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#81929 - 10/09/10 09:10 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: vklough46]
Drshame Knife Enthusiast Registered: 09/11/10 Posts: 151 Loc: Miami	Pre-Owned but in very great shape and well-cared for. Needed a Gutcher Sheath since the original Randall didn't come with it. Wonder how old it is?
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#81971 - 10/10/10 07:44 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: Drshame]
Jacknola Knife Enthusiast Registered: 08/17/10 Posts: 290 Loc: New Orleans	A real beauty, and a nice picture and background. I like the hilt ... different and striking combo. This saw-tooth M14 is my favorite RMK of all. I have one and I carried a solingen facimile in Vietnam. I cannot date yours because I lack experience ... but I think this basic model has been unchanged since the early '70s. Original sheath and stone would have helped date it. Perhaps there are some features that the more expert RMK club memebers can identify. This is an Orlando stainless blade which raises a question that I've wondered about for 40 years, re: Randall Orlando stainless vs. Randall Solingen stainless. The Randall Solingen stainless blades of the Viet era were notoriously hard to put an edge on. The soft stone included with the sheath would just not make a mark on the hard stainless steel. We therefore used a variety of local means to sharpen a Solingen stainless blade, usually scratching it up pretty good in the process. Are the Orlando-stainless blades "softer" and easier to edge? Or are they, too, a hard steel needing special techniques to edge? Edited by Jacknola (10/10/10 07:46 PM) _________________________ Jack Williams
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#81972 - 10/10/10 08:10 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: Jacknola]
Leatherman Knife Enthusiast Registered: 01/06/06 Posts: 1371 Loc: IL	Originally Posted By: Jacknola A real beauty, and a nice picture and background. I like the hilt ... different and striking combo. This saw-tooth M14 is my favorite RMK of all. I have one and I carried a solingen facimile in Vietnam. I cannot date yours because I lack experience ... but I think this basic model has been unchanged since the early '70s. Original sheath and stone would have helped date it. Perhaps there are some features that the more expert RMK club memebers can identify. This is an Orlando stainless blade which raises a question that I've wondered about for 40 years, re: Randall Orlando stainless vs. Randall Solingen stainless. The Randall Solingen stainless blades of the Viet era were notoriously hard to put an edge on. The soft stone included with the sheath would just not make a mark on the hard stainless steel. We therefore used a variety of local means to sharpen a Solingen stainless blade, usually scratching it up pretty good in the process. Are the Orlando-stainless blades "softer" and easier to edge? Or are they, too, a hard steel needing special techniques to edge? Alot of things can make a knife easier to sharpen. Somethings like chromium (needed for rust resistance) and nickel make them harder to sharpen. Randalls stainless is pretty easy to sharpen but not as easy as 01 tool steel. I would guess the german blades were just not of very high quality and had a low carbon content. I have done a few rust resistance tests on randalls and the current stainless is very rust resistant. Its one of the few steels I cannot get to rust. The 01 however you can watch rust if you put some sweat on the blade. _________________________ Ben
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#81973 - 10/10/10 09:47 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: Jacknola]
Drshame Knife Enthusiast Registered: 09/11/10 Posts: 151 Loc: Miami	Kind words appreciated. I've tried polishing out some earlier scratches, it polishes well, but the scratches remain. I suspect this is a very hard steel that once sharpened, keeps its' edge. I have not tried putting a stone to it yet, and honestly will be very reluctant to do much more edge work to prevent newbie mistakes. If I were very anal, I'd look into sending it back to be polished, re-edged if Randall offers that service. But I also know to leave well-enough alone and enjoy its' "personality".
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#81975 - 10/10/10 10:08 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: Drshame]
Leatherman Knife Enthusiast Registered: 01/06/06 Posts: 1371 Loc: IL	Originally Posted By: Drshame Kind words appreciated. I've tried polishing out some earlier scratches, it polishes well, but the scratches remain. I suspect this is a very hard steel that once sharpened, keeps its' edge. I have not tried putting a stone to it yet, and honestly will be very reluctant to do much more edge work to prevent newbie mistakes. If I were very anal, I'd look into sending it back to be polished, re-edged if Randall offers that service. But I also know to leave well-enough alone and enjoy its' "personality". Is that a chip on the rear edge of the blade? _________________________ Ben
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#81979 - 10/10/10 10:59 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: Leatherman]
Drshame Knife Enthusiast Registered: 09/11/10 Posts: 151 Loc: Miami	I don't know what is is, I think it's a sharpening error that has resulted in rounding of the blade edge. It's too clean and formed to be a break, imho. Unless it was a chip that someone tried to round out. I try not to notice it...and like to believe it left the shop like that. But I know it probably didn't!
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#83576 - 12/09/10 03:38 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: vklough46]
Leatherman Knife Enthusiast Registered: 01/06/06 Posts: 1371 Loc: IL	New 14! I think I am in love... _________________________ Ben
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#83581 - 12/09/10 04:06 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: Leatherman]
TonyLaPetri Knife Enthusiast Registered: 10/05/05 Posts: 6904 Loc: Glen Head NY	The 14 is a great knife. I like the green Micarta handle on yours! Tony _________________________ Tony LaPetri RKS#1885 RKCC CM-022
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#83582 - 12/09/10 04:21 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: TonyLaPetri]
Leatherman Knife Enthusiast Registered: 01/06/06 Posts: 1371 Loc: IL	Will the tang on the handle area rust the same as the blade? Just wondering, thanks! _________________________ Ben
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#83584 - 12/09/10 05:17 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 14 [Re: Leatherman]
Oldvetnam1 Knife Enthusiast Registered: 06/02/08 Posts: 2039 Loc: NJ	Great knife. _________________________ Steve Rinda RKCC #CM157 RKS #5715 SHAG #006
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