OT...Has anyone used/had a small Grohman/Russell knife?

Kis for what it's worth these knives have always facinated me as well and I have always wanted one, but unlike the Puukko/Leuko combination I never bought one.:(
 
I gots one of thems. Handy little knife. Available in stainless or carbon steel. It's very ergonomic.

Then I started buying Nepali steel...

So I didn't use it too much. The sheath is very much like the sheath for the JKM.
 
I can tell you they are very nice knives and make great users plus the folks at Grohman are family oriented and very friendly.


Regards,

Tom Carey
 
Not the #2 "Trout and Bird"
I do have a:
Russell -
Belt Knife -
Canada - all on left side of blade

Rd-1958 - on right side.

I believe was older one made before being reorganized and became Gohmann
Mine should be classified as a #1 D.H. Russell Canadian Belt Knife.

Blade has original sheathe and blade, some sanding marks that need to be taken donwn, and the tan sheathe has terned deep brown from vegetable oil ( clove and kama sutra Massage Oil.
 
I have a flat ground #1 in stainless that I picked up at Blade this past summer. Design is great. I use it in the kitchen quite a bit. It's good for veggies, except for exceptionally hard ones, like carrots, where it tends to bind a bit. The blade has enough curve to chop passably, but too short to really compete with a Chef's knife. Standard sheath is good, but the knife sits so low that it's a bit difficult to draw unless you pull the lanyard. Definitely secure, though. Better to have a knife to draw slowly than to try and speed-draw something not there.

If I were going to get another one, I'd get it in carbon steel. I've had some difficulty sharpening the stainless (using Norton India stone and Alumina crock-sticks). Fairly difficult to get a good burr to form. Although I thinned the edge a bit, and it seems to behave better - sharper and easier to sharpen.

If you don't win the auction, you can get a new one from the factory for not much more.
 
Kismet?

My dad gave a carbon steel version of the Grohmann knife in 1962 and it was the only knife I carried for 15 years. Then I moved down here to the "settlements" where belt knives are frowned on. I still have it though, and this winter plan to figure out some type of frog which will allow me to carry it as a karda.

The nice thing about this knife is you can get it covered with fish guts and your hand won't slip on to the blade, unlike some pukkos. The shape of the handle accomplishes this without any need for a handguard.
 
I bought my first one - a Herter's knock-off in the mid 60's. ( "Canadian Bowie Knife" - Tigerwood and Krona+ Steel blade!!!)
I love this design. It's in the Museum of Modern Art design collection, by the way. The little "Trout & Bird" is a bit skinny in the grip for my taste, the original feels better in hand. Grohman makes a few other knives that don't appeal to me except the new folding model of the original...which is very cool.
 
Here's my old Herters...
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Funny thing:

As much as I admire the design of the Russell, and (kind of) covet one...the knives I end up carrying, or using more, are those which have a person behind them. It's this sort of thing that drew me to HI khuks, and some of the other knives I have. They have a history, a texture, some stories to tell me. One old hand-made kitchen knife has burns, scores and pits all throughout it, but it is still the one I use most often, rather than the more austere or elegant designs.

Just weird, I guess.:)
 
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