Always looking for pre 1970 Randalls.

Just counted 23 in the safe with one due in tomorrow and another this month as a gift for one of my shooters. I have a picture of Mr. Randall and me on the wall in my gun room with him handing me my first Randall in 1982. As good of an investment as I have ever made. They are saying 5 years now on new orders. I have a man that gets me anything I want in 5 months at straight MSRP. It is amazing that you can get these wonderful knives like YOU want them, to YOUR specs for the prices they bring. There are Randalls coming for me every month of 2017.

Love that Knife collection!

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Life is short,live it fully.

There a few dealers perhaps more that only charge MSRP. Nordic charges about $100 over MSRP. That five months has been extended due to personnel retirements etc. but it BEATS 5 years!

I really appreciate Randall's policy of getting a knife to deployed servicemen in 90 days or less! He took care of me when I was in Iraq in 08-09.

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Still 5 months for me. Got in a 15 DNSH, Teal Micarta, wrist thong today.

A Randall fighter is a minor character in
"Some Came Running" a novel by James Jones.
Anybody read it?

I read at least part of it after seeing it mentioned in the Randall catalog. Been many years ago...


Jones liked Randalls and ordered several after becoming a successful author. He also did some work in designing the Model 16 dive knife.

Friend of mine on S&W form has about 80 left in his collection! He sold quite a few a number of yrs.ago at Blade.He left Blade with a large gym bag stuffed with $$$$$$$!
Jim

I don't understand. To me, "Blade" is a knife magazine to which I sold some articles. It is not a store.


Do you refer to some store called Blade?

The big knife show is the BLADE show in Atlanta each year.

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Okay, I get it now. The show, not the magazine that sponsors it. I should have realized that. I think in editorial terms, not retail. Need coffee, too.

Billy, didn't know you were a Randall guy. Here's a story I posted on another Randall thread 4 yrs ago I think you'll like.


I have a hard copy pic of this knife, a 12-9 Randall Sportsman Bowie, but can't find a digital copy. Bought it at a local estate auction in upstate SC. One of those first Fri night in the month things. There were two bowies, one marked Randall made and the other not marked. There was knife making equipment in the auction too, so I figure the guy liked his Randall so much he decided to make his own. The unmarked Randall was in a Randall sheath, the Randall was in a homemade sheath. The only thing I knew about Randall's is that they were way too expensive for me and you had to wait 2 yrs to get one (early 90's .. the good ole days).

Decided that any bowie was worth $150 or so, so that was my max. At $95 the bidding stopped, I owned the real Randall. Then I had to buy the other one to get the sheath and it cost $105. Carried it to gunshow experts, they had never seen one with that hilt.... what do you want for it? Its a fake, what do you want for it? Carried it to the custom blade show in Vegas, wrong show. They only wanted to talk home made stuff.

Finally sent the knife to Randall and Gary Randall sent me a nice letter back with the knife. It was one of four ever made back in 1959-60 with an S curve nickel hilt, ranger handle and skull crusher cap. Handle was Manila or Phillipino ??? ebony.

So Joined the Randall knife Society, went to the next meeting in Atlanta at the Blade show. Met Pete Hamilton the shop foreman and he introduced me to Tom Clinton, one of the top collectors in the day. I could tell from the letter and Pete's reaction that it was a special knife. Tom saw it, said how much, I said I think its a $3000 knife. He turned to his wife and said "Honey, hand me my money".

We had quite a crowd by then, and a guy behind me asked if I had any other Randalls. told him I had a fake one, and he paid me $200 for it.

This covered a lot of bad deals I made in my day.

Charlie