Great Alex, I can't wait to see it. I don't remember one made with that handle material.

There's another one in the same configuration but with a different pattern that I'm still trying to get my hands on. It's the 2003 version.

Congrats Goldie! First women in the Hall of Fame and alonside her husband to make it even better!

Congrats Miss Goldie.

also...first womAn...sorry...sometimes I type hasty.

So here's the first of the 50th ani knives.

It's a special edition of the Trapper that gets made in Seki.  It's numbered and limited to 50 pieces.

The description is as follows:
"

A.G. Russell™ Knives got its beginning fifty years ago with very simple ads in The American Rifleman and Guns and Ammo magazines for Arkansas Sharpening Stones. For a few years, the business was run from the kitchen table in our home. During the fifty years we have been in business, I have produced many knives. Several are strongly recognizable as having been designed by A. G. Russell. Those include, but are not limited to, folders which I designed for Hen & Rooster in the 1970s, the Sting, first produced in 1977, the A. G. Russell One-Hand Knife (K87), first produced in 1987 and the Acies which we introduced in 2009. Through all those years, I have had a love for traditional pocketknives. In the 1990s, when Tony Bose, Joel Chamblin and others began to produce handmade knives from the old factory patterns, I was intrigued and found myself involved again in designing variations of those old patterns. From the Hen & Rooster knives of the 1970s through today, I continue to re-design traditional patterns adjusting the features to match what I think makes a good pocketknife.

The A. G. Russell™Dogleg Trapper is representative of the styling and quality of workmanship I look for in my traditional folders. We have chosen it as the first of several limited edition knives we will offer to commemorate our fifty years in the knife business. It also represents our many years (almost 30 years) working with Japanese manufacturers to get the high quality knives our customers are looking for. We are limiting this special knife to just fifty. The clip point blade is marked "A. G. Russell Knives - 50 Years - 1964-2014." The shield is marked 1964-2014.

The 2-3/4" Clip blade and a most unusual 2-3/4" Spey blade are made of about 1/8" thick (0.119) VG-10 stainless cutlery steel at 59-61 Rc. The liners, bolsters, caps and shields are exquisitely finished stainless steel. The handle scales are European Red Deer Antler. Beautiful fit and beautiful finish. Measures 3-7/16" closed and weighs approximately 3.6 oz. Made in Japan."

The only thing I don't like about it....the price.

It's almost a whopping $400 which is double of the normal not numbered version. Personally I don't make enough money at my dayjob to pay $200 extra for an etch and numbering on a blade.

But I'm sure some collectors will be VERY happy with it.

Alexander,

I agree with you the price is high for that price I would have wanted a Gold Etched Blade.

Les

For $80 less I'd probably prefer the Mammoth Ivory version. Less of em made, cooler handle material and more affordable.

A little clarification, it's completely clear to me that this knife is mainly aimed at the collectors who can put down serious cash to own a (very nice) piece of history with this knife.

It's just that I'm not one of those and that's my loss. Please understand that I understand the knife, the price and the anniversary edition.

Not a trapper fan, but that's a purdy kinfe. 

Ya'll are right. That's a pretty knife. I'll bet it's made by some of the best knife makers in the City of Swords, Seki Japan. I have some AG. Russell knives made there, that date back to 2002, and they are very well made. One of them is a Loveless style fixed blade, that sold for $170 back then, I now see them sell regularly on eBay for $225.

couple of shots of this nice looking knife that I bought a few months ago. Finally got around to taking pictures of it yesterday.

The anniversary is a great knife and WOW what a piece of history.  AG has helped more collectors and makers over the 50 years than I think I could count.  He and Ms. Goldie are great inspiration for the values of how to run a business.  If I could afford this piece of history right now, I would certainly own it

Alexander,

your newest Russell is stunning!

Thanks Jan, it's out to peter force for a little while so he can get a feel for the Chinese made Russells.

Currently I'm eagerly awaiting announcement of the new Texas Ranger knife for 2014. As much as I love almost every design that comes from A.G. and Phil the Texas Ranger series have a special place in my heart. It should be revealed sometime end of this month or beginning of August from what I understand.

So I have a chance to buy a Hen & Rooster peanut in snakewood scales. Just wondering if anyone could tell me something about this one:

Alex,  What you have is a Jim Frost knife that I think that someone has re-handled with snake wood.

I hope that you did not pay too much.  Hen & Rooster NEVER made a peanut or a dogleg trapper, which is what you show here when they were owned by the Bertram family or by A. G. Russell.

I haven't bought it yet. Guess I'll pass on it then. Thanks for letting me know A.G.!

Be careful Alex, I made that mistake. I bought a Hen and Rooster that was made after the real factory was closed. The wording of the sale had fooled me. Mr. AG. corrected me, I'm glad he did because I could have made the same mistake again.

Just noticed that the 2014 Texas Ranger is now available for order!

Also...if anyone happends to have a 2003 Texas Ranger lying around I'll be happy to take it off your hands :-) It's the only one in the series that I don't have yet. (Apart from the 2014 obviously)

Well! I put in my order for this beast!

And I'm VERY excited!

I see them come by on e-bay every now and then. Not very often though. I was lucky enough to get one through e-bay a couple of years back. Amazing knives. The Largre Folding Hunter (the civilian version) is amazing too. But I just have a love for the Texas Ranger versions of these knives.

I also want give you an update on the launching of our re-built cuttingedge.com® website. It has been online for a week now and we have gotten good reviews. A few people had some issues in the first few days, but I believe all those have been addressed and everything corrected that needed to be corrected. We had a request from a customer to remove all the sold and unavailable knives from Currently Available Knives. We will be moving all sold knives to the Previously Sold Knives category as soon as the order for that knife is completely processed. If you see Unavailable, that means an order has been entered in our data base, but the order has not been completely processed. The Unavailable status should exist for only a short time.

Please take a look at cuttingedge.com and let us know about any problems you might encounter. There is a Contact Us link where you can send an e-mail that will get to the correct person.

The cutting edge

That was from an email I received

I've met people from his company at knifeshows. Bought some knifemaking supplies from them too. They're very nice people. Hope they get through this tough time ok.

He wasn't old as far as I understand it was an illness that took his life.

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!