A. G. Russell Knives

From the age of nine I made homemade knives until I was about twenty four when I began to make handmade knives, crude but no longer homemade. A few years later, I had met and learned from makers like R. W. Loveless and R. L. Dozier. I made knives until the mid 1970s but today seldom make a knife a year. However I do have very talented makers in the United States and Japan who make knives that I am proud to put my name on. I design them and have them made to our standards.

A. G. Russell Drop Point Hunter

I feel that this blade shape is well suited in the larger size for general camp work as well as a big game knife.

A. G. Russell Drop Point Hunters

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.

A. G. Russell Brute

In the 1970s, Bill Davis and I developed the concept of building a folding knife with plastic handles and no liners. The first commercially viable knife produced was the A. G. Russell^™ Brute. It used Rucarta^™, a Micarta® like material for the handle sides and had no liners.