I got my 2014 Texas Ranger.....and MAN what a beast it is. I'll see if I can take pictures later. It looks a lot like a cross between the 2010 Large Hunter and the 2012 Texas Hunter.

The brand we have chosen is reflective of the 1970s when I was selling War Eagle Whetstones from my farm on War Eagle Creek, here in Northwest Arkansas. Knives with the W.E.B.™ mark will be made to meet our standards of quality and value. The prices will vary widely and production will be from around the world, wherever we find knives that meet our quality and design standards, and will include both folders and fixed blades. We will not mark any handmade knife with the W.E.B.™ mark.

War Eagle Blades™

I can see nice website of cuttingedge.com. Look great! But one thing...... I read it say "Only one of each knife is available and orders must be place by phone." Problem is  that i cannot hear on the phone because i am deaf since birth. If i want order it but how? better email? or what?

Michelle, if you send them an e-mail to explain I'm sure they'll accommodate you. They're very willing to work with their customers.

good idea!

Had a look at those War Eagle knives. They look like good value. Some people might pooh pooh at the chosen steel. But they forget that the older knives that they love (and some of the newer ones like Case Knives) use similar grades of stainless even for a lot of their premium knives.

Sure it's not the greatest edgeholding steel in the world. But a lot of people into these kinds of slipjoints love the fact that they can resharpen their knives on the bottom or rim of a coffeecup. And the steel used in the War Eagle knives is excellent for that.

Man....

a wonderful piece, but, where is his knife?

I envy you Dale!  I would love to visit the store and any time spent with AG or Ms Goldie is always special.  Bet you are clicking that same knife right now :)

Yup, Jan ... as we speak ............ BIG SMILE,

Wow Steve, that's a nice one! I've heard A.G. comment on mr. Dozier's Loveless style knives. A.G. considers him one of the best in the field of Loveless style knives.

Since we are talking about Bob here is one her did with Kressler

Dozier and Kressler.....man.......that's some serious names on that knife.

The newest cutting edge is out, some names I have never heard of making some knives I think I would love to own.  Sounds like some research in customs is a comin!

http://www.cuttingedge.com/pdf

The newest AGR special also included a couple of new Dozier modified designs from A,G.'s own stable....Dozier TAB lock knives with a flipper... Very interesting!

posted an AG Russell Sawcut Barlow this morning.  only have a few, but like the quality of these pieces.

noticed that this easy open sawcut barlow was stamped Solingen Germany. Were there many Solingen AGR's made, or is this were the steel was from?

There were quite a few german A.G.'s made.

Some were made by Böker from what I understand.

And some were made by the Hen&Rooster factory. There might've been others thouogh.

The AG Russell Pinched Peanut with mammoth ivory scales.  One of my all time favorites - this one gets the most pocket time.  An absolutely gorgeous knife, impeccable fit and finish!

super looking mammoth peanut brad

and wharnie blade too, wow!

That's a lovely knife Brad. Congrats on that one. The Peanut is a little small for my personal taste. But if your tastes do run that small in knives then there are very few better ones out there than A.G.'s Pinched Peanut.

Brad,

What I love about this one is the blade configuration.  Placing that wharncliff in there makes that smaller knife scream...use me for anything...BRING IT ON!

So I  just got the CM14 P serial number 4 today I am 6 knives away from having all the Premiums and 3 knives from the EE knives.  Final got the CM-1 a few months ago.

here is the CM -1 EE

Nice Les! pretty amazing stuff.

A big "shout out" for A.G.Russell Knives .. specifically .. Customer Service Manager , Mary Ann Kruger.

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A.G had a Canal Street pinch listed in their "late summer" catalog ..but.. not later. With Canal Street closing  .. I wondered. I didn't find it listed online ..so.. emailed them Sat inquiring on ANY stock. Had a response waiting today. Ms. Kruger checked the showroom & found one in stock .. snatched it .. had it on her desk ..&.. emailed to see if I wanted it.

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It should be on it's way tomorrow.

!!! . Big Smile . !!!

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!!! ... Thank you .. Mary Ann Kruger .. Thank you ... !!!

She's awesome. They all are over there.

I completely agree, Alexander. I stopped @ A.G.'s brick & mortar store late Oct of 2014 & had the privilege of spending some time w/ A.G. .. what a nice man !!!

There are a couple of sites on the internet that might be of further interest to you. One is on iKnife Collector and the other on Blade Forums. The links are provided below. As with anything you find on the internet, just keep in mind that all the information is not totally accurate. It all depends on the knowledge of the writer.
http://iknifecollector.com/group/knifechicks2/forum/topics/hen-roos...
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/788352-Vintage-Hen...
all the best,

A. G.
Founder, A. G. Russell Knives
As always, thank you for trusting us with your e-mail address.
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This link will get you to the Special referred to in the notes above.
http://www.agrussell.com/specials

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Mid-month is always re-pricing time for cuttingedge.com. We have re-priced over 360 knives that were listed in February 2016 and before. That means prices have been lowered about 10%.
www.cuttingedge.com/knives_for_immediate_delivery

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As always for seconds, or imperfect knives, take a look at: http://www.agrussell.com/seconds/

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weekly special for Mar 16, 2016

Notes from A.G.

