you have seen their folders on the pages of our catalog, but no Queen fixed blades.

The Companion features a 5-1/8” flat ground drop point blade of 1/4” 1095 Cro-Van steel at 56-68 Rc., black coated.

Bob Dozier has been collecting the choicest of handle material all the 30 years I have known him. In the last couple of years he has found some of the most highly figured cocobolo I have ever seen. Of course, Bob also knows how to cut the wood to get the best effect. The result is some of the most magnificent cocobolo handles you will find on a knife.

Here's a knife designed by Russ Kommer for Special Forces units. He knows that operators want a knife that gets right to the point. So there are no bells or whistles, nothing to break or fall off. Instead, it is a single hot-forged piece of carbon steel that is just about indestructible. CRKT calls it the Kommer Integral Fixed Blade, or I.F.B.™

One of Kershaw's most popular hunting knives is now available in safety orange. The Antelope Hunter II Orange features a robust, 3-5/8" drop-point skinning blade of tough AUS8A stainless steel at 57-59 Rc.

The Wrangler® traditional lockback and fixed blade hunter each features handle scales of genuine stag with maple burl and nickel silver spacers.

The Wrangler® Texas Star Hunter is a traditional style knife with a full tang and highly figured cocobolo handle scales inlaid with a Texas Star shield with the words "Texas Wrangler" on the circle around the star. The handle pins and thong hole liner are brass.

Keith Murr is a Northwest Arkansas maker who worked for a period of time in Bob Dozier's shop.

The Karambit is a personal utility knife from Samatra or Java. It is most often seen with a hooked "Tiger Claw" slashing style blade, but Fox Cutlery from Manigo, Italy has recently introduced a hunter version.

The Leo IV is the first fixed blade knife made using Damascus blade steel forged from the barrel of the famous German battletank, Leopard.

A set of two knives carried in a single sheath is not highly common even though knives have been carried this way since nearly the beginning of time.

This small 1830s to 1840s style Bowie Knife from Wrangler® has handle scales of Curly Maple and a drop point blade with file worked back and Spanish notch. Like knives made during those years in this country, the blade is thin (about 1/16"), making the knife both lightweight and a good choice for slicing.

Designed for the serious hunter, the Elk Skinner II combines a drop point blade and a guthook of sturdy AUS-8 stainless steel at 57-59 Rc. AUS-8 is a tough steel with excellent corrosion resistance.

The original Gut Hook has been very popular with hunters because it solved a problem: it made dressing large game much easier. I believe that the new Outdoor Edge® Swing Blade™ will usurp that market. David Bloch, owner and founder of Outdoor Edge, has taken the gut hook concept and improved it.

For some time, I have felt the need for a simple hunting knife made of a high quality blade steel but at a price that is affordable to most. We have been working on the design and production of this model for well over a year.

The Wrangler Big Timber is a traditional style knife favored by those who are looking for something to use, not just hang on the belt.

The Wrangler® All American hunter features a 3-7/8" drop point blade of 440 stainless at 57-59 Rc. with a satin finish and a gold filled deep etch of the head of an American Eagle and the words Wrangler All American. Includes stainless steel bolsters, screws and lanyard hole liner and genuine European stag handle scales.

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 Vanguard is Buck's answer to the Loveless Drop Point and all the variations sweeping the world of handmade knives.

The Dozier Buffalo River Hunter was introduced late in 2005. It is a drop point hunter that was designed for A. G. Russell customers. At the time it was introduced, Desert Ironwood was plentiful. It is a wonderful handle material, but has become increasingly hard to find forcing Bob to look for other suitable handle material. He has found a source of Cocobolo that has as much striking contrast in grain, perhaps more, as the finest Desert Ironwood. Buffalo Hunters are now available with Cocolobo and Green Linen Micarta®. Like all of Bob's standard hollow ground hunting knives, these are hand ground in Bob's shop on grinders designed and built by him.

The TDI Law Enforcement Knives are designed for low profile or concealed carry and to be effective in close-quarters defense. The angles, textures and contours of the grips are just right for easy access and a firm hold. The knives are designed to prevent the hand from slipping and overriding the blade.

The TDI Law Enforcement Knives are designed for low profile or concealed carry and to be effective in close-quarters defense. The angles, textures and contours of the grips are just right for easy access and a firm hold.

Only a few years ago Tinus, a teacher of Afrikaans and other subjects at an English School in South Africa, had never seen a handmade knife. His world changed when a friend showed him a knife that the friend had made. Tinus describes it as being rough indeed, but it inspired him to attempt his own. His knives improved for several years, but it was not until Tinus began selling outside South Africa that knifemaking became profitable.

