Russells For Men

This elegant little penknife is produced by Maserin®, one of the top knife manufacturers in Maniago, Italy. This manufacturing company was established in 1960. The owners, members of the family who founded it, have built this company on the tradition of the artisan blacksmiths who were the reason Maniago became known as the "city of the knives".

Kauai is the fourth largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as the "Garden Isle". Perhaps that was the image William Henry had when Kauai was chosen as the name for this very special limited edition model B10. The Fishscale Koftgari bolsters and the exquisite Mother-of-Pearl handle scales certainly fit the name.

Dramatic lines, graceful curves and exquisite materials define William Henry® knives. Wooly Mammoth Ivory is an exclusive handle material for A. G. Russell™ on William Henry knives and we have selected the beautiful creamy interior ivory for our first offering of the William Henry® Persian (B11).

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".

We were recently offered a few hundred of this elegant gentleman's pocket tool by one of the Japanese manufacturers who has made knives for us for many years. He says that they have been buried in his warehouse for probably 20 years and that they are no longer being made. The construction is one hundred percent stainless steel.

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.

Boker® has created a very special piece for their 2008 Annual Damascus Series folder. It is a liner locking gentleman's knife designed by well-known Austrian knifemaker Stefan Gobec.

For over 100 years Böker® has been making fine quality knives, including stag handled pocketknives. For most of those years the Böker® brand was overshadowed by the size and advertising power of Henckels and by the sheer elegance of Hen & Rooster. Today, they make the finest knives coming out Solingen, Germany.

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.

These letter openers are authentic reproductions of WWII standard issue military knives. Both have a non-reflective black coated carbon steel blade and stacked leather handle like the originals.

Iaido is a Japanese martial art associated with smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking, cleaning the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. Today a blunted metal sword called an Iaito, is typically used for practice. Most are made of an aluminium-zinc alloy, which is often cheaper and lighter than steel, and meets the Japanese legal requirement that restricts the manufacture of swords.

An upgraded version of the original SuperKnife has been introduced. It is the same design with a longer handle and it uses the same replacement blades. The difference is the ease with which the blade can be replaced.

CRKT® liked the concept of the pendant/money clip knife and worked with Boyd to create a production Ashworth Turtle™ series. This is a useful knife suited to hundreds of daily tasks from clipping recipes to opening packages or sharpening pencils.

Designed with comfort as well as functionality in mind, the Zilla™Tool is a departure from the typical multi-tool pliers. It has an ergonomic design, with rounded edges throughout, no sharp edges to hurt the hand.

This pocketknife was designed for the woodcarver who wants to work anywhere, and not always have to carry his tool roll, mallet and other tools. There are six blades designed for the carver, a detail knife, a straight gouge, hook knife, V-scorp, gouge scorp, and a chisel. All of the blades are razor sharp and all blades lock in the open position.

This coffin handle folder is a fine example of the quality German knife production in the 1970s. It was produced in 1976 in the Bertram factory in Solingen, Germany while it was owned by A. G. Russell.

In 1979, Hen & Rooster and A. G. Russell produced the CM-7, the .45 Long Colt which was the first knife designed entirely by me for Hen & Rooster to make.

While the CRKT® L'il Guppie™ is much smaller than the full-size Guppie, it is a surprisingly useful tool.

W. R. Case® & Sons has created a series of knives commemorating five recent major American military conflicts. The first of the five available were those commemorating World War II and the Vietnam Conflict.

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.

The Leatherman Bit-Kit expands your bit collection with 21 extra double-sided bits, that's 42 tips. Each bit is made from S2 tool steel at 59 Rc. and includes its own black ballistic cloth sheath and bit holders for easy portability. Weighs 4.0 oz in sheath.

This is a knife for food preparation. It is designed to be a personal knife for those who want the finest possible tool for slicing, dicing and otherwise preparing vegetables and meats. Also shown are all purpose tweezers.

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

This block is hollow which means there is no way for debris and bacteria to accumulate inside the knife block and come in contact with knife blades.

The TwoCan is a nice little knife with a carabiner bail for attaching to your key ring. When you open the second blade it is also a really nice pair of snips, the nicest pocket scissors I have seen in over 25 years.

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.

The idea of cutting a fine steak with the knife provided by most restaurants, even very classy ones, is nearly enough to keep me from ordering a steak. A perfect solution to this problem is the Shun Gentleman's Personal Knife.

