Hugh,
Very impressive collection! I have looked and looked at your photos. I am very envious (in a good way-ha) of your vast assortment of 7's. What is the handle on the 4th one down on the left? It looks to be textured like checkering on a gun stock... very unusual and I imagine quite a nice grip when holding it too.
~dale

Outstanding knives Hugh..

No.4-7"

Dale,
That was my first Randall, I ordered it at the Randall shop in 1963 and received it 12 months later! It has an Ebony handle that I checkered myself, gives a very good non-slip grip. You can see a close up pic of it on the "Lets see some hunters" thread.

In retrospect, at the time I couldn't decide on Ivory or Ebony, the shop employee warned me that they couldn't guarantee the Ivory against cracking, and besides, the Ebony was only $5 extra while the Ivory was $10 extra. Since I was sinking the princely sum of $31 into it already, I decided not to splurge on the extra $5! How many times have I regretted that decision!!!

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Hugh,
Ha! I can understand beating yourself up for not going with the ivory, but the handle you chose is very nice too. If you do get to where it bothers you every time you look at though, just know that any time you want your money back out of it, that you don't have to even call first to ask... just box it up and send it to me, I'll take it! Just kidding of course, and good job on the checkering too. From the pics I've seen of other things you've done in the past, you are quite talented indeed.
~dale

I have quite a few photos of old Randalls on my hard drive. Every now and then I'm going to throw up an interesting one on this thread. Here's the first. This knife came up on e-bay a year or two ago. I sniped but it went to a higher bidder for (I think) around $800. There was no "Randall" in the auction title because the knife is not Randall stamped (The name you see was the only marking). My question to you guys is do you think the knife was shop made and if so what era and why?

It looks like the handle/hilt were made in the late 40's, but the blade is a mystery as to why the stamp is missing.

Dubie

Very interesting knife...PAUGUK is a horrible phantom of human bones devoid of skin with firey eyes! The appearance of which presages Death!
Maybee Bo didn't want his name on the other side of that one.

Is that one for Holloween?

Griff Snyder
RKS #63

Yes Griff, if it did indeed come from the shop, I think the reason you stated is a good possibility. Ron, do you know anything about why the name is one there? Personalized for someone, etc.?
~dale

Hi Dale,

The name certainly looks like a shop etch.

Best,