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Attached you will find a couple of photos of a few Russell knives. One is date 1964 and the others are more current. I believe they may have come from north of the border, but, I'll have to check with my partner in crime. More details to come later-SDH:D
I really like the fact are army chose a functional using knife rather than a rambo style K Bar. For the kind of use the knives see they are perfect. I belive the company is called Grohman in canada and they have the same knife as well as
kits so you can make your own.
... Correct ! They are produced, currently by Grohman Knives, in Nova Scotia. They have an extensive range of products, and are of excellent quality for the price. (Factory seconds sometimes available) ... Great customer service as well ! ..... David K.
The Ka-Bar was a utility/fighting knife, un like the M-3 trench knife which was more of a fighting knife. We've found that the Ka-BAr was much more promanant in the Pacific theater were they needed any untility they could get. Prying cans, digging, cutting tent stakes etc. You will also notice theater Ka-BArs are almost always rom the Pacific theater were ship machine shops, Seebeas and plenty of material were on hand to make replacement for the rotting handles. The leather handles did not stand un well to the rot in the jungle very well. Newer Ka-Bars from WW II are getting very hard to get and pretty expensive. The F/S knives are far more nicer to look at but were designed for one thing and that was killing, if you measure the blade you will find it is long enough to reach the heart via the side of the neck. This was very much for a reason. The F/S knives did not serve well as a utility knife because they were not designed for that, this is why you find so many with bent or broken tips. Now come the Russell, this is a knife that was well designed, it could be used for fighting, utility and just about anything else one might need in a pinch, too bad the Brits didn't take notice, HTH-SDH
All knives pictured here are the early Russell made knives.The newer Grohman made versions are excellent versions of the original Russell design.PIC
This may be true, but, they don't look as nice as your-SDH
When did the Russel come out?
I have one made in 1958. In great condition and as sharp as a razor, must be before they went to stainless.
My best guess would be around 1955, but, could be off either way a year or so. Perhaps P.I.C. will add into this opinion-SDH
the bottom knife was the one I was issued. I was smart and bought a second one. These knives were issued to us, I was under the impression they were only issued to our regiment "Airborne Regiment" but sure could be wrong. The boys used to call them riggers knives but upon doing my riggers course I was issued an actual riggers knife kind of looks like a big pipe scrapper. I really have not used my groham for quite a few years, but it was a good piece of steel and liked the fact it was made in Canada
I have always been impressed with my Grohman. i even got one of the kits for christmas. not exactly hard wood work, but it was fun.
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