What a treasure to own!!!

I know that all of my own Dad’s stuff that I now have...

Well, I think that you know.

Thanks for response. Tried to find photo of Dad with the #1, but no luck. This is best that I could come up with.

What a great picture and a great family heirloom!!

That sure is a treasure. Certainly something to hold on to very tightly.
Walker

This great old thread has been dormant for almost 9 months.... perhaps a nudge.

I have been very fortunate to chase down some really cool WW2 Randalls and these two are among the best. Both are late 1942 knives.

The larger knife is one of the first 4 to 6 fighters Bo ever made. Gaddis' book documents the story of the Zacharias fighter being made in June of 1942. This big fighter had to be in that first group.

He also writes about Bo experimenting with a Commando style fighter. The smaller knife in this photo is one of the late 1942 Commandos.

The Commando was missing it's original sheath so I I asked Amy at Warlander to make a reproduction Moore sheath for it. I think she did a great job matching the period style.

Thanks for looking!

AWESOME!!!!

Extraordinary , no doubts !!!

Awesome history in those two knives. Amy's sheath looks great!

Tom Flynn

Mitchell

On the smaller/Commado knife, it has a crown stag handle. Do you know if crown stag would have been the exception OR the rule, for handle material for that knife/period?

I am not sure Rob. I do know that LT. Zacharias' knife was a crown stag. He was making so few knives at this point that there probably was not a rule established yet.

It's also worth noting that he converted to stacked leather by late 1942. So stag was in use for less that 6 months in the beginning of the fighter period. Later in the war there were a few stag handle knives made, but leather was the rule for sure.