Hello Everyone!

I've been reading the knife talk forum for a few months and finally decided to join. I've enjoyed a lot of the discussion, history, and tips / tricks. I received my first Randall (a Model 18-7.5) as a teenager in the mid 1970's from my father and I was hooked. At the time I was involved in canoe trips in the Canadian sub-arctic bush that typically lasted 40 days with a range up to 500 miles. The Model 18 made sense for what I was doing. Over the years I have acquired a few other Randalls (Models 10-3 (my EDC), 19-5, and a 17). I'm not much of a collector like many people here - I tend only to buy knives I will use. Except for my Model 17 "Astro." I bought that because, like many folks of my generation, I'm in love with space exploration.

I'm posting for the first time on the forum on this old thread because I have read requests for a small lanyard-ready soft metal screwdriver for the Model 17. The discussion gave me the idea to get one, but what was available on the web was stupidly expensive and not suitable without modification for the 17 so, after 40+ years as an engineer, I came up with a perfectly workable solution that costs significantly less and you can make yourself fairly easily. I've written step-by-step instructions and placed them in the public domain for anybody to use as they see fit. It's not just for the 17, but any other use you come up with. The instructions are attached. After all, I got the idea of a soft metal screwdriver and saw pictures of small drivers on the lanyards of old 17s on this forum, so my work is derivative. For all I know, someone has already done this. If it weren't for the good folks here I would not have come up with my version. I hope it is of some use. If anyone has questions, or for any reason cannot make their own driver and needs one, contact me directly, or on this thread, and I may be able to help you out. I don't check it often, but I will get to it eventually.





Link To Instructions: 1 Cent Driver for the RMK Model 17 Astro

Best,

Mike