AG Russell scout knife

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silenthunterstudios

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Some years ago, I bought an AG Russell scout knife in the Exchange, for my little brother. It was very well made, I believe it had 154CM steel, and I forget the type of wood covers it had, but they were nice. Rosewood possibly? No idea. I thought about keeping it for myself, and made a joke about it with the seller, but he said I better give it to my brother. I agreed, and my brother has used it since. ;):):p

I had seen the same model advertised in AG's catalog, with different covers, usually stag or micarta, or was it carbon fiber? The steel was 154CM. I got a very good deal, the price in the catalog was about three times what I paid on the Exchange.

I would like to know who AG went to to have these scout knives made. I saw that the main blade is 154CM and the others are 420. 420 what, I don't know. HC, J2? I didn't see any for sale on AG's site, are these still available?


It looked like this one, and has held up very well. The main blade does not have the snap that the other blades do, but it is the best current example of a scout knife I have seen.
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I have one in black micarta (Rucarta), and two each in jigged bone and stag. Very nice knives; got them some years ago, when A.G. mailed out one of his sale catalogs (everything discounted). The main blade is 154CM and, at the moment, I don't remember what the other tools are made from, though they are of a simpler stainless. The secondary tools in camp knives don't warrant hardening to the same degree as a fine-edged knife blade, so it's understandable.


David
 
I consider myself fortunate enough to have purchased on in tan jigged bone before they sold out. It is one of my favorite knives, one of the best scout patterns ever bade because of the blade steel, and has seen many week-long summer camp experiences at my son's Scout Camp or my daughters' girls' camps. It's the only knife I keep on a lanyard because it is not replaceable.
 
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