Guido,
Nice story with a happy ending! And Beautiful "First" Randall Knives!
Thanks for sharing your story and the knives!
Tony

The time, Spring 1983. The place, Fort Worth TX. There was a knife show at the Tarrant County Arena. Saw this table set up with Randall Knives and it looked real classy. The other tables were nice, but lacked the attention to detail this one had. Not sure if he was a dealer, or just collector / re-seller. I'd heard of Randall, but was not sure where. Probably in an old Blade magazine.

I saw this 23 and thought it looked so cool. It had different spacers than the other knives he had. I remember the most common knife on his table was a model 1. He had mostly large knives and then the 23. It was also the only one in my price range. It was also the only leather handle. My experience with the Ka-bar made me a big believer in that kind of handle. Lots of knives have come and gone. This 23 is mine forever.







My next keeper is this 15 CDT. I mention it because I always really liked the #5 Angier version. Not being a particularly patient person, and stumbling on this 15, I thought it would be a perfect substitute. It came with a square or flat top guard. I've never been a big believer in anything pointy being in the vicinity of your hands and fingers on the handle of a knife that will be used and used hard. So, as the photos attest. I made a slight modification. Feels great and does not bite me when I choke up to do finer work. I baton, chop, carve and this knife just soaks it up. Rather it be O1, but I have no complaints with the performance of this blade.









Great topic Tony. Thanks for starting it.

Tom,
GREAT STORY! And great Randalls! Something about those single hilt #15s, eh?
Thanks for sharing!
Tony

Thanks Tony.

Yep, there is a certain 15 that I still lose sleep over.

Great knives Tom. I really like that 23.

This is a test. RKS members have been complaining of not being able to post up within this thread.
Best, Capt. Chris
PS: First Randall...Well: ONE of my first. British Commando

Yep ... all I get is ? ?
Let me quit out and see what happens. This has been a problem for a while, for me.

Well,
There ya go ...
as soon as I posted my reply the pics in the Cap's post appeared ... go figure!!!!!

Cool knife, Cap!!!!

Capt, Now thats what I'am talking about. Please put me at the top of your list if you ever think of parting with that baby. Great knife!!!

Thanks for starting this thread, and all of the posts so far.

I had heard of Randall Made Knives for some time, but I wasn't seriously into knife collecting until I got the bug in 2000.

I was at a gun show near Pittsburgh PA and I still had some money since I didn't buy any guns that day. There was a vendor at a table who had a nice selection of new Randall knives, so I looked them over, and found one that appealed to me more than the others. It was a Combat Companion with great wood and a black sheath.

This started my addiction and before long I called the shop to see if they had any knives in stock. They did and I purchased a #25 5" brass with polished stag and a standard #15

The next knife I ordered was #1 7" ss, nickel silver hilt and butt, with ironwood, name etch and left hand sheath.

Now the end isn't even in sight.

Before long I joined RKS and joined in here and last year I went to my first Blade Show

Here is a picture of my first, and the others should be somewhere in the knife of the week area.