A.G. Russell Knives

Since 2005, Canal Street Cutlery has utilized the nearly 300 years of combined knifemaking experience of their Master Cutlers to produce some of the finest traditional style folders on the market today. During those five and a half years, we have offered, with great success, several models with exclusive handle materials of Pearl, Mica Pearl and our own India Stag.

Late in 2007, Canal Street Cutlery introduced an exciting new design by well-known knifemaker D'Alton Holder. The cast integral hilt/bolster and 3-1/2" mirror polished drop point blade are 19C27 Swedish stainless at 60-62 Rc. For this 2010 A. G. Russell™ Exclusive, we have chosen carefully selected Exterior Ram's Horn for handle scales with a coined nickel silver Canal Street shield.

This is the sixth in a series of folders made for A. G. Russell™ Knives by Canal Street Cutlery® using White Buffalo Mica Pearl for the handle scales. The previous five knives include a Muskrat, Doctor’s Knife, Half Moon Pie Trapper, Stockman and Cannitler. Mica Pearl is a resin-based material that was developed to be an alternative to Celluloid.

Over the past several years we have offered a pretty wide range of folders from Canal Street® Cutlery. Most have been small to mid-size traditional folders. This latest offer is a large Folding Hunter.

Over the last few years, we have offered several exclusive models from Canal Street Cutlery® with different handle materials, both natural and manmade. This is the first time we have offered a Canal Street knife with Mother-of-Pearl handle scales. It is gorgeous, premium pearl. We have chosen Canal Street's Cannitler, a medium sized Canoe, configured as a Whittler.

Mica Pearl, a unique resin based handle material, was developed to be an alternative to Celluloid. It is 100% stable, it will not burn or change color with age. Each color is developed in an atmospherically controlled environment, poured and controlled so each handle scale pattern is unique with a blend of black, gold and white.

The 3" Razor style blade makes this a "One Arm Knife", designed to be opened by hooking the front of the blade on a boot, shoe or pocket and snapping it open.

This one, the Ring Opener, was revived in 2006. It was originally designed for those who did not have strong fingernails. Just twist the ring and the blade opens or closes, no need to break your nails.

This Canal Street Cutlery® Premium Stockman is made exclusively for A.G. Russell™ Knives with a special long bolster and White Buffalo Mica Pearl. Mica Pearl, a unique resin based handle material, was developed to be an alternative to Celluloid.

This Premium Stockman is made exclusively for A.G. Russell™ Knives with a special long bolster and our own India stag handle scales.

The Moon Pie Trapper is the third in a series of traditional folders being produced for us by Canal Street Cutlery with India Stag handle scales. This is a beautiful knife made with the same fine finish and attention to detail that you would expect from a Canal Street Cutlery design and an A. G. Russell™ exclusive.

This realistically sized Bowie knife is perfect for the Cowboy Action Shooter, the hunter of large game who needs a multi-purpose camp knife and the man who just likes a full sized knife.

We have provided Canal Street Cutlery® with our own highly figured Cocobolo wood and Burgundy Micarta® for handle scales on this realistically sized Bowie knife. This is a perfect size for the Cowboy Action Shooter, the hunter of large game who needs a multi-purpose camp knife and the man who just likes a full sized knife.

Canal Street Cutlery took their Moon Pie Trapper removed the long spey blade and made it a Half Moon Pie Trapper.

Using our supply of India Stag which we have horded over the past 15 or so years, Canal Street Cutlery® is producing for us a series of traditional folders under the CSC brand. These are newly tooled CSC models that will be produced first for us with India Stag.

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.

Yes, it is an unusual name for a knife. When we asked Wally Gardiner, President of Canal Street Cutlery where the name came from, he told us "because the extra large cap on the knife looks like a half moon." It is a beautiful knife, put together with the attention to detail and fine finish you have become accustomed to from Canal Street Cutlery.

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Canal Street Cutlery is rising like a Phoenix from the ashes of Schrade Cutlery. With skills and knowledge from hundreds of combined years in the cutlery industry, this handful of dedicated and talented men are abandoning the names and dross of the 100 year old Schrade firm like a Cicada leaves its skin.

The Bowie Hunter is the largest knife ever produced by Canal Street Cutlery. It was designed for CSC by knifemaker D'Alton Holder of Peoria, AZ. This is a very useful integral knife with lots of sweeping curve for the belly; a great skinner and a fine camp knife.