Lofty, no problems, I did the scan at a time,
when I got a knife from the mail.
All the same, as in the picture from the website

One point that I would very much like
to see the knife Randall - round shoulders.
This will make the knife actually almost indestructible,
but it is difficult in terms of precise fit of the guard
and it takes longer.

As long as there is a radius and smoothly finished, it is not that big a deal on how large the radius might be. You will note the Randall blade IS radiused. And actually very few will break there if no radius and no smooth finish. Folk complaining as to lack of radius are comparing an apple to an orange, thinking a bare blade takes the stress. But the ricasso rear shoulders are resting on solid brass which prevents that area from flexing entirely. Unless a flaw in the steel to begin with (more likely with carbide clumping in stainless) or bad heat treat batch, I would not lose sleep over it, and do not.

Your pommel aka handle butt photo should be saved and posted under a separate sticky of "Why Can't I Just Crank Down On The Nut If Leather Gets Loose?" I was hoping someone would post a dissasembled knife one day to show the butt is not just drilled through and floating up and down. It is butted against tang and will strip thread and/or nut if tightened. You have no idea how many people try to tighten a loose leather handle rather than keep leather sealed and moisturized against shrinking.

While the nuances is interesting (& it "is), we should keep on topic. It's easy to get off topic. I would suggest a separate thread, dedicated to the subject of tangs, construction, etc.
Best, Capt. Chris

To chime in again on the "commando" vs hunter theorizing, I would say the "hunters" have not much resemblance to the Bo Randall Scagel inspired pre-war knives. The wartime knives have the speedier production and stronger attached handle we know today. And the War Department would have taken a very dim view of an abuse of the dispensation on critical materials being sold for rich civilian hunting use. The knives were likely sold for military use (or should have been), and perhaps differ from one another simply by features for which a customer was willing or able to pay, or even desired?

As for current name, 4-8 fighter or 4-6 fighter, is it possible simply because made from a #4 knife blank?

And one late point being that of course the famous and infamous and rich and powerful continued to have access to knives from the shop, witness movie stars sporting about with them and them not in service, but in the main, the vast majority would have been destined for those with military orders, designs had not settled into anything truly definable and customer requests as for detailing or even totally new designs such as a 10" scimitar were honored without hesitation. So I would hesitate to draw any firm conclusions as to names of knives fearing there were none to reach.

I have had some trouble earlier today posting photos in here. Anybody else?
Capt. Chris
PS: Testing 1,2,3...
My Bone Linen on a #4-6", with #6 grind...CCS

Picture is loud and clear Cap'n.

Perhaps a ID 10 T error?

Perhaps a short between the headsets.

Here is my contribution to the thread. My first, and only Model 4. Bought at the 2016 Spring Sale. Model 4-7, SS, nickel silver hilt/spacers, and a gorgeous piece of crown stag.

Randall-4-7--a-web by Bill Singer, on Flickr

Randall-4-7-web by Bill Singer, on Flickr

This is A Game material... but we really need a sheath pic as well