Very nice Billyray!

Welcome to the forums.

They may be a little newer that '69.... the model 2 would have been a 7 spacer knife in '69. maybe '71, but still great vintage knives with correct stones and sheathes...

Hey All. I received this knife from my Grandpa. He said it bought it directly from Randall in the 1950's. He said he bought it because he wanted to go kill bears in Alaska, but never made it. Is it simply a fighter knife with a carved antler handle? How rare is it?

Looks like a Model 5 "Camp & Trail" with a 6" or 7" blade and Heiser sheath. Handle is sambar stag. Blade is O-1 tool steel. How rare? In that condition - rare. Needless to say, it's a beauty!

Thanks for posting and welcome to the forums.

It's a 5-7 made in the very early 50's. The "tell" is the flare at the throat of the Heiser sheath. The condition is remarkable. Congratulations and welcome.

Looks like a 5-7 in decent shape. I wish I still had my fighting knife booklet but I somehow lost it in a move a few years back...

Any idea what it's worth. I've tried searching for sales of 5-7's but am not having luck.

They don't come up for sale that often, especially in that condition. Two reasons (1) It wasn't a popular model in that era compared to most other models. (2) The older a knife is, the higher the attrition rate over time. I sold this one ~ 5 years ago for something like $1,700.00 if memory serves (Disclaimer: Sometimes it doesn't!):



They're not the same knives and it's not the same market. BUT, it should give you a general idea.

I'm curious: Can you describe the stone in the pocket?

This has been brought up before, this thread is not intended for questions and price checks of newly acquired knives. It is intended for display and discussion of knives generally in collections.

The general forum is where to take this type of post.

Good point, Joe. Hopefully a mod can move it.

It's a beautiful, rare knife...hold on to it!!
That is apparently all I can say on this thread.
:-)Rocky