A.G. Russell Knives

Extra-thick (6mm) blades make these knives almost as rugged as pry bars. The Heavy Bowies will perform well at chopping, digging, cutting, and in other tough applications.

Designed to serve our troops during World War II, the Ka-Bar is still doing its job with honors, more than 50 years later. During World War II, combat knives were made by many American knife manufacturers, but Ka-Bar's reputation was so strong that this style knife became known as a "Ka-Bar" no matter who manufactured it.

At the 2009 S.H.O.T. Show, Bear showed us their newest offers in this Series with Abalone handle scales. They have chosen mostly different models of traditional folders, plus a Baby Bowie pattern and added genuine Abalone scales to the carbon Damascus blades.

The Little Fin is one of six classically styled leather handled hunters. It has been a popular part of the KA-BAR product line since the early 1900's. Its classic straight point blade shape had made this a favorite among many hunters.

The Skinner is one of six classically styled leather handled fixed blades and has been part of the KA-BAR product lines since the early 1900's. The blade measures 4-3/8" and measures 15/16" at its widest point.

The blade measuring 6-7/8" and measures 1-1/4" at its widest point is the largest in this line. It is made from tough DIN 1.4116 stainless steel at 55-57 Rc. Finger grips on the stacked leather handle ensure a firm grip.

The Combat Bowie knife features a 9-1/8” flat ground Bowie style blade of 0.188” 1095 Cro-Van steel at 56-68 Rc., black coated.

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.

SOG® has a reputation of making some of the finest production fixed blade knives in the world. That reputation began with their first knife in the early 1980s, a replica of the original Studies and Observation Group knife secretly developed and used in the Vietnam War by the 5th Special Forces and other elite soldiers.

The Monogram edition of the SOG Tech Bowie features a deeply acid etched SOG logo pattern over the entire surface of the blade creating an interesting and unique knife.

In recognizing their 110th Anniversary, Ka-Bar® has introduced three limited edition reproductions of knife patterns produced during the Union Cutlery years.

We have offered half a dozen different models over the past year, mainly focusing on what Wrangler® refers to as their Indian knives. This Coffin Handled Bowie, represents a change in direction.

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. Mr. Marble also invented the leather washer handle which was used on these, as well as his later knives.

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.

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.

Before this past year, I do not believe a knife was ever marked with the Wrangler® brand. Sometime during the past year, the brand's owner licensed a new U. S. knife company to produce Wrangler® knives. At this point there are only a few models in the line. It will be interesting to see what becomes of this.

SOG Speciality Knives' flagship is a replica of the original knife used by the Vietnam War Era's 5th Special Forces Group known as the Studies and Observation Group (SOG). Secretly developed and used in covert missions, the original SOG knife was a steadfast companion in one of the harshest environments in the world.

The Gov-Tac transcends the page. You will have to handle it to appreciate that the "sum" of this knife is so much greater than just its parts. Double precision ground grooves, thumb control ridges, and an extremely thick blade all contribute to this stunning knife.

Top cutting edge is sharpened. Genuine India Stag handle and brass hilt. 6" blade of 1/4" O-1 high-carbon tool steel (non-stainless).

The Model 1 All Purpose fighting Knife is one of the most popular Randall knives. The standard model has a 7" blade of 1/4" 440B stainless at 56-57 Rc. and a black linen Micarta® handle, double nickel silver hilt, a red, white and blue fiber spacer arrangement and a duralumin butt cap. Measures 11-3/4" tip to butt and weighs 10.4 oz.

The SOG Tech Bowie is based on the classic SOG Bowie on which the company was built. Spencer Frazer has taken that basic design and changed the blade steel to stainless and the handle material to Kraton® creating a strong work knife.

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".

Years ago, I was visited by a young man from California who wanted to get into the knife business. He wanted to make a version of one of the SOG knives from the Vietnam war. I took his original and redesigned it, making the handle longer and changing a few lines to make it more attractive. I also gave him directions to the people in Japan who could make a first class knife for him.

For SOG's 20th anniversary they have introduced an adaptation of the original SOG Bowie that founded the company. This new large format 7-1/2" blade will stun you with its exacting construction and precise grind lines.

The SOG Tech Bowie is based on the classic SOG Bowie on which the company was built. Spencer Frazer has taken that basic design and changed the blade steel to stainless and the handle material to Kraton® creating a strong work knife.

A. G. Russell™ Knives is honored with the opportunity to reproduce images from John Banovich’s paintings on knives produced in the A. G. Russell shop. The first image we have chosen is The Defensive Line, a narrow horizontal painting of five Cape Buffalo that is a natural for a large knife blade.