I feel that this blade shape is well suited in the larger size for general camp work as well as a big game knife.
This neat little knife was brought to us by a young maker in Japan who is making a traditional hunting knife with a leather sheath for the American market.
Original design and pricing with modern steel... Be the first on your block to own an updated version of an old favorite. We are now taking orders for CRKT's production version of the A. G. Russell Sting™! Delivery is scheduled for mid-February. Because this is our design, we will be the first to deliver the knife.
White 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. This is a coding system to identify the steel. The carbon content is about 1.4%, with 0.2-0.3% Manganese and 0.1-.02% silicon. It is a clean steel with only trace amounts of sulfur and phosphorus. Knife blades made with this steel will take an extremely good edge and will hold it through a lot of hard work.
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. This is the way the world's finest kitchen knives are made, and is the wave of the future for top of the line hunting knives.
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. This is the way the world's finest kitchen knives are made, and is the wave of the future for top of the line hunting knives.
Notice that these blades are deeply hollow ground. They have very thin edges for real slicing ability. The steel is ATS-34, today's premium high-carbon stainless that is used by the top custom knifemakers around the world.
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 Loveless Caper Finn Hunting knife has a 3-1/4" blade that is perfectly suited to small game or in the hands of the expert, all types of American big game such as black bear and all American deer.
In the late 1960s, I designed a knife for the pilots in Vietnam. By 1972, we were producing this knife in our newly aquired Morseth knife company which I purchased in 1970 from Harry Morseth's son Gordon after Harry's death. I hired a very young Bob Dozier to move the Morseth shop to Springdale, Arkansas where we made Morseth® knives until early 2000.
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.
Designed by ABS Mastersmith Kirk Rexroat, the Backup models are smaller lighter fixed blades designed for all-day carry. They offer you exactly what their name tells you - they are a backup for whatever your day may bring. Each model is made of AUS-8 stainless steel at 57-59 Rc with a black Micarta® handle and leather sheath.
The Shiva is the first Tactical fixed blade to be made by Al Mar Knives with a laminated VG-10 stainless steel blade.
This is a very Japanese office accessory. The letter opener is made from an unusual damascus that includes layers of bronze and copper.
Bark River Knife & Tool Co. is a specialty Cutlery Company that focuses on producing fixed blade knives with maximum performance. Using a blend of modern and traditional manufacturing methods they have developed a series of knives with traditional visual appeal and superb blade performance. This is a small company and their production capacity is limited.
Bark River's Deluxe Game Series of knives is made up of a range of sizes that fit almost any hunting situation. Mike Stewart has designed these knives with field dressing and related hunting chores as their primary functions. They are heavily constructed and razor sharp.
Mike Stewart of Bark River Knife & Tool has created for A. G. Russell Knives a deluxe version of his very popular Fox River model. This is the first Fox River created with bolsters.
Mike Stewart and his crew have produced 250 of the Bark River Gameskeeper with this unusual Bronze Maple Burl handle material. The color has been created exclusively for A. G. Russell™ Knives.
Since 1884, people have been reading Woodcraft by George "Nessmuk" Sears. In Sears' childhood a young Narragansett Indian named Nessmuk ("wood drake") befriended him and taught him hunting, fishing and camping. It was from this friend that he took the pen name which he used through most of his life and which inspired the name for a camp knife design of the same name. Some variation of this design has been made by custom knifemakers for over one hundred years.
Bark River's™ new Sandstorm is a great utility knife. This is just about the perfect size to give a young person going to Iraq. When they come home it will work just fine as an outdoor and hunting knife.
The Activator + is sleek, comfortable, and versatile. Just right for those outdoor chores or as a gentleman's personal fixed blade.
The Activator is a personal drop point designed by Mike Snody and made by Benchmade of D2 Tool steel at 59-61 Rc. The blade measures just over 2-1/8" long, 1" wide and 1/8" thick.
The Activator is a personal drop point designed by Mike Snody and made by Benchmade® of S30V Crucible Powder Metal steel at 59-61 Rc. The blade measures just over 2-1/8" long, 1" wide and 1/8" thick.
This fixed blade version of Bob Lum's Folding Encounter has a 4-1/8" blade of ATS-34 at 59-61 Rc. The handles are 6061 high strength aluminum and have been anodized black to match the black Teflon® on the blade.
Bud Nealy's handmade fast access defense knife for the man who wears a suit, has been a very high ticket item. A joint effort between Nealy and Boker brought production models into the market place in 1999.
