I agree with Chief.

Great post Kevin!

Whereas I Was Blind, Now I See

John 9:25

Michael, there is always room for another opinion when you have an open mind. I appreciate both threads. No offense intended for anyone.

Jerry,
I asked this exact question quite a few years ago to "GTR" and his answer was basically: "You've got to stop somewhere". That's as far as it went...and probably as far as it "will" go. I know from personal ordering experience that abbreviations for blue and black have been mixed up (or probably mis-typed) and the wrong spacers got put on a knife. At any rate: With one bad news comes a good news. The aluminum and brass spacer options more than offset the missing "all" colors and really dress up a knife, in my opinion and the opinion of hundreds of customers I have taken such orders for. Hope this helps.
Best, Capt. Chris


PS: A trip down memory lane: My "Trout and Bird" in dressed stag and all blue spacers...CCS

Ya' can't really see the coloring from that photo. Sorry about that. Try this one.
Best, Capt. Chris

Capt, Thanks. I had a feeling that there was a reason why.29R

I just posted this knife is the #22 thread, but thought someone might want to know about and see this handle material. It's red & blue laminated micarta and is Randall shop-supplied. It is available for small and medium size Randall knives. It is shown here with aluminum & red spacers, crow's beak butt cap, wrist thong, nickel silver single hilt, thumb notches, stainless blade and a black "no hone" pocket sheath.
Best, Capt. Chris

Beautiful knife Capt., Thanks for posting.

I believe you told me in a previous conversation that even though the Model #22 came standard with black micarta the knife could be ordered with other colors of shop supplied micarta for a nominal upgrade charge. If I remember correctly you said a switch to Maroon micarta would be a $15 upgrade charge. Is that still accurate? and how about this red/black material you have shown or the new white Ivorite material. What substitutions are available and what would be the upgrade charge?

Thanks again for the info and photos. A Model #22 is in my future

I believe all micartas of equal value are an even swap Tom. This knife charged out at $480.00. Standard knife is $435.00, "plus" $15 for a wrist thong, "plus" $10 for metal spacers, "plus" $20 for the black sheath upgrade equals $480.00. "No" extra charge for the red/blue.
Best, Capt. Chris

Thanks for the post Cap.
It's because of information gleaned from one of your posts that I ordered a Model 19 with this micarta in a Model 22 handle shape.

Kevin

John 6:46

Capt.,

This isn't an ordering question, but seemed like the best thread to ask it in. On customer supplied handle materials (stag is what brought this question to mind), how does/will the shop know when a knife is built using shop supplied vs customer supplied in say 5-10 years down the road? With the knives having a lifetime guarantee on shop supplied handle material, it makes me wonder.

Thank-you for your help on these questions.

Michael Mason
RKS #4382