A.G. Rssell Acies

Dude:

Not a good comparison though ESEE doesn't make there own blades either. Their likely manufacturer Rowen doesn't make many folders as well. AG has way more involvement in knife world then ESEE. That one will be nothing like this and most likely have a blade of high carbon tool steel, made for pure utility, not beauty, not have a 4' blade more likely 3", not be a Ti framelock, more likely a G10 scaled liner lock and not be available til most likely after next years SHOT show at earliest.

There ESEE 3 /F will be closer to a HEST/F then this high end Acies.


BP Green said:
Again thank you all for your thoughts. This site is a great resource. Here is where I am with this knife:

A small disapointment for me is that I had thought that A.G. Russell was a designer/manufacturer like CRK or R. Hinderer. I didn't know these are actually manufactured by Kershaw. Having said that, there is obviously nothing wrong with Kershaw as they are a fantastic company. Still, it is a slight disapointment as it takes away some of the "cool points" if you know what I mean.

Aside from that it looks to be a very nice knife. Another thing that just hit me about it is that it reminds me very much of another knife I like the looks of. One that hasn't even been made yet. Has anyone else seen pics of the proposed Esee folder? To my eye it looks very much like this one.

Anyway, I gotta run. Post more later. . . .
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Niagara said:
Dude:

Not a good comparison though ESEE doesn't make there own blades either. Their likely manufacturer Rowen doesn't make many folders as well. AG has way more involvement in knife world then ESEE. That one will be nothing like this and most likely have a blade of high carbon tool steel, made for pure utility, not beauty, not have a 4' blade more likely 3", not be a Ti framelock, more likely a G10 scaled liner lock and not be available til most likely after next years SHOT show at earliest.

There ESEE 3 /F will be closer to a HEST/F then this high end Acies.
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Lol. . .Relax, I was talking cosmetics only. I meant the overall look of the knife; especially the blade grind. I couldn't get into it before as my wife was calling me to breakfast and getting pissed 'cause the eggs were getting cold.

I saw a picture of the proposed ESEE folder a while back and I seem to remember it looking very much like this one. I could be wrong. It's just a mental image in my head. Whatever, this is a nice looking folder.
 
By the way, I heard they (ESEE) scrapped that folder and are going to start from scratch again on an entirely new design. But that is either here nor there. We are discussing the Acies. :D
 
I do love the blade grind on that one as well. I likes my blades droppy and pointy. . . :D
 
flash900 said:
A.G. has said he designed Acies and incorporated the best designs he found in competitors' top folders.

I seem to remember the Kershaw marketing veep discussing the knife in these forums. I don't want to misquote him, but I believe he mentioned how stringent A.G.'s requirements were.

There's no doubt about the Acies' quality.
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I had forgotten it until I read your post, but IIRC you are spot on.

Combining AG's specs with Kershaws manufacturing and you're pretty well assured of a quality product.
 
BP, did you get this knife? I just came across this. I like the looks and the ZDP blade. Hmmmm... Here we go again ;) to many knives.... Lol! Gotta love it!
 
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