The team of Boker and Chad Los Banos continue to produce winners. Similar in style to its baby brother the Subcom, the MPT is designed for those of you who prefer a larger blade than the original.
The Subcom FB (fixed blade) is a formidable workhorse. Made from a solid piece of bead-blasted 440C stainless at 57-59 Rc., with a 2-3/8" long and 1-1/2" wide blade, you get a lot of cutting edge. The skeletal handle and thumb ramps improve the grip. Measures just 5-1/2" overall and weighs a mere 3.3 oz. and only 3.7 oz. in the sheath.
After the enormous success of the relaunch of the authentic Trench knife from the year 1915, Boker was asked several times for a new interpretation of it. The Trench Knife 2000 is the result of those requests. Now the handle is made of indestructible Micarta®.
An enduring design, this short dagger (bootknife) has a very simple blade and a first rate handle. The handle provides a very positive grip when the knife is held with the blade extended, rather than in a hammer (stabbing) grip.
About 20 years ago Col. Applegate premiered his Applegate-Fairbairn Fighting Knife. The first version was handmade by T. J. Yancy in Colorado. This knife has had a long life. When T. J. stopped making them, Al Mar made them in Japan. While Blackjack had their factory operating in Illinois, they made the knife, and now they are being made by Boker in Solingen, Germany.
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. We have worked with Boker® to create this set that includes a hunter with a 3-5/8" swedged drop point blade and a caper with a 2-1/4" drop point blade.
Last year, Boker® brought us a really fine Bowie for our catalog. The only problem was that the handle was too small for my medium sized hand. A small redesign, a new sample and a few months later we have a knife that not only pleases the folks at Boker and A. G. Russell, it will please you as well. A very fine knife.
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 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.
Jerry Fisk is one of the most highly recognized bladesmiths making knives today. His knives have received so many awards that it would take much of this page to list them all. As a boy, Jerry watched in awe as a neighboring blacksmith created knife blades at his forge. A sixth grade field trip to the old James Black shop in Washington, Arkansas seems to have assured Jerry's path in life.
The Keesler Hunter has a 5-1/2" satin finished drop point blade of high-carbon tool steel at 57-59 Rc. The Birdseye Maple handle scales are pinned to the full tang with four copper pins and are separated from the tang with copper liners.
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.
These rugged game shears are actually a very versatile piece of gear that can come in handy in many ways. They are simple to take apart for easy and thorough cleaning, no matter how they're used in the field.
The shape of the classic Buck Kalinga makes it a recurring long-time favorite. Buck's® 2007 Limited Edition version uses exotic Black Palm Wood for the handle, mimicking the spotted appearance of the Jaguar.
Buck has reprised Al Buck's personal favorite model, redesigned for today's hunter, using today's material, but with the same exacting standards that has keep Buck knives at the forefront of the knife industry. The original Kalinga was retired from the Buck catalog in 1997.
Buck has reprised Al Buck's personal favorite model, redesigned for today's hunter, using today's material, but with the same exacting standards that has keep Buck knives at the forefront of the knife industry. The original Kalinga was retired from the Buck catalog in 1997.
Over the years, one of Buck's most popular fixed-blade hunting knives has been the 119 special. The polished aluminum butt and guard and ebony colored phenolic handle make it an attractive addition to your hunting gear.
The Buck/Hartsook Neck Knife is an ultra-slim, compact, fixed blade knife designed for wearing primarily around the neck. Small, lightweight, and convenient, this style of knife is a popular choice for fly-fishing, backpacking, and of course for personal carry. Its skeletal shape and talon style blade are designed for nimble cutting and quick access.
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.
Each year Buck® creates a small group of customized knives using standard Buck® models. For 2008, among other models, they have created what they refer to as the Buck Guitar series. This series utilizes real guitar fret material and mother-of-pearl or abalone dots set in cocobolo or Indian rosewood handle scales.
Buck built a hand-filling hunter, The Alpha, with laminated rosewood looking scales that allow the edges of the steel to help furnish a positive grip. This is a full sized knife measuring 8-3/4" from tip to butt.
For 2008, Buck® has created a series of three knives inspired by the artistry of handcrafted guitars. The handles are crafted from actual guitar fret material and abalone dots set in rich cocobolo wood scales. The first in this series is the Buck® Gen-5™, a fixed blade knife introduced in 2007.
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. It is not easily worked. Each model is an A. G. Russell™ Exclusive and is limited to 100 pieces. Made in the U. S. A.
