I thought this was Scott a few years younger.

Nothing warms the heart like opening a box from Florida and seeing your name ... "scrawled" on crumpled up wax paper.

Using fancy 99-cents-per-letter writing wouldn't make my heart any warmer.

it's the little things......
:-)Rocky

For those who would like to know--

I just received my retrieved data back from the outfit that was recovering it from a failed hard drive....

I found the copy of my records about Pete Hamilton's research on the Bowie-clip Model 18 handle knife that I have. Here is the text of the note that I made for my records:

"Saturday, June 4, 2005, conversation with Pete Hamilton at the Blade Show in Atlanta:

1. Pete examined this knife and confirmed that it is a Randall knife, taking into account the marking, the welding, the tang and the way it was filled with what he called fiberglass inside the tubular stainless steel handle.
2. Pete estimated the knife was made in the 1983 to 1984 period at about the time they started offering the knurling on the stainless steel handle.
3. He said he had gone back through his shop records and located 5 Model 14’s that had been made with the Model 18 handle. He said that if more were made, that he was sure the total count would have been less than 10 Model 14’s would have been fitted with the Model 18 handle. The ones he saw in the records were made for Jack Crider."

Hope that helps anyone who happens to come across one of these.

Larry

Great information Larry! I have a Model 18 with a Model 1 blade that's one of those oddities.

Thanks Larry for saving that information. It helps to appreciate the items more. I now have 3 unique Model 14's. The Aluminum handled example was done by Jim Behring, the Black Micarta was done by James Behring and the other is an RMK Model 14 with 18 style handle.

Larry,

Thanks for the information. Does your #14/18 have an actual "Bowie-clip" or is it a standard #14 straight clip? Would love to see a photo if possible.

Mine is a Bowie clip. My photos were messed up with the hard drive crash, so I don't have anything handy to post here and would have to dig deep to find the knife to do more photos.

Larry

Well, if you ever get bored, I'd love to see a photo. Your 14/18 is the only other Bowie clip that I have heard of besides my 15/18, which you can see on page 32 in this thread.

Hi, just a note on handles wrapped with fishing line.
Wrapped mine in 1981 with 25 pound line. Then insulating tape over that (to stop it unwrapping. Then Hootchy cord over that.(finer grade Paracord) Upon removing all recently, the fishing line was dysfunctional due to it retaining the form of handle. (think telephone cord). Just something to consider if you HAVE to use it in real life. Split shot sinkers to apply on line would "perhaps" enable it to be used for fishing.
Cheers, Wayne