Lightweight Russell 10.75" Scimitar Carbon Steel Sapele Wood Handle Usa 1950-80 Best Choice [7eEcQbUN]
Marks are lost on the blade, but the handle is clearly marked Russell. From the style of construction and logo on handle, manufacture in the 1950s to 70s is a safe bet.This knife had been sharpened in a little and has been thinned down to a better cu
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Marks are lost on the blade, but the handle is clearly marked Russell. From the style of construction and logo on handle, manufacture in the 1950s to 70s is a safe bet.
This knife had been sharpened in a little and has been thinned down to a better cutting geometry, with a convex face for added food release and smoother cutting feel.
Russell Green River Works was the first American knife-maker to aggressively meet the new and growing American cutlery market, which was previously met with English imports from Sheffield. In the pre-Civil War time period of the 1830s to 60s, Sheffield engaged in a protracted trade war with the new American knife makers by dumping underpriced knives on the American market, in an effort to bankrupt companies such as J Russell, Lamson & Goodnow, and Harrington Cutlery. Russell's answer to this trade war was to offer wages double those being available in Sheffield and to incorporate skilled immigrant labor into their process.
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