A.G. Russell Knives

Blued Snakeskin Mosaic Damascus Frame, Typhoon Damascus Blade and Gold Lip Pearl

The B5 Chardonnay is the first ever offering of a William Henry button lock built as an interframe. It was designed and built exclusively for A. G. Russell customers.

This little knife studio is producing the finest and most collectible limited edition knives in the world. The entire concept of the company is to build knives at a level of craftsmanship to match the best of the handmade knifemakers working today. They are accomplishing this in a studio-type shop with a small number of craftsmen sometimes producing one-of-a-kind pieces, but most often limited editions with the most unusual and highest quality materials available. Much of the material is hand produced especially for William Henry Knives.

In the case of the Chardonnay, the combination of materials, and the treatment of those materials, is very unusual. The thing that is the most impressive is the frame of heat blued Snakeskin Mosaic Damascus produced by Larry Donnelly. The blueing results in a strong contrast between the deep blue-purple and the bright silver pattern. The Damascus is a high carbon steel with streaks of a high nickel content steel to accomplish the bright pattern. To complement this unusual frame, Matt Conable has chosen Devin Thomas Typhoon Damascus (stainless) for the blade, Gold Lip Pearl for the inlay and sapphires to accent the buttons.

The button lock Chardonnay has a 2-5/8" drop point blade, blue anodized titanium fittings and a black leather lanyard with silver beads. Measures 3-1/4" closed and weighs 2.3 oz. Created in the William Henry studio in Oregon. Includes a black Sharkskin ClipCase®.

William Henry Knives® B5 Chardonnay - Gold Lip Pearl