While it has not been THE most successful knife in our catalogs (that was the K.I.S.S. knife) it has been one of the most popular knives we have sold. Instead of selling hundreds of the BUCK Nighthawks, we have sold several thousand.
World-renowned outdoorsman Peter Whittaker and his team of guides have helped BUCK create a line of outdoor knives as innovative as they are unique. The Revolution-XT was created to tackle any outdoor situation you may find yourself in. It was also awarded the Blade Magazine Most Innovative American Made Knife® for 2003.
The Vanguard features a 4" drop point blade, hollow ground from 420HC, with a brass hilt and butt. The "Zipper" has a 1/4" cutting edge of the hook, which means that it will easily cut the heaviest hide you will find in this country, including Alaska.
In 1915, when the battle lines of WWI changed into a trench war, there was a growing need to supply the infrantryman with a functional dagger. Henrich Böker & Company of Solingen, Germany received the government order to develop a compact fighting knife. The 1918 Trench Knife was the result. It quickly became one of the most desired by the troops.
Böker® began reproducing legendary fighting knives with Damascus blades in 1999. The knife was the Applegate-Fairbairn fighter. The most recent is their re-introduction of the German Trench Knife. In 1915, when the battle lines of WWI changed into a trench war, there was a growing need to supply the infantryman with a functional dagger. Henrich Böker & Company of Solingen, Germany received the government order to develop a compact fighting knife.
In 1915, when the battle lines of WWI changed into a trench war, there was a growing need to supply the infrantryman with a functional dagger. Henrich Böker & Company of Solingen, Germany received the government order to develop a compact fighting knife. The 1918 Trench Knife was the result. It quickly became one of the most desired by the troops.
In 1943 there existed two H. Böker companies, one in Solingen, Germany and one in New Jersey. The New Jersey company had been expropriated by the U.S. early in WWI. During WWII the U. S. government ordered production of the new M3 Trench Knife from nine companies.
Böker® has been using the Tree Brand mark throughout the world for something over 100 years. In Latin America, if a man had a Collins® machete, a Smith & Wesson® pistol and a Böker® sheath knife he was thought to be equipped with the finest.
The Leo IV is the first fixed blade knife made using Damascus blade steel forged from the barrel of the famous German battletank, Leopard. Böker's® Damascus forger combines three different steels (carbon tool steels and ball-bearing steel) with the Leopard's gun barrel steel to create a completely unique blade material. In a very complex and technically demanding forging process, he creates a Damascus steel with 600 layers.
You can't think of this as a knife, it's a multiple function tool - the knife will function as a blade or a bayonet and the wire cutter is the most useful I have ever seen as a part of a bayonet.
Between 1900 and World War II, Camillus Cutlery was responsible for producing what was considered one of the finest quality lines of knives. Those knives were marked OVB meaning "Our Very Best". They were elegant designs crafted of the finest materials available at the time and were made by the best craftsmen in the factory.
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.
This Drop Point Hunter has a 3-1/2" blade of D2 tool steel at 57-58 Rc., polished on marked side and measures 8-1/8" overall.
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 is 19C27 Swedish stainless at 60-62 Rc. For this A. G. Russell™ Exclusive, the handle scales are our own carefully selected cocobolo with a coined nickel silver Canal Street shield.
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.
Canal Street Cutlery is located at 30 Canal Street in Ellenville, NY, an early home of Schrade Cutlery. Ellenville has a long and rich tradition in knife production dating back to the 19th century. Now in their third year of operation, Canal Street Cutlery has a wealth of knife making experience and technical knowledge.
Russ Kommer, an Alaskan maker, designed a knife for his wife to carry in her purse. Every bush pilot, parachutist, and commercial fisherman who saw it wanted one and kept Russ with more work than he could finish. The answer to his problem was a joint venture with Columbia River Knife and Tool. This is a cutting tool that really gets into webbing, rope or netting. The blade comes either razor sharp or in an EMT style, with fully serrated edge and safety tip, just right for cutting away clothing from accident victims or cutting seat belts.
Designed for Quality, Visibility and Affordability.
For 2007, CRKT has developed a line of knives specifically for emergency rescue. The knives are based on CRKT production models with brushed blade finished for tip corrosion resistance in wet environments and handle scales that are a highly visible orange Zytel®.
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.
When you pick up a Big Eddy Fillet knife, you'll immediately feel its balance and comfort. Big Eddy builds all the quality of the world's finest filleting knives at a remarkably fair price.
