Lee, that is one sweet little knife. A true treasure, you can't go wrong buying a knife from Mr. AG..

Have ya'll seen the new Texas Ranger, lockback folder by Mr. AG. Russell? Well, he out did himself on the clip point blade, just outstanding. I'm a big fan of clip point blades, with a swedge and this one has it all and then some. Ya'll check it out.

This is some pictures of my A.G. Russell, Hen and Rooster knife. This is a really sweet knife.

Robert, I think you mean this one:

I saw that. I'll be picking one up in person when I go to AR in a couple of weeks. This'll make my 3rd Texas Ranger.

That Hen and Rooster A.G.R. is really nice too. Is that a scrimshaw or lasered or something?

Yes Alex, thats the new Texas Ranger, Wow, is all I can say. I knew you collected them but I didn't know if you had seen the new one. The scrimshaw looks and feels hand done with the artists enitials on it, also the bolsters, under the engraving is his enitials. If you look close you can see them. It was sold to me as all being real artistic hand done work. The knife is really sweet and I see now what Mr. AG. meant about a real Hen and Rooster.

Well, when I say I'll be picking one up....I mean that I HOPE to pick one up.....as it's not listed on the website yet.

Don't know what else I'll be bringing home though. Maybe some more Russells.

It has just been offered to the Knife Collector club members, so I think it will be offered to everyone by the time of the knife show.

Robert, you're completely right. I can't believe that I missed that. I get the e-mail with the collectors club knives in it as well and I somehow oversaw that completely.

Oh well, my buddy, they send me a news letter from the knife club, that's how I found out. It may be too far to send you one every month, I don't know. When you get to the show, you need to ask someone about it. Getting close now, starting to get excited, I know I would be?

Yeah, I don't get the news letter. But I do get the e-mail. I'll be sure to ask someone about it. I hope the collectors club special offer will still be open then. That'll save me $10. :-)

I think to get the club special you need to know the knifes special part number that's given to members. If you don't have that number let me know and I'll send it to you on your personal page.

Really agree for 10 bucks it is the best deal out there and when you purchase new AG knives you usually get a 10 dollar discount if not 20 dolars on some knives a really great deal and you get a nice color add sent to you about oncea month with knives for sale before they go on sale to the public.

Mr. AG. you and Miss Goldie are still my friends and Alex is a great guy. I thought he was saying he was a member but just had not gotten the letter. I figured that was because he lives in the Netherlands.  Bless Miss Goldies heat for being on my side, that's wonderful.

robert,

I just went to my customer file to send you and email, found ten Robert Barris please send me yoiur email to agr@agr3.com  thanks,  A. G.

My Email address is: pawpawcoyote@Gmail.com   my name is Robert Burris, thanks.

Alex, I wanted you to know that the knife I bought from you, to help out on your trip, arrived and is just fine. I hope you enjoy your trip and be safe.

Great! Good to hear! Thanks again Robert! Help it did :-)

Alex, I hope you have a wonderful time and enjoy yourself. You may learn some knife making skills while you are there. Good luck, my friend.

I just recieved one of Mr. AG.'s Hen and Roosters from 1979. It's a CM-7 .45 Long Colt, Vest Pocket Skinner. Mr. AG. designed this Hen and Rooster himself, and did a wonderful job. It's a really neat little knife. I'll post pictures later. How sweet it is!

AG does indeed know how to design a wonderful knife, and is a good man to boot. Busy as he and Goldie are right now, he found time to have have a nice email chat with me this morning. I call him my friend.

Great Steve! To forgive and forget, Bless your heart.

Here's my CM-7 Hen and Rooster, It's covered with Rust-Free, a great AG. Russell product.

That's nice, Robert.

I had just covered it with Rust-Free to save the knife away , when the camera came along. Those old Hen and Roosters are really built well.

I have 2 new AG hen & Roosters

Here they are

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What I love is how thick the nickel liners are really makes a difference in the quality of these knives.

Les, they are great. The picture of the first one is hard to see though. I have the same modle as the second one but mine has different handle scales. I like that model alot with it's coffin handles and spear type blade. What model is the first one?

The number on the knife is 111 and the seller called it a cigar knife.

If you want to see my coffin handle Hen and Rooster, go to a Box Full of Knives, then Hen and Rooster mini group, second page. You will find it there. I'm sure you will like it. I'm not familuar with model 111, I'll have to look it up.

111 indicates that it is a knife from one of the three hundred sets celebrating the 111th anniversary of the Bertram company and the Hen & Rooster Trademark.  These sets sold for about $300 and had ten knives handled in Ivory, Pearl, Stag and Horn.  The sets now sell for about $2,000 each.

Wow, that is really interesting, Mr. AG. I wish, we had a better picture of it. Good luck with the big show.

