A.G. Russell Knives

Your personal eating tool.

This is a very handy tool. During the Great Depression, knives of this type were commonly carried by men who were on the move, looking for work. These men were called Hobos and their common mode of transportation was a train boxcar. The A. G. Russell™ Boxcar Jack consists of a knife and fork that are held together by slots and pins in the liners and can easily be taken apart, resulting in a separate knife and fork. The two halves can be separated without opening either blade. Simply push the mark, or obverse, side of the knife toward the pivot to slide the two halves apart.

Making this beautiful little knife in modern materials - stainless blades, liners and springs and nickel silver bolsters - leads to more sanitary meal times. Handsome handle scales of cocobolo, burgundy Micarta®, or oiled ram's horn with our unique "dog bone" inlay create a knife that will make you the envy of all your friends wherever you use it.

The steel for both the knife blade and the fork was developed for the North Sea commercial fishing fleet for high corrosion resistance. The designation is DIN 1.4112. It is a mid-level 440 with added vanadium and copious amounts of molybdenum and 16-18% chromium, which creates excellent edge holding as well as corrosion resistance that is as near a real stainless blade as a decent edge holding blade can be. Heat-treated to 57-59 Rc.

The knife blade is a full 3-1/4" in a handle that measures just 3-3/4". This means a compact but very useful knife. Slim and unobtrusive, it makes a perfect personal travel tool. Weighs approximately 3.6 oz. Made in the U.S.A.

A. G. Russell™ Boxcar Jack™ Burgundy Micarta

A. G. Russell™ Boxcar Jack™ Oiled Ram's Horn

A. G. Russell™ Boxcar Jack™ Cocobolo