A.G. Russell Knives

Gary Fadden, president of Al Mar® Knives, is focusing on producing knives from the best designs produced while Al Mar was in charge of his company. The Ultralight series, which Al Mar Knives began producing several years before Al died, made use of a concept that W. C. Davis and I pioneered in the early 1970s; a linerless phenolic resin (Micarta®) handle.

Bark River Knife & Tool Co. is a specialty Cutlery Company that focuses on producing fixed blade knives with maximum performance. Using a blend of modern and traditional manufacturing methods they have developed a series of knives with traditional visual appeal and superb blade performance. This is a small company and their production capacity is limited.

The design is from Oregon knifemaker Bob Lum, but the name is all Benchmade - Bob calls it an All Rounder. The name Dejavoo does seem to better fit the elegance and uniqueness of this knife.

Thirteen years ago Tinus, a teacher of Afrikaans and other subjects at an English School in South Africa, had never seen a handmade knife. His world changed when a friend showed him a knife that the friend had made. Tinus describes it as being rough indeed, but it inspired him to attempt his own. His knives improved for several years, but it was not until Tinus began selling outside South Africa that knifemaking became profitable.

The Tim Wegner's Mouse-Lite is a light weight and economically priced version of his Mouse2 produced by Blade-Tech in the U.S.A. The 1-7/8" blade is 440C at 58-60 Rc.

In 1943 there existed two H. Böker companies, one in Solingen, Germany and one in New Jersey. The New Jersey company had been expropriated by the U.S. early in WWI. During WWII the U. S. government ordered production of the new M3 Trench Knife from nine companies.

Rope Cutting Competitions have become a spectator sport and are showing up more and more at knife shows around the country. The only two men to win an American Bladesmith (ABS) World Cutting Championship are James Crowell and Reggie Barker.

Each year Buck® creates a small group of customized knives using standard Buck® models. For 2008, among other models, they have created what they refer to as the Buck Guitar series. This series utilizes real guitar fret material and mother-of-pearl or abalone dots set in cocobolo or Indian rosewood handle scales.

This Fisk Sendero Hunter, based on Jerry's Sendero, is the fourth model Camillus® has produced in the OVB line.

Canal Street Cutlery® took their Moon Pie Trapper, removed the long spey blade and made it a Half Moon Pie Trapper.

Originally a stone-headed hatchet, the steel-headed tomahawk arrived with the French fur trappers as trade goods and quickly became a prized possession of the American Indian. Many designs were in use, varying from the simple hatchet to the elaborately decorated multi-use pieces.

Johnny Cash has been a legend in American Country Music for several decades. In the early years he was truly a rebel with a unique vocal style that set him apart. As his life progressed, he was recognized not only by his fans, but by industry insiders as a true innovator in the industry. With these two commemorative trappers, W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery pays tribute to the "Man in Black".

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The custom "Thomas C. Turtle" models, designed by Knifemakers™ Guild member Boyd Ashworth, have won back-to-back Best Miniature Folder awards at consecutive Blade Shows.

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.

This is a very slim version of the original Canadian Belt Knife designed in the late 1950's. It has been termed by one of our surgeon customers "handy as a fine scalpel".