Not Just Another Nut

Ed, it takes a little while before knives on AG's Knife Collectors Club mail out to show up on his website. I have had this one for a couple of weeks now so it may show up fairly soon.
 
Gorgeous. I love the peanut, but I'd love it more with a wharny secondary!
 
Wow! That thing is gorgeous. I'm not a peanut guy but that thing is a horse of a different color.
 
I have the AGR Dogleg Trapper, 3 7/16", with same Stag inbound. It's the first in this series (meaning same maker, same standards), the Pinched Peanut is the second offering.
The Dogleg is the less common style with the swell on the spine, not open liner, side. Should be just as fine as this Peanut, and the Dogleg is my favorite Jack pattern.
roland
 
KnifeHead said:
Also just noticed cam ended tangs. That's different for a peanut, which normally has half stops.
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HEAD,
The rarest of knives is an A. G. Russell knife with half stops. I want walk and talk and a smooth trip from opening and closing. Phill Gibbs is our engineer, he did the Remington knives for Camillus for many years and in my opinion is the finest folding knife engineer in the World. If you do not like our walk and talk better than a knife with a half stop we will be happy to refund including return shipping. A. G.
 
A. G. Russell said:
HEAD,
The rarest of knives is an A. G. Russell knife with half stops. I want walk and talk and a smooth trip from opening and closing. Phill Gibbs is our engineer, he did the Remington knives for Camillus for many years and in my opinion is the finest folding knife engineer in the World. If you do not like our walk and talk better than a knife with a half stop we will be happy to refund including return shipping. A. G.
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I'm partial to cam-ends too.
 
In post #25 i said i would post my A.G.Russell Dogleg Trapper when it arrived.
It's only a partial thread hijack as this one is the first of this series, the Pinched Peanut is the second. Same maker and same description by A.G. as "This is a wonderful example of the BEST of Japanese folding knives."
So today, with much pleasant anticipation, i did the 8 hour return drive from my home in B.C. to Northport, WA., the nearest USA village where i have a P.O. box. I was so so enjoying this warm feeling that i decided to wait until i got home before opening the package. Paid the app. $24 'duty' as i re-entered Canada and arrived home about 4p.m.
Opened up the parcel and felt my sense of joy turn bleak.

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My first thought was: a $225 knife and the shield isn't even pinned ? And A.G.'s description of this as "the BEST of Japanese folding knives" suddenly seemed like hollow marketing hype, not the honest truth that i had always firmly believed A.G.'s words to be.
The shield was lying in the plastic bag that had contained the knife.
Now i had ordered a 'second' so is this the reason for being a second, or is there a small flaw somewhere else ?
Well, still time to phone the AGR office and find out. Dialed the number, listened to the menu and hit #2, then another menu and #2 again. Ah, phone rang so i would be able to speak to someone and find out what's up. A male voice came on saying "please hold" and before i could say "o.k.", i was on hold. Held for 30 minutes and then hung up figuring i'd somehow gotten 'lost'. Phoned again, same senario, but this time i hung up after 20 minutes. Phoned a third time and hit #3 so i could leave a message, which i did, but i was so frustrated with this bad customer service that it was not a polite message.
The other aspect of this knife that i do not like is how thick it is. Here's a pic compared with a 2 blade Jack by Keith Johnson:

hornetholley004-31.jpg


definitely not a pocket carry and stag this thick just looks stupid and cheap to me.
I've spent probably over $1000 at AGR in the last 12 months and have been a stauch supporter of his products and business in numerous BF threads.
However i now am beginning to see his descriptions of knives and supposed great service, as cunning marketing hype.
My 8 hours of enjoyable anticipation ended in disappointment and frustration.
I highly doubt that this is "the BEST of Japanese folding knives" and recommend it to no one.
In my over 3000 posts in BF this is one of the very few negative ones, but i feel it important to relate this experience.
roland
 
You weren't kidding. That's a great looking peanut. I love wharnies so that's right up my alley.
 
Dang! I just noticed this. I'm sorry to hear of your frustration. It's very understandable. Most people would be pretty mad too.

rprocter said:
In post #25 i said i would post my A.G.Russell Dogleg Trapper when it arrived.
It's only a partial thread hijack as this one is the first of this series, the Pinched Peanut is the second. Same maker and same description by A.G. as "This is a wonderful example of the BEST of Japanese folding knives."
So today, with much pleasant anticipation, i did the 8 hour return drive from my home in B.C. to Northport, WA., the nearest USA village where i have a P.O. box. I was so so enjoying this warm feeling that i decided to wait until i got home before opening the package. Paid the app. $24 'duty' as i re-entered Canada and arrived home about 4p.m.
Opened up the parcel and felt my sense of joy turn bleak.

hornetholley001-36.jpg


My first thought was: a $225 knife and the shield isn't even pinned ? And A.G.'s description of this as "the BEST of Japanese folding knives" suddenly seemed like hollow marketing hype, not the honest truth that i had always firmly believed A.G.'s words to be.
The shield was lying in the plastic bag that had contained the knife.
Now i had ordered a 'second' so is this the reason for being a second, or is there a small flaw somewhere else ?
Well, still time to phone the AGR office and find out. Dialed the number, listened to the menu and hit #2, then another menu and #2 again. Ah, phone rang so i would be able to speak to someone and find out what's up. A male voice came on saying "please hold" and before i could say "o.k.", i was on hold. Held for 30 minutes and then hung up figuring i'd somehow gotten 'lost'. Phoned again, same senario, but this time i hung up after 20 minutes. Phoned a third time and hit #3 so i could leave a message, which i did, but i was so frustrated with this bad customer service that it was not a polite message.
The other aspect of this knife that i do not like is how thick it is. Here's a pic compared with a 2 blade Jack by Keith Johnson:

hornetholley004-31.jpg


definitely not a pocket carry and stag this thick just looks stupid and cheap to me.
I've spent probably over $1000 at AGR in the last 12 months and have been a stauch supporter of his products and business in numerous BF threads.
However i now am beginning to see his descriptions of knives and supposed great service, as cunning marketing hype.
My 8 hours of enjoyable anticipation ended in disappointment and frustration.
I highly doubt that this is "the BEST of Japanese folding knives" and recommend it to no one.
In my over 3000 posts in BF this is one of the very few negative ones, but i feel it important to relate this experience.
roland
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my experience since the 70s with russell has been very positive. most of his products are high quality & he has always stood by his return guarantee. send the knife back & i'm sure he will return your money. dennis
 
Fellas, let's not turn this thread into a "feedback" discussion at the risk of having to move the thread or separate out posts.

Please post "feedback" on vendors (good, bad or ugly) in the proper section of these forums.
 
Great blade combo Rob, it's a beauty!

Eric
 
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