Tom Krein is a bright young knifemaker with several years of experience working in both the A. G. Russell and Bob Dozier knife shops. The Dogfish™ is his first design for a manufacturer.
Several years ago, CRKT was asked to create a production fixed blade following the design traditions of Japanese swordsmithing for ceremonial and martial arts use. The result was the First Strike 2705. These knives quickly developed a following among Military and Special Services personnel leading CRKT to introduce a military version of the original knife with non-reflective black EDP blade and Olive Drab cord wrap early this year.
Jim Hammond has All Bases Covered with this knife/sheath system. It's the ultimate dive and whitewater knife, with two sets of scales included.
For 2007, CRKT has developed a line of knives specifically for emergency rescue and are based on CRKT production models. The Hammond A.B.C. E.R. is a Jim Hammond design whose name stands for "All Bases Covered." The blunt-tipped A.B.C. E.R. is designed to fill all the needs of the scuba diver and whitewater enthusiast in a single knife. The bottom hollow ground Razor-Sharp edge is suited to fine cutting tasks.
Take Jim Hammond's A.B.C. concept, grind a powerful Tanto blade, and you have the perfect fixed blade system for emergency services and special forces.
James Williams, the designer of the Hissatsu, is a former army officer and martial artist and current owner of Bugei Trading Company, a source of high quality Samurai swords.
This is a one-purpose blade with great slashing ability and exceptional penetration. Do not expect to be able to convince a judge or prosecutor that you were carrying this knife for hunting and skinning or for cutting carpet. It is a professional's knife for police or military.
CRKT's NEW Tactical Fixed Blade is a well thought out Combat/Utility Knife designed by CRKT's unnamed military consultants. They have selected this knife to represent them in their joint program with the AF Exchange System. It and the folders that follow are the most popular knives being sold to our troops in Iraq.
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).
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.
Designed by military consultants, these two extreme duty Special Operations Tactical Fixed Blades (SOTFB) are built to withstand the hardest possible duty in combat. The knives themselves are built like rocks, by far the heftiest full tang fixed blades CRKT has ever offered.
The new MAK-1™ (Multiple Access Knife) and Extrik-8-R™ (Seat Belt Cutter and Multi-Tool) were created by James McGowan, who is a professional firefighter in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Due to his career in one of Canada's busiest fire halls and his passion for the outdoors, he started making "hard-working knives" and joined the Canadian Knifemakers' Guild in 1998.
A.G.'s new Ringer™ series is about as minimal as knives can get. What makes these two-finger knives so unique is the small tang that A.G. has designed to give better grip and stability. Each comes with a custom-fitted Kydex® sheath and chain, which allows carry as a neck knife or in the pocket.
This is definitely not your usual small utility knife. But it is not different just for the sake of being different. Mike Franklin has carefully thought this system out, resulting in a useful outdoor tool that is also a great value.
These new Side Hawgs are a little different than the original in that they have a textured Zytel scales instead of a bare skeletonized handle and have a much sleeker look. Each knife has a 2-3/8" drop point blade and measures 5-1/2" tip to butt. Available in either satin finish or bronze titanium nitride coated finish.
Mike Franklin has been a full time knifemaker since 1973. His first CRKT design was the Serengeti Hunter which is a three knife folder - the main blade and then a separate skeletonized knife that attaches to each side of the handle.
From the Manufacturer:
"Today's tactical fixed blade knives still resemble the first Bronze Age daggers of 4000 years ago, especially in their handle design. Michael Martinez, inventor of the Merlin® knife deployment system, didn't start out to redesign the fixed blade, but he explains, "We tested over 400 knives with the Merlin system, and I kept noticing how many knives, even expensive ones, didn't feel right, didn't have a grip that gave both control and comfort in the four fundamental tactical grips."
From the manufacturer:
Designed by our military consultants, these two extreme duty Special Operations Tactical Fixed Blades (SOTFB) are built to withstand the hardest possible duty in combat. The knives themselves are built like rocks, by far the heftiest full tang fixed blades CRKT has ever offered.
When Jon and Josh Graham of Graham Knives in Cleveland, Tennessee, developed their custom Graham Razel™ in 2001, most knife blades came to a single point. Not the Razel. It's a cross between a chisel and a razor with a knife handle. The result gives two useful Razor-Sharp™ edges, one for pushing or tapping, and the other for precise cutting. You also get two strong blade points. The Graham brothers have been very successful with their custom versions in a variety of sizes and styles.
