Marble's 7" Ideal with Maple Burl Handle

An A. G. Russell™ Exclusive

Webster Marble was one of Outdoor America's greatest treasures. He designed some of the most important and influential knives of all time including the "Gamegetter" for trappers. He also produced some of the very best aperture sights for lever action rifles. In 1898, Mr. Marble invented the "American Hunting Knife", which he called the Ideal. Until this knife, an American outdoorsman was using a kitchen knife or something homemade, probably cut by chisel from a crosscut saw, or maybe forged from a file. The Ideal was so popular that many European companies began to copy the pattern. The Remington Arms company produced an even more extensive line of the same pattern. Not satisfied to take the design, they called those "Remington Pattern Knives".

The original Ideals were much thicker than the kitchen knives used until then and fullered with deep, wide fullers (often called "Blood Grooves"). They were not only new and interesting, they were made of 1095 and made harder than other knives. The fullers allowed easier cutting and generally the knives were better made with fine handle materials.

These knives are made with today's knife buyer in mind. Instead of the very thin double guard of the original, these have a thicker, longer, sturdier, single guard and the blades are thicker, using 0170-6 at 57-59 Rc. This is a very respected cutlery steel, so highly thought of by one young knife company that they gave it a name of their own to hide the source of such a fine steel.

Marble's 7" Ideal with Maple Burl Handle

The 7" Ideal is a very good camp knife and an even better combat knife for today's soldier or marine. Features a thick, sturdy, single guard and 1/4" thick 1-1/4" wide blade of 0170-6 at 57-59 Rc. 0170-6 is a very respected high carbon tool steel (non-stainless). The handles are our own stabilized "Red Maple Burl" and the butts (or pommels) are aircraft alloy which will not tarnish. Measures 12" tip to butt and weighs 13.3 oz. Includes a brown leather sheath.

We reccommend Rust Free to protect this blade. RF125 . . . . $6.95

MA-ID7MB: $125.00