#20372 - 06/15/09 12:18 AM
Re: 6. Randall "ordering" questions
[Re: Condor]
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Thanks for the quick reply. , I did find the same mention in a current catolog. Lke you, I haven't seen this option "in the flesh". Practicality and pleasing asthetics are two viable reasons for owning Randalls. Having carried a #1 in Iraq, for reasons different from most collectors, I can assure everyone that my days of carrying knives for use in business are (hopefully) behind me. Since I have never seen a #2 with sawteeth it occured to me that it might be a very pleasing weapon, visually. As I said, I don't intend to ever use one proffesionally again, I'm just a lover and small time collector now. Having said that, with no intention of ever using a #2 for anything more than fondling and drooling over, I bet a No 2 with sawteeth would work wonders between the sixth and seventh ribs, or with a long blade, plunged directly between the left collarbones and "rocked" back and forth to open the heart and lungs with one good poke... Of course, I could be wrong.I do think those serrations will often make there way through tougher mediums, like cartilidge and thick protective skin, like on a human back, or the sinewy musculature of the back of ones' neck. Those sewteeth might be more valuable to the fighting man, than say, a hunter or a bushman, dressing deer and birds and the like. Great thing about Randalls, they make the best knife, for every application!
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#20373 - 06/15/09 12:28 AM
Re: 6. Randall "ordering" questions
[Re: Wally]
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"Quick reply" - all of my e-mails go to my BlackBerry, which can be both good and bad.
Sawteeth on commando knives has been a topic of heated debate ever since Gerber started putting them on the Mark II about a million years ago. I can see where the smaller teeth on the MK-II might be of some value; not sure about the bigger teeth on the Randalls, though. Then again, I'm no expert.
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#20374 - 06/15/09 11:31 AM
Re: Randall "ordering" questions
[Re: Doug74]
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I'm Baa-aack!! Doug...and anyone else who is watchin'. The Model #7 is available with a double hilt...and it only counts as "one" option. Secondly: A #12-8" with stainless (option #1), nickel silver double hilt (option #2), forward curved (option, but not chargeable, as that shape is standard on a #12-8), aluminum and black spacers (option #3), Black micarta handle (option #4) and a "crow's beak" butt cap, in aluminum (option #5) is doable and the handle will "automatically" be shaped in the #22, "Outdoorsman" style at no additional charge. In order to install finger grips the crow's beak would have to be changed to a standard (or rounded) butt cap...and finger grips are "chargeable", so you would be over on options. Hope this helps. Best, Capt. Chris
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#20375 - 06/15/09 11:38 AM
Re: 6. Randall "ordering" questions
[Re: Wally]
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Wally: Sawteeth, especially the way Randall cuts teeth are only available (or were available) in a "dirk/stiletto" styled blade on a Jack Crider special. The sawteeth that Jeff refers to on the Gerber's were really more serrations, and much, much more assymetric, as opposed to sawteeth with a singular direction built into their shaping. I have seen a Model #2 with teeth and am fairly sure they were shop-installed. The knife was several decades old and unavailable in any reference material. Hope this helps. Best, Capt. Chris
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#20377 - 06/15/09 06:48 PM
Re: Randall "ordering" questions
[Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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Nice to have you back Captain....you are the man!
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#20379 - 06/19/09 09:10 PM
Re: Randall "ordering" questions
[Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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How many chargeable options?
Model #7-4 1/2
1) Nickel Silver Double Hilt 2) Smooth Flanged Butt Cap (Duralumin) 3) Wrist Thong 4) Leather Commando Handle (Does this count as one?) 5) Stainless Blade
Do I still have one more chargeable option left?
As always...thanks for feeding my disease!
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#20380 - 08/18/09 03:02 PM
Re: Randall "ordering" questions
[Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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Capt. Chris,
I have a slot coming up with Sullivan's in about a year or so and I am making up my mind as to how to option a model 5. You answered some questions for me a while back, and I believe I ended up with 6 options, 1 of which was a sharpened top blade.
I have decided to eliminate the sharpened top blade option to keep it at 5. But my question is. . .would it be bad form to, after I receive the knife and at a later date, send it back to the shop to have the sharpened top blade option added? I realize that would be adding a 6th option and taking up shop time. I certainly do not want to do something that I shouldn't.
What is your opinion on this?
Thanks in advance.
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