These are classic knives for serious hunters, that you'll cherish and leave to your children. Maybe CRKT overdid it. It started when they told Alaskan knifemaker and hunting and fishing guide Russ Kommer that they wanted a series of premium classic hunters with stacked leather handles. He came back with these three functional (and graceful) designs. They are knives that you will use for skinning, caping and field chores, then clean and display proudly-for decades to come. Construction is the best CRKT can achieve, and they think it is unique.
Both Triumph N.E.C.K.™ models are based on the same 1/8" thick blade of 3Cr13 stainless steel at 54-56 Rc. It is a full-tang skeletonized design, with a recurved grind on a 2-3/4" Tanto blade to aid cutting and a false top edge grind for penetrating. Overall length is 6-1/2".
From the Manufacturer:
"Today's tactical fixed blade knives still resemble the first Bronze Age daggers of 4000 years ago, especially in their handle design. Michael Martinez, inventor of the Merlin® knife deployment system, didn't start out to redesign the fixed blade, but he explains, "We tested over 400 knives with the Merlin system, and I kept noticing how many knives, even expensive ones, didn't feel right, didn't have a grip that gave both control and comfort in the four fundamental tactical grips."
Because Tom knows knives from his life as a meat cutter, professional knife sharpener, and designer of knives and Columbia River Knife & Tool® (CRKT®) exclusive Veff™ Serrations, he designed one of the most carefully thought-out fixed blades we have ever produced, even though it also has the lowest price of any knife in our catalog. He calls it the Marine Utility Knife (M.U.K.™).
Bob Kasper, the late writer and combat instructor, designed the basic outline of the C/K Dragon and Pat and Wes Crawford developed the handle scales. The 4-1/2" full-tang blade has a tapered Wharncliffe grind for great penetrating power.
This is the model that D' prefers to use himself. It has a 'Crows Beak' handle of Red Baltic Amber, Fossilized Oosic and Stabilized flame grain American Walnut. The 4-1/4" drop point blade, is made of ATS-34, the premier steel used by makers of hand-made knives throughout the world, heat-treated to 59-61 Rc. This steel, at this hardness, possesses the ideal balance of strength and edge-holding hardness.
Cowboy Action Shooting is about romance, not reality. When I was a boy many of the real people these enactors are portraying were still alive and my father introduced me to some of them. A Texas Ranger with two big Bisley Colts kept my eyes bugged and my mouth shut while he and my father talked. It is easy to forget that 100 years ago men dressed in the shield front shirt and stripped pants would go for months between baths while working in heat and dust moving cattle from home range to market.
Caper/Hunter with Picasso Marble Hand engraved by Pat Holder. I call this a Caper/Hunter. The blade is a 3-1/4" short clip blade of ATS-34 stainless heat-treated to 59-61 Rc, mirror polished and sharpened to a razor edge. The stainless steel bolsters are handsomely hand-engraved by Pat Holder, D's wife, with a ribbon scroll pattern. The handles are Picasso Marble, a beautiful material suitable to presentation and display knives.
3-1/4" Flat Back Hunter blade, 7-1/4" overall length, nickel silver hilt, tapered tang, maple burl Birch scales, mirror finish. Comes with a beautiful handmade D'Holder brown leather belt sheath.
In 1943, a young knifemaker with no idea of the future value of his brand, designed a fighter and licensed a firm in Springfield, Mass. to produce the knife. Of the 1,200-1,500 knives from that design produced, about 500 were produced in Springfield. Those knives now sell for $2,000 to $5000, or even more for those in very fine condition. This licensing turned out to be pretty wise.
This is a practical knife with a 3-1/2" blade that is single edged but double ground. This clip portion of the swedge could be sharpened if the owner is willing to risk the various doubled edged laws around the country.
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.
The Buffalo River Hunter is the newest Dozier design. It is a drop point hunter designed for A. G. Russell™ customers. We are offering it with your choice of Green Linen Micarta® or Desert Ironwood. Like all of Bob's standard, hollow ground hunting knives these are made of D-2 at 60-61 Rc.
This is a small personal knife, or neck knife, with the same super edge holding D2 steel Bob puts into his much larger hunters and combat knives. This handy little knife with the canoe shaped handle is ideal for the kayaker or canoeist. Its 2-7/8" straight blade can be used as a small game knife or as a personal all purpose utility knife, suitable for anyone who has a need for a top quality knife of this size.
Bob has been setting aside the choicest of handle material for all of the 30 years I have known him. When Bob took a look at just what he had in stick stag, he found that he had something over 100 pieces in his stash. With stag now almost impossible to get, the result was the Dozier Classic. Now that the stag is no longer available, Bob has also fallen into some high quality African Blackwood, and is making the same knife with African Blackwood handle.
