great piece. judging by the sheath, and although the knife is used, it wasn't "carried" much.

Appears to have been blued.

Definitely a 1943 made imo.

Calling all Dave's.

This one is a little different. The sheath is not a typical Heiser that we see on 50's era Randalls. I am assuming it was bought directly from Heiser and replaced the original sheath. But, it has been with the knife for a long time and matches the name etch on the blade.

The stag is great, I love the way the bark is showing on the peaks between the finger grips. It has the long hilt of the 50's knives.....nickel silver.

You are right Joe. The sheath does not show a lot of hard wear.... it's had it's share of scuffs and shows use at the belt loop, but not as hard as the knife.

The light balance in the photo does not do the color of the blade justice... it looks more like an acid etch than blueing..... blacker.

I appreciate the date on the knife. Does that count as your first official verification?

By now it's obvious I am catching up on photos for my web site.

Interesting sheathes have always interested me and this is one of the best. It's a WW2 fighter in a Von Lengerke & Antoine sheath.

I have linked to a great article by Crutchtip which was also published in the RKS newsletters in 2010. All the detail you could want. Thank you Joe.

V.L. & A. Sheathes

This humpback blade is a full 8-1/4" ....and was probably 1/16" longer but the tip has been broken. I slid this into several other Heisers from the period and it would not seat in any of them.

Picked up this old "Camper" at the Orlando show recently. Early 1950's (Guesstimate: 1953 or so?), as is evident by the brass nut. No thumb notches and absolutely perfect balance...I mean perfect! Proper "dual" stone and something I have never seen before: An alligator pocket hone flap!
Enjoy, Capt. Chris

Great looking knife, Captain. Just when you think you've seen it all, an alligator hone flap pops up. What do you think is the story on that?

Nice find.

Nice old camper there, Cap!!

Pap

Captain has asked me to post these here given they are about 40 years old.
They are in three places now. My apologies for being a forum bomber.

Moderator can remove if I am inappropriate.

These are two of the 8 Leschorn Continent Series knives from the mid 70's.


Doug E.

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