Anybody totin' the S&M Cotton Knife?

jujigatame

jujigatame

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Just got the latest AG Russell catalog and saw the S&M File & Wire Cotton Knife in there. I really dig the blade. Does anyone out there have this model? If so, what are your impressions?
 
I'd like to know why and how it's called a Cotton Sampler? Was it an original work pattern from 19th century?
 
It was for cutting samples out of bales of cotton.
Hence the name 'Cotton Sampler'.

The shape of the blade would make sense for digging into a bale and cutting out a square sample.
 
Big knife for pocket carry in my book - 4.5". I has a good looking, working blade IMHO, though I'd make an open top pouch sheath for it.
 
pappy1959 makes some small cotton samplers that are pretty sweet along with the larger version. i havent used one but i did sharpen quite a few that went to the blade show. the knife started out as a fixed blade before being turned into a folder for buyers to carry with them.
 
jujigatame said:
Just got the latest AG Russell catalog and saw the S&M File & Wire Cotton Knife in there. I really dig the blade. Does anyone out there have this model? If so, what are your impressions?
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I do have this knife, as a matter of fact I have all the Cotton Samplers that Queen has produced with the S&M stamp. I also really like the blade shape, but I haven't found it's specific purpose as of yet.:confused: Because it is a single blade knife it really isn't that bad in the pocket, but perhaps better suited for a back pocket. I have used it for food prep & it's a good chopper. And I would bet that back in the wooden ship sailing days it would be 1 hell of a rope knife.
It was a little on the expensive side at about $80.00 for a single blade knife. But that is a pretty big hunk of ATS-34.:D
 
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It was a little on the expensive side at about $80.00 for a single blade knife. But that is a pretty big hunk of ATS-34.:D
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Yeah, the good-sized and solid single blade is one of the things I love about the S&M Gunstock I've got. So seeing the same kind of setup on the cotton knife is part of what got my attention. I like the blades that aren't necessarily a conventional shape because it can give a traditional style knife a bit more pizzazz. I felt the same way about the Case/Bose pruning knife. Never owned one but I always felt it was very eye-catching with that curved blade.
 
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