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.
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).
This handy little knife is remarkable for its design, its execution, the unusual carrying arrangement and the almost unbelievably low price.
The knife for the professional packer or guide who works in remote areas and does not want to carry more than one knife. This knife is large enough to do the whole job on any big game animal as well as camp chores. It will also have a good edge when other knives have become dull. Using his standard D2 at 60+ Rc, Bob produces a man sized knife with both the blade and the handle larger than most of his knives.
The knife for the professional packer or guide who works in remote areas and does not want to carry more than one knife. This knife is large enough to do the whole job on any big game animal as well as camp chores.
The Dozier Professional Skinner is shaped to perform the maximum skinning job while allowing its use for most other camp chores. This is the knife for the man who wants the very best professional tool available. There will be no knife in the camp that will out perform it at skinning. 7-1/2" overall length with a 3-1/2" blade of D2 at 60-61 Rc.
We have arranged with Bob to add our jigged bone scales to the Dozier Slim Outdoorsman. The other handle materials consist of Natural Rucarta™ and Black Rucarta.
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.
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.
This White River Skinner, named for the White River National Forest in Colorado, is as suitable for skinning Beaver as it is for skinning Grizzly or Moose.
If you want the perfect personal paring knife, about the best caping knife you can buy, or just a really great whittling knife, then you are looking at what you need.
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.
The Fiddle-Back Cocobolo scales are unusual and beautiful. You simply do not often see this grain pattern in Cocobolo handles. 3-1/4" drop point blade of mirror polished ATS-34 stainless, nickel silver dovetailed and beveled bolsters, black spacers and liners, fancy mosaic pins, tapered tang, and lanyard hole.
In the late 1990s, the Japanese manufacturers asked us to help them out by purchasing the abandoned stock for these four knives. With permission from the then owners of the EK trademark, we purchased parts in various levels of completion including marked blades.
In the late 1990s, the Japanese manufacturers of blades for the Ek® Hunters asked us to help them out by purchasing the abandoned stock for four knives. With permission from the then owners of the Ek trademark, we purchased parts in various levels of completion including marked blades. We offered those to our customers beginning in 2005 with great success.
Grizzly Adams probably carried a knife similar to this. It is a handful, but not too large for easy carry. Features a 6-3/8" California clip blade, with a swedge on both sides, of Sandvik stainless steel at 55-57 Rc. Constructed with a slightly tapered full tang allowing the use of European Stag for handle scales.
If you like large knives, this 12-1/2" bowie is one that you will really enjoy. Rogers' Rangers would have called it a "scalp knife", Houston's men at San Jacinto would have called it "a knife like Bowie's", today's troops call it a "Camp Knife".
This slim bowie is reminiscent of the knives from the California Gold Rush of the 1850's. It is well suited for the cowboy shooter who wants an authentic knife for his outfit.
We have found Gaétan's knives to be as popular as any maker we have featured, both for his exotic handle materials and for his fine scrimshaw. We have learned that it is important to have 10 or 15 of each of his knives on hand when they appear in brochures or catalogs because the demand is heavy. When those are gone delivery will take 3-4 months.
This man is one of the most talented of hollow grinders, his blades appear to be almost sculpted. The hand rubbed blades are ATS-34 hardened to 59-61 Rc. The bolsters are mirror polished engravable 416 stainless steel. All sheaths are brown moose hide.
The Argentine Gaucho, the "cowboy" of the Pampas, is as important in the Argentine culture as the American cowboy is in our own. Typically, the Gaucho carried a Winchester rifle, a Smith & Wesson revolver and a "punal".
The design team of knifemaker Bill Harsey and retired Navy SEAL James Watson has done a really fine job on the Silver Trident. Both versions feature a black oxide coated 6" sabre ground blade of 154CM stainless at 59-61 Rc. with 40% cutting edge serration. The exceptional handle is made by co-molding two different versions of Hytrel®. The nearly indestructible hard inner core is enclosed in a soft, easy-to-grip skin which is molded over the entire handle for positive grip. The integral guard and two forward finger grooves allow a wide variety of useful grip positions. The butt is hardened stainless steel. Measures 11-1/8" tip to butt. Weighs 11.1 oz. Includes a black Ballistic nylon sheath.
Designed by custom knifemaker and International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame inductee Gil Hibben, these knives feature one-piece construction of 420 stainless steel at 54-56 Rc. Each knife measures a full 12" in length and weighs 10.4 oz.