I am looking for Knife Collector Club Premium knives.  I presently have CM 5, 7,9. 10. 11. 12 and FH 2 & 5.  If you have any that I do not have and are willing to sell please contact me.

Thanks

Les

Another question for AG collectors how does the serial number effect the value of these knives.  I understand that 1-25 is premium knives but how valuable do you concider a 001 serial number would be?

Thanks

Les

The Premier Grade for CM-1 and CM-2 was 1 - 12  14k gold bolsters and inlay. fFor CM-3 - CM-8 Premier grade was 1 -24 and again bolsters and inlays were 14k Gold.  CM-9 the handles were Sterling Silver and the inlay was 14k Gold, after that the Premier Grade just had fancyier engraving and blade etching until the 35th Anniversary knife with 1-25 and 14k gold bolsters and inlay.

Excelsiour Grade had engraved bolsters  and begining with CM-3 and FH-1 began with serial number 235 to 100.

The last line below should read 25 to 100

So did you guys see this one?:

Only a couple made. $125. Quite the steal in my view.

I saw it the other day, really something. Mr. AG. is always coming up with something special and new.

Mr. Russell,

Thank you for showing our Mr. Noot around while he was with you in Arkansas.  No matter who I meet with your company I am always impressed with the genuine and down to earth attitudes displayed.  Supporting a company that supports the knife community as a whole is a good feeling!

Yea Buddy, Mr. AG. is the greatest! Thanks for showing our good friend a wonderful time. I am sure Alex will remember, his knife trip to the USA for the rest of his life.

No doubt about that!

Well I'm excited! I found a Bicentennial knife through e-bay and I'm the winning bidder. Now I know that this is a fairly pricey knife. But I'm lucky enough to get it WAY below selling price. (Wouldn't have been able to afford it otherwise)

So sometime next week I should be getting a new A.G. Russell.

Great Alex, lets get a look at it when you get it.

So what is it about A.G. Russell knives that makes E-bay sellers only willing to ship in the USA?

Almost every Russell Auction that I see on the bay has the "US shipping only" comment.

It isn't something about A.G. Russell knives ... it is about knives in general: a lot of ebay sellers won't ship outside the U.S. (either due to perceived legal risk and/or difficulty/not being sure how to do it).

I'd see if you can get the seller to ship to one of your friends in the U.S.; then, have your friend ship it to you.

I'd hate to see you loose the purchase of the knife just because the seller doesn't want to ship outside the U.S..

(Tip for future ebay bidding: always look at what the seller says in the listing about shipping outside the U.S. before bidding).

Good luck!

Paul

Fishers, IN

I can find my way around it no problem. I have a lot of friends in the US that will help me out no problem.

One of the pieces I'm most interested in. The seller claimed to KNOW that locking knives are illegal outside of the US (They're not in most places) and that the legal limit to a non locking blade was 2,5" in Brittain (it's not it's 3" and no limit on type of knife or length if you have a legally valid reason to carry one such as camping/working in the yard etc). This he knew because he'd travelled to Europe once and had been a police officer for 40 years.

I told him he was misstaken and that at least in my country there was no such limit on either locking blade or length like that. (I didn't bother with the other misinformation since he didn't seem open to it) and that I'd really like that knife of his.

He told me he'd ship to me since I promised him it wasn't against the law here.

It just bothers me sometimes. Some americans seem to think that anything in Europe is some kind of Orwellian 1984 type state where nothing is allowed.

Seems like a chat discussion my brother had with an american girl once (she wasn't very bright) where he convinced her that we have no electricity  in Europe.....WHILE HE WAS CHATTING WITH HER ON THE INTERNET!!!

Same thing on lots of forums. People always state "Continental US only".

I'll tell you...I'd have spent a lot more money on knives if that weren't the case....probably good for me that they do that then.

Luckily A.G. doesn't have a problem shipping to me :-)

My latest aquisition:

This is an EXTREMELY nice knife. The pictures don't really show it but I'll attempt to take some better ones at daylight tomorrow.

Here's some better pictures

I never knew how nice this knife would be untill I actually got a hold of it.

Just LOOK at that mirror polish!

My A.G. Russell 2009 Texas Ranger Large Folding Hunter just came in. Man, I'd forgotten how big that knife is.

This bad boy just came in a couple of hours ago. I'm very happy I was able to track one of these down. Now I'm still looking for the 2008 version.

But for now. Check this out:

Next to a couple other blades for size reference. The top knife is a One Hand Featherlite (one of A.G's knives)

The bottom one is a Mcusta Tactility also not a small knife at 3,75" bladelength

Very very big knife

On the Featherlite? Or on the Hunter? No matter

The Featherlite is AUS8a

The Large Hunter is 8Cr13Mov

Both good hardworking budget steels.

A version of both knives can be found for under $100 and in the case of the One Hand knife there's even a VG-10 version that can be ordered under $50.