A.G. Russell large sowbelly trapper (Cocobolo)

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A while back I bought a couple of A.G. Russell knives. I finally got around to reviewing the first one.

Conclusion:
Overall Score: 8.71

Good knife? YES! Good value for money? YES. A resounding yes on both. This is an excellent place to spend your money on. The little design tweaks are more than worth your dollar. The materials are good. The quality control is excellent. And it's just one of the coolest "pocket knives" that I've seen in a long time. It's been in my pocket almost every day for close to a month now. I think this thing is excellent. And anyone interested in traditionals owes it to him(her)self to give these a try. If the product doesn't speak to you mr. Russell's warrantee makes it that you can return it anytime.

A couple of pictures:
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Full review can be found here: http://knifereviews.org/index.php/home/folding-knives/ag-russell/201-large-sowbelly-cocobolo

comments/questions are always welcome!
 
Solid review but I disagree some on the overall fit & finish score. At that price point and considering it is a production slipjoint made overseas I bet my Toyota you cannot find better in any production slipjoints including those made here in The States.

In my opinion the -all in one piece- comment is pretty unwarranted for a production slipjoint that is well under a hundred dollars.
Otherwise , great review and man that's a big hunk of a knife.

Tostig
 
Thanks for the review!

It looks like that, when using the clip blade and grasping the handle hard, it might be uncomfortable because your hand is grasping the top of the wharncliffe. Could you comment on that?
 
Good looking knife. My granddaddy would have given an arm and a leg for so pretty a sowbelly.
 
Tostig said:
Solid review but I disagree some on the overall fit & finish score. At that price point and considering it is a production slipjoint made overseas I bet my Toyota you cannot find better in any production slipjoints including those made here in The States.

In my opinion the -all in one piece- comment is pretty unwarranted for a production slipjoint that is well under a hundred dollars.
Otherwise , great review and man that's a big hunk of a knife.

Tostig
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Actually, I agree on that. But what I did is comment on fit and finish as a factor of it's own. Later on I looked at the price point. The "perfect slipjoint" that I described is one described without considering price. Its not something I'd expect in a production slipjoint. Maybe in a custom...and even then nit all customs. I evaluated the knife on each factor on its own and the endscore is the sum of those scores divided by the number of factors.

We're in agreement though, it's just a matter of miscommunicatiion I think.

@knarfeng
Putting a death grip on the knife when having one blade opened is a touch uncomfortable. This is one of the weaknesses of double bladed knives. Anything less than an absolute deathgrip though is not bad at all.
 
Thanks for the review, they are some darn nice knives at the price they are asking for em.
 
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