Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 1419
Loc: East Tincup General Store,Colo...
Those are great. Here is one that went on EBay in Dec. of 2009. I am not sure if those are translucent buttons or not. I am still looking for the original configuration that Tommy Thompson had made as the first Randall Alaskan Skinner. It appears on Page 130 of Robert Gaddis's book and reportedly is in the Randall Museum. I still have to make that trip. It has stag with finger grips and crows beak butt cap. Since the shop won't do that combination anymore, I am still looking. Would the original knife have been in a Moore Sheath?
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David Loomis RKS# 724 RKCC# CM-061 Molon Labe
Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 1419
Loc: East Tincup General Store,Colo...
Hi Ron, I will keep up the hunt. That is a big part of the fun. Here is the only other picture of the sheath on that EBay posting in December 2009 and I don't think that a real decision can be made with this picture either.
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David Loomis RKS# 724 RKCC# CM-061 Molon Labe
Registered: 09/14/05
Posts: 12896
Loc: Central Florida
Nice stuff you guys. Ron: GTR was the one who suggested the snaps looks like translucent..."BUT"...(There's that word again)...he added that the sheath looked "darkened" and that he thought that darkening altered the original appearance of the snaps. The knife was built in 1953, according to the "story". It looks like an early 50's- mid 50's knife to me. What say you, Panel? Good topic...and thanks for the nice comments about this old "Alaskan". Capt. Chris
Old handle-n-nut and "double stamp...(Right hand scimitar is still there...in 2 places)...CCS