Thanks for the knowledge and opinions! I'll keep my eye out for a Clarence Moore, Heiser, or tight stiched JRB. It's a shame when these knives get separated from their sheaths. It makes it difficult to date and hurts the value. Thanks again.

I find that all part of the mystique of the Randall Knife collecting hobby, and the hunt is the most fun of it all....

Joe I think tattoo Bill has a mini Smith that Bo made locked in lucite. I picked it up a good many years ago from Mr Cordra York Of York Arms in Memphis, TN. Rhett worried me until I sold it to him. It is very similar to yours with the scratched Randall look like logo. However it has a stacked leather handle. Cool little knife.

Yes, the Bo made those for dealers of the day. There are a few still floating around.

The one I have is the only one not in lucite that anyone knows of.

Mitch -

the spacers on the Bowies were not as consistent with other models relative to changes in size and/or arrangement at what we consider the "time" that change took place.

The five med think on the knife in question was used into the early 60's on some Bowies.

And the brazed lugs?

Lugs prolly put it in the 50's. Just saying the spacers on Bowie's don't always follow what other models were doing at any given time.

So would that rule out a JRB sheath?

JRB's sheathed up brazed lugged hilts also. See why Joe charges for authentications? No sheath is "definitely" a bog deal, especially when you're trying to pigeon-hole a date.
Good luck with this, Capt. Chris

Okay I'll stop with the questions before I get billed. Thanks again.

I don't think Joe was saying brazed lugs were in JRB's.