New A.G. Russell Sowbelly Trapper - whoa momma!

Thanks for the review and great pics!

What does the "rucarta" feel like? It looks like canvas micarta.

I'm definitely picking one of these up.
 
I just ordered the Sowbelly in yellow delrin, but my luck they are temporarily out of stock! I also ordered the Dozier designed pouch. Can't wait to see this in person, looks great in the photos. 90% of my knife collection is customs, these
look very close to that level.

Jeff
 
That looks to be a half and half of Sowbelly and dogleg, Corey...that is a wild looking knife!!
I am a bit caught inbetween worlds when it comes to big knives - as I love them dearly, but they can be cumbersome to carry...woulkd you carry this knife in the front or back pocket?...or in an individual folder sheath?
$64.00 bucks!!!! that is good value my friend.
 
The 8Cr13 is a solid steel. I've only got one knife with it from Spyderco but it's held up well and I use that blade mostly for outdoor and heavy duty chores. It resharpens easily for me on ceramic rods. Another steel I'd compare it to in terms of feel and maintenance would be AUS8.
 
Corey,

Thank you for your great review. I had forgotten to order this Sowbelly because I was trying to catch up on some other, older, AGR slipjoint offerings.

I have bought AGR knives since the seventies; new and used. I have never had a bad knife from AG, no matter where they were manufactured. He takes quality control very seriously. His traditionals can get pricey, but I have not found better production knives.

Thanks again for reminding me.

Mike H.
 
Thanks for the heads up on that one Corey, that one is going on my Must Have list. Just gotta wait till I get back to work had some Rotator surgery about a month ago. So my knife buying has slowed up a bit.:grumpy:
 
Thanks for posting Corey, been thinking about this one for a few days, you convinced me and I just placed the order :)
 
Cory, I noticed the blades have a very short kick to them, the blade edge rides much lower than the kick that keeps the edge off of the spring. As seen in these photos:


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It looks like there is a stop pin in the bolster that the kick hits when the knife is closed (see pic below) rather than the resting on the spring. Is this the case? And if it is, how does that effect the "talk" when closing the blade. It also makes me wonder if the blade could develop play when closed if that pin deforms from being hit by the blade, or if the spring would just sink a little if that happened (if they are not already on the pin themselves?).

Anyway, I don't think I have seen that setup on a slipjoint before and wonder what some of the more knowledgeable among us think about it.

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Hi Corey -

Wow - that is a honker!

You have to love a great-big slip-joint like that!

Your pictures show the knife off very well, too!

Thanks for posting.

best regards -

mqqn
 
Stu, per the explanation from the website: "The addition of a stop pin that keeps the blades from ever meeting the back spring, allows us to make blades that are wider than those in knives by other designers."
Walk and talk is snappy and smooth. As for future blade play, I guess time will tell. :)

This made me waff.
Cheeseburger said:
Look at that beast! That's a knife that requires you to tighten your belt before dropping in your pocket.
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I think the front bolster is too long and the name isn't right, but other than that...kinda cool.
 
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