These Model #1's were and, to the best of my knowledge still "are" available. A.G. Russell did buy a boatload of the maple burl, but it is still available to anyone today, and was never any sort of an exculsive.
Best, Capt. Chris
P.S. I'll try and get your attachment up here... The knife is no earlier than around 1992. Sorry you were mis-informed...It looks to be a couple of years old to me...CCS