Series consists of three fixed blades, Clip point, drop point or Tanto, each with a serated top edge. 440C stainless steel blades and full tang construction. Anodized aluminum handle scales have 3M inserts for sure grip. Black Cordura sheath included.

Series consists of three fixed blades, each with a different blade pattern. Features 440C stainless steel blades and full tang construction with anodized aluminum handle scales and 3m non-slip inserts. Black Molle sheath with leg extension included.

The Zulu Military fixed blade series consist of 3 models, each with different blade styles. Clip point, drop point and tanto style blades feature plain edge and a serrated top edge for about 50% of the blade for cutting rope, etc.

Series consists of three fixed blades, each with a different blade pattern. Features 440C stainless steel blades and full tang construction with textured G-10 handle scales. Black Cordura sheath included.

Remington has created an entire line of Italian made knives, including a line of hunters, both fixed blade and folders, and a line of both fixed blade and folding tacticals. The look is completely new. Certainly not your daddy's Remington knife.

Remington has created an entire line of Italian made knives, including a line of hunters, both fixed blade and folders, and a line of both fixed blade and folding tacticals. The look is completely new. Certainly not your daddy's Remington knife.

Series consists of two fixed blade hunters, each with a different blade pattern. Features 440C stainless steel blades and anodized aluminum handles with 3M non-slip inserts.

Two fixed blade hunters with 440C stainless steel drop point blades. Features anodized aluminum handles with either stag or olive wood inserts.

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

When I first saw one of these knives, I could not figure out what on earth the handle and sheath were made of. Once I was told, I could see that the handles were easy, just cut the right size and shape sapling. But the rectangular sheath? The young Japanese makers explained that they take the bark of the cherry tree and soften it until they can cover the wooden handle and sheath with an almost undetectable joint.

In addition to being a knifemaker, Wayne Hendrix is a hunting guide. His knives are built to function for both the novice and the expert and to hold up in hard use. Like most of his knives, the Pathfinder is a very basic knife for the outdoors.

Bob Dozier has taken on the challenge of making the ultimate Loveless designed drop point which we will sell for about one-third or one-fourth the current market price of a genuine Loveless hunting knife.

In 1994, the Nighthawk was Buck's entry in the Navy Seals Knife Sweepstakes. It is engineered to meet the exacting new standards of the U. S. Seals. The 6-1/2" blade of 425 steel is hardened to 57-59 Rc and coated with black oxide to protect it from the elements.

Who better than Leatherman® could engineer a knife that does everything the hunter needs, in camp and at the downed game. Then they offer you a choice, a blade in top-of-the-line 154CM or over-the-top CPMS30V. The differences between the two models are a little more involved than that, but both are made of top quality materials with Leatherman quality workmanship.

5-1/4" drop point hunter blade of 1/4" stock. 4 3/8" to 4 1/2" leather and genuine India Stag handle, brass hilt, butt and spacers. Weighs 10 oz.

This handy little hunter is intended to provide you with as much quality as possible for less than $50.

Böker® has owned a factory in Argentina for many years. It was staffed with German cutlery workers who had immigrated to that country, and now with their children and grandchildren.

The Shiva is the first Tactical fixed blade to be made by Al Mar® Knives with a laminated VG-10 stainless steel blade.

A great general purpose knife for hunting, camping, or boating.

The Activator and Activator Plus are designs from Mike Snody, produced by Benchmade. Both blades are D2 at 60-62 Rc.

Rope Cutting Competitions have become a spectator sport and are showing up more and more at knife shows around the country. The only two men to win an American Bladesmith (ABS) World Cutting Championship are James Crowell and Reggie Barker.

The Crowell Hunter is the fourth release in Browning's Mastersmith Collection which includes knife designs from five of the most prestigious bladesmiths in the country; Bailey Bradshaw, Jerry Fisk, John Fitch, Joseph Keeslar and James Crowell. Each knifemaker has earned Mastersmith rank with the American Bladesmith Society.

The Browning "Mastersmith Series" is remarkably successful, thanks in large part to the very desirable limits of only 500 of each knife. This means that there are never quite enough to go around to the dedicated collector/users of Browning products. "Big" John Fitch's large drop point is the third release in this series. The Bradshaw folder and Keeslar Hunter were released earlier this year.

The Echo combines Ken Onion's contoured handle with a powerful 4" droppoint blade of durable AUS-8 stainless at 57-59 Rc. The handle is all weather, molded Polymide, contoured for an extremely comfortable and secure grip. This unique shape means using the knife is less fatiguing, even when in use for long periods of time.