Late in 2007, Canal Street Cutlery introduced an exciting new design by well-known knifemaker D'Alton Holder.

This stunningly beautiful line of classic cutlery features the look and benefits of Damascus steel, yet without its rusting problems.

KAI Shun Classic Cutlery is a powerhouse in Seki City, Gifu Provence, Japan. Seki because of the location of iron, has been the center of the production of swords, knives and other cutting tools for the past 700 years. KAI has been a leader in kitchen and utility knives for over 90 years.

This exquisite little William Henry Pikatti is a first for A. G. Russell Knives. The model was introduced in 2006, but this is the first exclusive created for us.

This is another wonderful, limited edition from the magic fingers in the William Henry shop, this one limited to 50 pieces produced exclusively for members of the Knife Collectors Club™ and A. G. Russell™ customers.

In the Old West a piece of cloth or leather was wrapped around a muzzle loader's lead shot to prevent the escape of gases when the gun was fired. Each "patch" was cut with a knife much like this one created by Wrangler®. Like the original knives made during the early years of this country, the blades are thin (about 1/16") making the knife both lightweight and a good choice for slicing.

The original knife collectors polish; for polishing chrome, silver, brass, nickel silver, blade steels, etc. I have used it for over 30 years and while I have tried every new polish I run into, I have never found one to replace it.

Viper® is a company that obviously takes great pride in designing and producing the best knives possible. They have embraced the concept of "Maniago Quality" and taking advantage of the latest technologies and design and production genius, push it to the limit. For 2006, they produced a 200 piece Limited Edition Set of two knives in a beautiful wooden box. For both knives, the handle material is Ram's Horn, the liners are Titanium, the Damascus is stainless and the workmanship is superb. Beyond that, the two knives are totally different.

This is not a camp knife or a hunting knife, but works wonderfully in the kitchen of a New York City apartment or a Wyoming hunting camp, when preparing a meal is the task at hand.

For those of you who are tired of the standard black handles on kitchen knives, but weren't really taken with our white corian-like handles, we have created a series with VG-10 Core Damascus blades and solid, natural Cocobolo handles.

The knives in this set are for those of you who have been searching for kitchen knives of superlative steel.

I really liked the kitchen knives that Erika Dahmann made for us in Solingen from the 1970s until she sold the company in the mid-1990s. Our new Italian partner is capable of that same quality. Those German knives were bought by a great many of the top handmade knifemakers for use in their own kitchens.

I really liked the kitchen knives that Erika Dahmann made for us in Solingen from the 1970s until she sold the company in the mid-1990s. Our new Italian partner is capable of that same quality. Those German knives were bought by a great many of the top handmade knifemakers for use in their own kitchens.

While the non-forged knives are excellent tools, our customers seem to want a more upscale look. In reaction to that demand we have re-introduced a line of forged kitchen knives with traditional European styling.

I really liked the kitchen knives that Erika Dahmann made for us in Solingen from the 1970s until she sold the company in the mid-1990s. Our new Italian partner is capable of that same quality. Those German knives were bought by a great many of the top handmade knifemakers for use in their own kitchens.

The handles are created by Navajo silversmith David Yellowhorse using turquoise, bloody jasper, black jet and ironwood inlaid with nickel silver on both sides of the knife.

The Osprey is either a small gentleman's locking knife or a miniature frontlock knife. In either case, it is a pleasure to handle and to own.

To commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the founding of the Knife Collectors Club™, A. G. has designed the Cattaraugus® Two Blade Whittler. While this is a Reverse Congress pattern, notice that it is like no other Reverse Congress you have seen.

The Leo IV is the first fixed blade knife made using Damascus blade steel forged from the barrel of the famous German battletank, Leopard.

The Presto is a Paul® design that was introduced by Lone Wolf in January 2006. While the look changed, it retained all the key Paul® Knife features owners and collectors love.

In Japan, symbols are a large part of the culture. This latest selection from Mcusta's series of Limited Edition knives based in Japanese symbology features the Kaeru (frog) and lily pads. In Japanese, the word Kaeru (frog) also means, "to return". The frog is seen as a symbol of good fortune. To ensure a safe return from their journey, travelers often carry something with the image of a frog.

