Dang, where do you find these things, Tune? Sweet. It's great just to be able to see pics of them.

Thanks guys, they are really good knives.

Pat, I bought those two knives at Blade show this year. There were some nice knives this year. Well worth the trip!

I was catching up on knife stuff tonight and finally photographed this one for my collection.
It is a 1943 chain link fighter with a 6" blade. The sheath is a Heiser. The knife is etched with the original owners name and his service number is written on the back of the sheath. He also added his initials on the stone flap.
During WW2 Randall made about 4400 knives which is pretty impressive for a 1-3 man shop in a garage. Most were 7 and 8" fighters..... 6" blades were a small percentage of the total.
The aluminum butt cap has some interesting oxidation. It's rough and looks almost pitted. Knowing that Bo struggled to find materials to make knives during the war this could have been some inferior aluminum stock.
I have been looking for a 6" WW2 knife for a while and am proud to add this one to my collection.
Thanks for looking!

Very nice one. Any info on the owner?

Pap

I have not looked yet Pap, but I plan to do so.

Great looking fighter - I was going to say maybe it's some of that salty pacific theater corrosion but everything else looks to be in pretty good shape. No doubt there's an interesting story behind it. Nice package, congrats.

EXCELLENT pick up Tune!

Hi Tune--

While mine certainly has some 'issues', it does hold a very special place in my heart and Randall collection. Blade is etched "JD USN".

Very nice Doug. Can you add some shots of the spacers? They look interesting....

The spacers.....'interesting' to say the least! Downright weird.....