The original owner lived in Orlando. An article was written about him in Life Magazine around 1965. I have the magazine, but cannot find right now. It's buried somewhere in my stuff.

I was given this by a friend who thinks he bought it used in the early 1970s. The sheath has long since been lost and I have been meaning to send it in to have one made for it ever since he gave it to me. Any information about age estimations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-Ron

Love the fighters!

Here is a link to a 7" sheath on Ebay.... it's a newer sheath, not as old as your knife.

http://cgi.ebay.com/RANDALL-MODEL-1-FIGH...s#ht_500wt_1131

Spacers - 3 Thick, 2 Thin = Very late 60's to Early Mid 70's

From the info I have.

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The original owner lived in Orlando. His name is John O'Hare. You can look him up on the internet. An article was written about him in Life Magazine around 1965. I have the magazine, but cannot find right now. It's buried somewhere in my stuff.[/quote]

Ron -

this is about what you should be looking for in a sheath:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250679752439

Thanks for the help. I will probably send the knife back to Randall to have a new sheath made for it.
-Ron

Consider this, by the time you pay for shipping and insurance both ways, the cost of the replacement sheath, and the wait, you may want to be patient and perhaps another period correct sheath will come up on ebay for around the same total investment of a new replacement. They do show up from time to time. You could also put an add in the buy-sell-trade forum here for a correct period sheath.

The point is, if you spend the time and money to get a new sheath, you are still only going to have the knife, as the new sheath won't add any value or collectibility to your knife.

You do have a very good point. However, even if it would add to the collectibility, I am still using this knife hard (albeit in a less attractive sheath), and would hate to destroy a collectible sheath before I am ready to retire this knife to the safe. I will certainly keep my eyes out for a period sheath at a good price, though. Thanks.
-Ron