A. G. Russell

A. G. Russell (August 27, 1933 – October 12, 2018)[1] was an American knife maker.

He was born in Eudora, Arkansas where his great-grandfather taught him how to make knives when he was nine.

In 1970 he co-founded the Knife Collectors Club and the Knifemakers' Guild, both of which are the oldest continuously functioning organizations of their types.

Russell designed and produced the first linerless pocket knife with all-plastic handles in 1970.

[3] In 1987, he introduced the "A. G. Russell One Hand Knife" which was one of the first production knives to use a blade thumbstud for one-handed opening.