There were only 1,800 CM-4's with Ivory scales made. Of the Model 104, there were to be 1,000 sets produced, each containing five different handle materials. Unfortunately, there were only 200-300 of the 104 Pearl and 400 of the Cattle Horn knives finished before the bankruptcy. The entire 1,000 were produced in each of the three handle materials on this page. In the twenty years since we lost the Bertram (Hen & Rooster) Firm, most of the Model 104 knives have been sold.

Ron Yellowhorse, one of two of David Yellowhorse's sons currently following in his footsteps, has created two versions of Chief Sitting Bull using the A. G. Russell™ Gent's Lockback. He has masterfully represented the essence of his Navajo heritage in semi-precious stone and lustrous metals.

During the time when a cutting tool was some form of stone, volcanic glass (obsidian) was the most prized of all the materials available. It enabled blades to be made that would cut better than any other material. Obsidian was so prized that men would travel hundreds of miles on foot to gather enough for a supply of tools. Landon Selby, the expert craftsman who has made our obsidian knives for years, uses the same materials and the same techniques to create all the models we offer.

This limited edition Paul® Perfecto features Red Abalone handle scales and gold plated accents. The natural red abalone shell is hand cut, fit to each knife and then highly polished to bring out the natural character in this rare and exotic material. The stainless steel blade is precision ground, heat treated, tempered, cryogenically frozen and soaked to bring out the maximum performance.

This outstanding product is the best we have ever seen for preventing rust or staining on high carbon tool steel, or any non-stainless steel. For best results clean the metal with WD-40 or very hot water.

We produced the Ultimate Pen Knife because a knife this small hasn't been produced for many years and never previously with Titanium scales or VG-10 blade steel. This is the most PC knife you can imagine. It is so small, it will not offend anyone.

It is my belief that the knife was produced in the late 1800s or early 1900s. The profile was slim and the lines were extremely pleasing to behold. Early such knives were called slot knives.

The Victorinox Golf Tool includes a lot - knife blade, tee punch/groove cleaner, scissors, tweezers, toothpick, divot repair tool and ball marker.

The SOG® Kilowatt is a working theme knife designed for the electrician, homeowner, contractor, or anyone who might need to strip wire in a pinch. Three separate systems address wire from fine multi-strand all the way up to cable.

The SOG Fusion Muscle Car is designed with an obvious theme in mind, high performance. The wheel that turns with the knife, a fan belt and pulley array, exhaust pipe, racing stripes, hood latch thumbstud, spoilers, competition numbers gear shifter clip, headlights and license plate engraving are all fun reminders of the muscle car era.

In 2002, Spyderco® created an exciting little knife that blends the traditional Spyderco® with the traditional lockback folder. The bolsters and caps, the liners and the mid-lock are traditional folder. The blade shape, the handle shape and the hole in the blade are traditional Spyderco®.

In 2005, Spyderco® launched their Kopa series which has been made up of approximately three knives per year with exceptionally unique handle variations. This version has a multi piece inlay of white Mother-of-Pearl with contrasting and colorful abalone stripes. Very striking.

As a better match for the Cocobolo handles of our kitchen knives, we have constructed our wood knife block from poplar wood and added a black paint.

This unusual and exquisite gentleman's folder is a collaboration between one of Japan's top makers of handmade folders (Koji Hara) and one of Japan's top knife manufacturers (G. Sakai). The theme is the bamboo plant, one common in Japanese history and culture.

Created exclusively for A. G. Russell and Russell's for Men by Santa Fe Stoneworks, this Kershaw Leek is a stunning knife, one that will give you years of pleasure. The Leek is an assisted opening knife designed by Ken Onion. It was an Onion design produced by Kershaw that started the assisted opening wave in folding knives.

These handsome steak knives with blades of 440 high-carbon stainless tool steel have been handled with Picasso Marble from Utah. The quality is outstanding, the appeal superb.

Swiss Army knives are carried in pockets and in belt pouches all over the world. The Swiss Champ is a standard model carried by multitudes for years. It is built in 8 layers with 33 different functions. A bulky yet pocket sized toolbox.

A great tool, especially for those who are looking for one that is really sturdy.

Swiss Army knives are carried on belts, in purses and in pockets all over the world. It is probably one of the most recognized brands known today. For the Swiss Army Rescue Tool, Victorinox worked in close collaboration with rescue and safety services to design the best possible rescue tool.