The original on which this knife was based was made about 1836 by the W. & S. Butcher company in Sheffield, England. Take a look at illustrations 5,7,8 and 9 in Robert Abel's Classic Bowie Knives (1967). The company's growth was based almost entirely on sales of its products into the American market. The blade style is typical of Bowies from this period including the "Spanish notch". The hilt style became known as a "dogbone" for obvious reasons.
In Japan, these simple knives have multiple uses. Most commonly you will see variations being used by carpenter's and cabinet builders as marking tools. Ours have a little more edge than the original markers and work well as a knife for small cutting jobs as well as making wonderful markers for working on even the hardest woods.
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The Black KA-BAR Fighter, featuring an extra wide blade that measures 1-1/2", is constructed with an epoxy powder coated, 1095 high carbon steel blade and powdered metal butt cap.
This machete is perfect for chopping down weeds or clearing your back woods camp site. 10-3/4" machete blade of powder coated 1095 at 52-54 Rc. Available in plain edge only. Handle of black Kraton G®. Leather/Cordura combination sheath included. Made in Taiwan.
For over 40 years, Bob Dozier has been a big name in the handmade knife industry. He has specialized in making working knives with the very best material, and a fit and finish that a working man can afford. Beginning in 2002, he teamed up with Ka-Bar to offer a series of folding hunters, of which we have sold thousands. Those folders have become some of the best values in a pocketknife available today.
More and more of the production makers are beginning to emulate handmade knifemaker Bob Dozier in the use of D-2 high carbon, high-chrome tool steel. This outstanding knife steel is one of the few that is "tougher than a cob" at 60-61 Rc. D-2 does not have quite enough chrome to be designated "Stainless," but it is very close indeed.
Ka-Bar has had many requests for a "desert" version of the well-known Black Ka-Bar. Now they have come through. Based on the well-known Ka-Bar Fighting Utility knife, each knife comes complete with desert colored Kraton G® lightly textured handles and hard plastic sheath. These knives will serve well in desert and sand conditions.
Ka-Bar is proud of its history and of its relationships with the various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and their personnel. They take great measures to design blade art for their commemoratives with the utmost respect for those men and women that they memorialize. Each knife is shipped with a brown leather sheath decorated with the corresponding military insignia.
Ka-Bar moves into the modern world! Using a Bob Dozier design for the blade, they have created a great knife for the current-day warrior. Made of 1095 high carbon tool steel with a long lasting powder coat at 56-58 Rc., it is easily sharpened with great edge holding ability.
In answer to many customer requests, in 2005, Ka-Bar introduced the knives in Desert Tan. For 2007, we have Foliage Green. These knives are based on the well-known Ka-Bar Fighting Utility Knife, and can stand up to the daily tasks of driving stakes, cutting open M.R.E.s and just about any other camp chore you can think of. These knives will serve you well, whether you are in the desert or forest.
This knife has been decorated with carefully designed blade art made to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Commencement of the Korean War.
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 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.
Ka-Bar is proud of its history and of its relationships with all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and their personnel. They take great measures to design blade etchs for their commemoratives with the utmost respect for those men and women that they memorialize.
The Precision Hunter line of knives was created by Ka-Bar for hunters who want an inexpensive, lightweight knife which will hold its edge through a large amount of field dressing without re-sharpening. With several different blade styles and several different lengths, we believe they have one for just anyone and any job.
Ka-Bar® has a long history with the U.S. Armed Forces. The "Ka-Bar knife" or the USMC, was the standard issue knife for our military for most of the 20th century. Through the years, it was made by other companies as well, but was still known as the "Ka-Bar".
Since the early 1940s, the name Ka-Bar has been synonymous with military fighting knife. During WWII, the Ka-Bar knives became so well recognized for their quality and dependability that all knives of this pattern, regardless of who manufactured them, became known as a Ka-Bar. The current owners have updated the materials used and the manufacturing facilities, but the quality and reputation of Ka-Bar has continued on.
When you think of a military knife, most people think of Ka-Bar. The "KA-BAR" was originally designed to serve our troops during World War II, and is still doing its job more than 50 years. The same classic construction used then is still in use today. The stacked leather handles, double guards and pinned-on butt caps are what make these one of the best all-purpose knives today.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The most famous fixed blade knife in the World - "the KA-BAR" - was designed to serve our troops during World War II and is still doing its job, with honors, more than 50 years later. The quality materials used and their classic construction - stacked leather handles, double guards, and pinned on butt caps - are what make these the best all-purpose knives manufactured today.