March 16, 2016
C. Bertram of Solingen and their Hen & Rooster knives
In 1864, the firm of C. Bertram Reinh. Sohn, Knifemakers opened in Solingen, Germany. This firm was founded by a man whose hobby was raising fancy chickens, so he began using a logo of a Rooster standing behind a Hen. In the United States, collectors began calling these knives, Hen & Rooster knives, which by the 1950s, 60s, and 70s had become synonymous with superlative quality. These German knives almost matched in quality the English knives of Joseph Rogers, whose quality was maintained until about 1913 when England destroyed itself by letting 70-80 year old generals run a modern war.
In the early 1970s, I sold Hen & Rooster knives which I bought from Kurt Gutmann. When I needed a manufacturer who was capable of a similar quality to make knives for the collector’s series which I had started for the Knife Collectors Club, I made a trip to Solingen. I found that those exquisite pocket knives were being made by C. Bertram and arranged for them to make the fourth knife in that series – the CM-4 Baby Barlow with elephant ivory. That was in 1975. Before the year was over, the manager of the factory approached me to buy the company. In order to keep the company out of bankruptcy, and assure that I had a source of the kind of quality I wanted, I bought the company. We managed to keep the factory open until July 1980. For the first year, we continued to make knives for Kurt Gutmann. When I realized that the factory was losing money on what they sold to him, I approached him with a price increase. He would have none of that and he and I agreed to no longer do business.
Over the next five years, we continued to produce Hen & Rooster knives with the Hen & Rooster logo, but after Gutmann, they were all marked A.G. Russell. In July, 1980, I could no longer keep the little company going and finally it succumbed to bankruptcy in July of that year. At that time, I had a large inventory on hand in Springdale, Arkansas and we have continued to sell those knives through the years. We have very few of those original knives left.
Today, we are adding forty-one (41) individual knives to the A.G. Russell website. These knives came from a man who has been collecting original Hen & Rooster knives for years. There is only one of each as we have described them on our site. If the knife was made before the 1950s, I have indicated that on each individual knife. The others, I have dated to indicate an approximate time they were made: in the 1950s the mark was primarily Gutmann, during the 1960s, Gutmann, Carter, Fife, Kane and others. Those made during the late 1970s were primarily made for A. G. Russell and are so marked. You can find these knives at agrussell.com/hen&rooster.
The factory, with 15 workers, was closed in July of 1980 and the unique quality was lost forever. The trademark was acquired by Jim Frost of Frost Cutlery, with the help of Klaass Cutlery who then produced knives using this trademark. The quality has never been the same.
We sell only those knives made before July of 1980. There is nothing wrong with the Frost Hen & Rooster knives, they are fairly priced for what they are. But, I must avoid confusing my customers, so we do not sell currently produced knives marked in a way that would cause them to be confused with these valuable collectible knives.

Not only are there some great old Hen & Roosters for sale.  This email from AG gives some great history in his own words 

Some of those are really nice indeed.

Found this maker thru the Hen & Rooster German made knives from the 70's. Then next was the Tak Fakuta made camp knives, what a well made knife! I got the wood handle camp & didn't know it was also done in Stag. Excellent !

Great find Brian!

The Cutting Edge® printed catalog for July 2016 is now available for your viewing & selection at:
cuttingedge.com/pdf

all the best,

A. G.
Founder, A. G. Russell Knives

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Although I've been using knives since I was knee high to a grasshopper and owned a few decent knives in high school and college such as the ubiquitous Buck 110 and Puma Game Warden lock backs, it was really AG Russell that got me into knife collecting.  I think a Spyderco Pro-Venator C13 might have been the first knife I bought from AG in ~1998.  I don't know the total I've bought from him but I'll bet it's close to 50. 

My latest just came Saturday, an Arkansas Made Dozier Black Widow Caper with African Ironwood scales.  This is a lot of knife for the size.  Below it is my all time favorite using knife.  I've also bought a lot of hand made knives from AG, he used to put out a great newsletter that I would drool over every month (The Cutting Edge, I think).

Just heard the news that A.G. passed away.

I'm still processing this news.

Prayers for Goldie and all those close to him.

For those looking for info

A.G. Russell, III

Very sad. A great loss for the world of knife lovers. A thought from Paris for Goldie and all those close to A.G.

Very sad indeed, he was a real pioneer in the Guild and many other areas.

One of the first knives in my collection was an A.G. Russell dagger that a girlfriend purchased for me from a store that did consignments of knives & firearms.  This was back in the early 90's, before I really started collecting knives. 

A decade & some later, I decided to research that knife, so I ended up on some forum somewhere.  Lo & behold, it was A.G. himself that responded!  I'd heard that he was known for his affinity for talking about knives with anyone & everyone -- but it was still pretty cool to be one of those people -- especially when I wasn't expecting it!