Tom Krein knives on the cover of A.G. Russell

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Did anybody see the cover of the new A.G. Russell catalog? There is a nice color picture of two sweet little drop point utility hunters make by Tom Krein. Great looking knives! I happen to carry the exact model of knife around my neck when not at work, but mine has carbon fiber handles.

I already knew about Tom Kreins's knives, having seen them up close and personal a few years ago at the Little Rock, AR Custom Knife Show. Simply put, this man is one heck of a knifemaker! Tom worked for Bob Dozier, and some of his knives reflect Bob's styling, but are brought to a much finer finish. Tom also worked for A.G. Russell, making various knives. Tom utilizes D2, A2, 154CM and probably will use whatever steel is requested. Paul Bos does a lot of the heat treating, but most of the D2 blades are sent to Bob Dozier(who knows a thing or two about heat treating D2). Great kydex sheaths too. Like Bob Dozier's kydex? Then, you will like these sheaths. :)

Folks, you need to check these Krein knives out. I realize this thread will probably equate to me having to wait a lot longer for my next Krein knife due to an increased backlog, but the word needs to get out about these knives. A lot of knife for not a lot of money.
 
I saw them, they screamed to me from my mail box.

I'm glad to hear Bob does some of his HT, wonder if he did it for the ones AG has?

I don't have the catalog in front of me but the smaller of the two really called my name...
 
Smaller of the two? I'm pretty sure that both knives pictured are the same model, but one has jig bone handles and the other has cocobolo handles. I like em both! :)
 
Thanks, Phil. By the way, I believe the catalog is slightly incorrect. The heat treat on these D2 blades was done by Dozier, and the Rockwell is 60-61.
 
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