Sorry bro, although a hammer machine is used to save a mans arm, it is still controlled by hand. Some are hard strikes, some are light strikes, some are not perfectly lined up, some are forward toward the tip, some are rearward towards the the hilt. The bottom line is, they are still HANDMADE.



I never said there wasn't a "machine involved", that was your incorrect interpretation of what I did say, HANDMADE. There are also other machines involved in the HANDMADE aspect to include, grinding wheels, and polishing wheels. Welder for stainless hilts. Power hammer? There may be more but too tired for this.

Curt isn't the term, direct and simple are a bit closer to what I said.

That's a good thing, being a peacekeeper!
I have learned why the stamps are different, so I am at peace!

That's a good thing, being a peacekeeper!
I have learned why the stamps are different, so I am at peace!

did somebody say
"handmade".....

:-)Rocky

This is what you said:

"The knives are handmade to include the stamp strike"

I think most people see a guy wit a hammer in there mind when they read this. But I am not arguing the fact that Randall's are hand made. I just suspected that there was more to stamping a blade than the man with the hammer, and there is. Now I know the process and that is all I wanted.

LOL

Here's a nice clean stamp, about 55 years old.

They were done with a man swinging a hammer years ago, but it wasn't very efficient nor as consistent as it is now with the power hammer. With the volume of knives Randall Made produces, every little bit helps to streamline production.

Nice stamp! The older ones seem to have more often perfect stamps.
Here is one from 1978:

That is why I thought that there are different stamps or methods.

I wish I bought this one from the Captain. Also an older one with a perfect stamp:

As the Captain puts it: * Perfect blade stamp!