This tiny Titanium Lockback Folder is based on the A. G. Russell Ultimate Pen Knife which we introduced mid-year 2003. The Pen Knife is a slip joint and measures only 2" closed. While it is an extremely handy and useful little knife, I saw the need for a knife that is just as thin (to rest comfortably in your pocket) but is a little larger and locks.

This is a very Japanese office accessory. The letter opener is made from an unusual damascus that includes layers of bronze and copper.

Gold-lip Pearl makes exquisite handle material for small gentleman's folders like the Paul® Presto. The color of the pearl chosen by Lone Wolf for this limited group of knives has a lot of gold color filled with iridescence tending to green and pink.

Apple Coral has long been used in jewelry and has recently become very popular for knife handles, mostly on high-end folders. The beautiful red orange color is not reproducible in a man-made material and natural materials with a similiar color are seldom available in sizes large enough to make a full handle scale. If you like the way Apple Coral looks on a folder, you might want to obtain one in the near future.

What a striking knife! Lone Wolf Knives has selected exhibition grade white Mother-of-Pearl for the handle scales and then set that off with an inlay of Fiery Red Opal set in a pattern of thin nickel silver strips.

For the past twenty years, the only knives that Leatherman has made have been those in their tools. In 2005, they decided to join SOG®, Buck®, Gerber® and others and make knives as well as tools. Their first move into the knife market is to introduce six knives in two levels of quality and price.

Our maker joined us as a vendor while still in high school, and has continued to knapp beautiful obsidian knives through the years. His high beginning quality has improved every year. We have offered knives with white-tail crowns and with buffalo bone handles. This one is a skinner with Elk tines.

During the time when a cutting tool was some form of stone, volcanic glass (obsidian) was the most prized of all the materials available. It enabled blades to be made that would cut better than any other material. Obsidian was so prized that men would travel hundreds of miles on foot to gather enough for a supply of tools.

A convenient combination for your picnic basket, RV or kitchen drawer. Two Japanese manufacturers, one a maker of fine kitchen knives and one a maker of top quality scissors, have worked together to develop a tool that includes both.

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.

This folder is our third selection in Mcusta's series of Limited Edition knives based on traditional Japanese Art images. The butterfly is a popular symbol in the Japanese culture. It is often used to represent metamorphosis or transformation and often represents spring. For centuries Japanese family crests have contained designs based on the butterfly.

The rabbit and the moon are often found within the paintings and fables of artists and storytellers in Japan. Artists often paint the moon with rabbits racing across its face.

At the 2007 S.H.O.T. Show, we arranged with Mcusta® to receive a series of Limited Edition versions of this beautiful folder created with precision inlay work in natural wood handles.

The Boker® boot knife is now available with a blade made of 300+ layer Leo Damascus® steel. Steel from the gun barrel of the famous German battle tank Leopard is hand forged into a blade material with Boker's popular "Small Pyramids" pattern with a Rockwell hardness of about 63 Rc.

The Böker® Scout (or Camp) knife is unusual in that, instead of 4 blades with several functions, there are six blades including a reamer-leather punch, corkscrew, screwdriver-cap lifter (bottle opener), can opener, 2-1/2" Traditional Spear Point blade, and a 1- 3/4" Clip Point blade.

One of the most popular pocketknives Böker® has ever offered has been their Gentleman's Lockback. This version is the most elegant yet.

This handy little knife is one of the hottest around. If you (or any of your friends) smoke cigars, you will want to have one of these, maybe one in the office, one at home, and one for the car. In the pocket, it is also a money clip.

The way to use this knife as a cigar cutter is to insert the cigar in the cut-hole, close the blade against the cigar "cap" and turn the cigar while applying pressure to the blade. That way the "cap" is removed without crushing the cigar. Cuts up to a 50 gauge cigar.

Over the years I have seen many sailors knives, including the one made for us in Japan. Year after year, those knives have proved to be both durable and dependable, but I have long felt that a new, modern design was needed. I have had requests from sailors for a knife with current materials and technical features.

In ages past, sailors almost always carried knives that were hafted with bone or exotic wood. Our modern version is truly a working Sailor's knife. The serrated blade makes fast work of cutting rope, the oval eye in the blade makes opening easier when your hands are wet and cold.