This knife is the same as that first U.S.M.C. combat knife with a more modern blade steel and is stamped with U.S. Army. The 7" blade of powder coated 1095 at 56-58 Rc. is available in both plain edge and combination edge.
Perfect for giving that special someone coming home from overseas. This knife is the same style as the now famous original Ka-Bar. The black powder coated blade and Kraton G handle are complimented by the gold plated brass guard and butt cap. Leather sheath stamped U.S.M.C. included.
Perfect for giving that special someone coming home from overseas. This knife is the same style as the now famous original Ka-Bar. The black powder coated blade and stacked leather handle are complimented by the gold plated brass guard and butt cap. Leather sheath stamped U.S.M.C. included.
For the past 20 to 40 years Ka-Bar has been in the hands of the world's largest key maker. Alcas, the current owner is dedicated to restoring the Ka-Bar name to the high position it once held in the American Knife World. The Ka-Bar reputation depended on the U.S.M.C. combat knives, which were also made by many knife companies in WWII.
Since "the KA-BAR" was designed to serve our troops during World War II, the name has become one of the most recognized in the industry today. The Ka-Bar reputation depended on the U.S.M.C. combat knives, which were made by many other companies during WWII. Their reputation was so strong that all knives of this type became referred to by the name of Ka-Bar.
This updated version of the U.S.M.C. has an Oval shaped Kraton G® handle, and a hilt and butt of molded powder metal. The 7" clip point blade is made from 440A stainless steel at 55-57 Rc. with an epoxy powder coating to resist corrosion. With proper care, these knives are appropriate for use in water or in wet conditions.
The end of WWII was marked by the lighting of beacons, ringing of church bells, street parties and bonfires. Newspapers around the world did a good job of capturing those celebrations with headlines declaring PEACE. The blade etch design for KaBar's VE-VJ Day Commemorative was created with those moments in mind and in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II.
I will never forget the newsreel showing the planting of the flag on Mt. Suribachi. The movie theatre audience stood up and cheered. I also remember the physical and emotional reaction to the flag passing in a parade. It was the same kind of thing, except we always stood quietly with right hands over our heart for the flag passing by.
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.
Indeed this knife is a knife that will work very well as a caping knife. It is also an excellent Gentleman's Hunting knife, that is a knife small in size but large in capabilities.
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.
Between 2003 and 2005, Kershaw produced a series of three knives dedicated to dogs known for their use in bird hunting. They were the Golden Retriever, the Labrador Retriever and the German Shorthair Pointer. Each was a limited edition of 1,000 knives built on Kershaw's Trailing Point Hunter. These knives are individually serial numbered and ship in a maple hinged lid box with Kershaw's logo and a laser-etched scene of a hunter firing at two pheasant with the aid of his dog.
The Responder features a fixed blade with full-tang construction and a non-slip Santoprene® handle. The partially serrated blade and cutting hook zip through most material with ease - including line, webbing clothing and seat belts - but the tip is blunt for safety.
This is a very limited fighter from the remarkable Dietmar Kressler, Europe's answer to R. W "Bob" Loveless. Thirty years ago Dietmar took Bob's inspiration back to Western Europe and overwhelmed knife collectors with his work. When he visits knife shows in this country, he wows collectors here as well.
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.
Brian and David Yellowhorse have worked their magic on this Loveless slim clip point hunter. The knife was designed by R. W. Loveless for Lone Wolf with an integral bolster/guard and a tapered tang.
The original Marble's 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.
The original Marble's 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.
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.
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.
In every nation there is always one cutlery firm that is the recognized leader! For many years the American leader was Case. Before Case it was Cattaraugus and after Case it was Schrade. In Germany, it was Puma and is now Boker. In England Joseph Rogers was followed by Wostenholm now replaced by Wilkinson. In Finland, for many years it has been J. Marttiini.
This great little filet knife fits the bill for the serious or the weekend fisherman. The flexible 6-1/2" full tang blade is razor sharp with just enough heft to finish the job.
This is a great little skinner with a 3-7/8" upswept blade of 5/32" thick A2 high carbon non-stainless tool steel at 59-61 Rc. The size is very practical and the look is elegant. Designed specifically for small and medium game tasks. The hilt is stainless steel hilt and the pommel is 6061 aircraft alloy.
The M9 is several years old and has been made by whoever could get a Government contract for it. This is its newest incarnation.