Mitch,this 20 with the finger grooves and the placement of the wrist thong is very cool.Could you give us a little more information.



Rob,your 20 with a different gind than current production is interesting.How about some history on this knife.

Raymond, I wish I could offer some, but I bought it of Ebay several years ago. I really had never thought about the thong hole placement. Interesting observation.

I have another old black with a Ward Gay that has the low thong as well......

Re. thong hole placement - fellow KTF Randall enthusiast Tom Hellmich, aka 'TAH' made an observation on thong hole placement some years back; working from memory here, I did some additional research and came to the conclusion that for the majority of standard Randall knife models with thong holes, prior to 1966 most holes were up high on the handles, and low thereafter...

Hole placement location was, of course, initially at the discretion of the individual craftsman finishing the knife, later standardized to the lowered position by sometime in the mid 1960's. As an example, the thong hole placement on our brown Micarta 'Ward Gay Special', documented as having been purchased at Northern Commercial of Juneau, Alaska in mid 1964, is centered...go figure

There's something about these old 20's that screams.....CLASSIC !!!!!

Nobody in the knife world that I know of is making anything that is so functional, yet so beautiful, today.

Bo Randall would be proud.

Dubie Baxter

Let me explain first. You all know I'm a stag fan and a crown stag nut. No I'm not converting to Micarta but I just had to have this one. Besides I don't know how you'd make that rounded butt in anything except micarta and make it look like something. I just love this knife. Everything about it is just perfect in my eyes. This is another one of those models that has a story and a specific purpose in mind. It's definetly one that made me go wow I've gotta have that one.
Now if it only had a compass............

Best,
Warren

Thanks for the post Warren.
Very nice knife and a great photo.

Kevin

NICE ONE Warren!
When you need to make room for some stag-handled beauty,
I'll take this off your hands.
Tony

Tony,

Thanks, this one's a keeper for sure. I wish I had two. One for show and one for go.

Best,
Warren

Warren, Here is a vintage model 20 "Yukon Skinner" from my collection.

Burnie,

Great old model 20. Love that old blade grind and spacers. Thanks for posting.

Best,
Warren