The knife industry in Europe, as well as in Japan, has always centered around one area in each country. In England, it was Sheffield, in Germany, Solingen, in Japan, Seki City and in Italy it has been Maniago. In the recent past, we have seen a decline in quality knife production in England, Germany, the United States and most recently in Japan. There are good companies making quality knives remaining in Germany, Japan and the U. S., but they are few.

Sure Shine has been formulated for the marine industry. A one step application cleans, polishes and protects.

This elegant little jewel of a Gentleman's Folder is made by William Henry® Knives, the all time top recipient of Blade Magazine's Overall Knife of the Year® and Investor Collector Knife of the Year® awards. The Lancet is a slim folder that carries well in a suit pocket but is also right at home clipped to the top of the pocket of your Dockers® or Wranglers® .

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.

The Soleil is a twenty-five piece limited edition using William Henry's striking new Copper Wave Damascus for the blade. This is not an A. G. Russell™ exclusive, but rather a special edition created for William Henry dealers.

This small 1830s to 1840s style Bowie Knife from Wrangler® has handle scales of Curly Maple and a drop point blade with file worked back and Spanish notch. Like knives made during those years in this country, the blade is thin (about 1/16"), making the knife both lightweight and a good choice for slicing.

This version of the GenTac is a 100 piece limited edition produced exclusively for A. G. Russell™ customers and members of the Knife Collectors Club™. The 3-1/8" blade is Devin Thomas' Dot Matrix stainless Damascus at 59-61 Rc.

Before this past year, I do not believe a knife was ever marked with the Wrangler® brand. We know the brand as one of the oldest manufacturers of blue jeans, good solid clothing produced for the western working man. Wrangler® Jeans were first made in the 1940s and were designed specifically for rodeo use. 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.

Pikatti is an Eskimo word meaning companion, an appropriate name for a small knife that was designed as a faithful tool to help with everyday tasks. Conceived as functional jewelry, the Pikatti is compact and lightweight for daily carry in the pocket or purse, but robust enough for a lifetime of daily use.

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.

First fossilized Mammoth Ivory and then Mammoth Tooth became very desirable for knife handles. Over the past few years, we have seen a few handmade knifemakers use Mammoth Bone. This material varies widely in its appearance because bone starts out very absorbent and easily picks up color from the minerals in the soil where it has laid for thousands of years. Unlike ivory, which will usually have color on the surface (bark), Mammoth Bone will have absorbed the color through the entire thickness.

What a handy little tool for those of us who carry one of the many knives being produced today using Torx fasteners. This catalog is full of knives with Torx fastners to attach handle scales to the knife frame or to hold pocket clips that are removable or reversible.

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.

The KAI Shun Classic Ken Onion 8" Chef's Knife was introduced by Kershaw at the 2005 Blade® Show where it was selected as the Kitchen Knife of the Year®. The knife utilizes the same blade steel and handle material used in the original Shun knives, but the comparisons stop there. Ken Onion is a handmade knifemaker who has been designing knives for Kershaw for a number of years.

Kyocera's premium cutlery line features a stunning Damascus-look pattern on the blades. Close in hardness to diamond, these advanced ceramic knives feature "HIP" (Hot Isostatic Pressed) blades fired a second time at a higher temperature and pressure for greater density. As a result, the HIP blade offers increased wear-resistance.

The Hybrid gardening tool combines a quality pruner with a multi-tool. The user-friendly design lets you get to the tools you need quickly and safely.

Once you have used the Leatherman® Vista, you will not be without it when preparing a site for your hunting camp or setting up your tree stand. The strong sharp pruning shears easily cut small branches. For bigger cutting jobs, the heavy-duty saw zips through wood with ease. The built-in awl is perfect for starting tree steps and the combo edge knife blade is ideal for almost any cutting job in the woods or at the campsite.

Each year the designers at Leatherman come up with yet another bigger and better multi-tool. One of the latest additions to their line is the Charge TTi. The Titanium handle houses a large bit driver, bottle/can opener, wood/metal & diamond-coated file, large screw driver, small bit driver, scissors, serrated knife blade/cutting hook and clip point blade.

At the 2007 S.H.O.T. Show, we were shown a prototype of Leatherman's new Skeletool™ and Skeletool™-CX. The basic premise is a really lightweight pocket tool with the most needed features and one hand opening and closing.

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