Randall Knife pleas tell me what I have....

April 04, 2019, 05:09 PM

I purchased this today I think I got a pretty decent deal. I just saw that it was a Randall and picked it up. It doesn't appear to have ever been used.

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April 05, 2019, 03:31 PM

jhe888

Alaska skinner, 4 inch, as said. No options - that is the standard model.

Don't store it in the sheath.

Yours is carbon steel.

How much did you pay? The catalog price is $385, but that comes with a 5 year wait. To get one from a dealer in under a year will cost you about $525. If yours is new, and, even better, has the paper wrapper, it is worth about that $525.

They are good knives, but most never see any use.

The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.

April 05, 2019, 08:06 PM

onpointgun

quote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
Alaska skinner, 4 inch, as said. No options - that is the standard model.

Don't store it in the sheath.

Yours is carbon steel.

How much did you pay? The catalog price is $385, but that comes with a 5 year wait. To get one from a dealer in under a year will cost you about $525. If yours is new, and, even better, has the paper wrapper, it is worth about that $525.

They are good knives, but most never see any use.

I paid $150 at an estate sale.

April 05, 2019, 09:09 PM

amals

I've got one with 4 1/2" blade and stag handle. It's my one and only Randall; had it since about 1970. Like jhe said, it doesn't get much use, but I love having it.

The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.

April 06, 2019, 11:48 AM

inspcalahan

You got an amazing deal for $150. That's a fantastic knife and one that I'd put to hard use actually doing what it was intended. Most Randall's end up sitting in a safe and being admired. Nothing wrong with that, I've got a couple that do just so. I also have a few that I use outdoors all the time, as they were intended. There's just something about a high quality piece of equipment being put to work.

April 07, 2019, 09:20 PM

amals

I agree with your thoughts. My Randall doesn't get used for its intended purpose because I don't hunt and don't skin big game. But I was a teenager who wanted a Randall and I thought it was a cool knife. And so it is.

April 27, 2019, 08:21 PM

rburg

I've collect them for a number of years now. We even had a thread once about if anyone ever used theirs. I use one of mine a bunch. Its one of the steak knives (one of a set). I use it to cut steak that some folks say can be cut with a fork. To each his own. I learned early on not to cut against a china plate. It tends to roll the edge. Even the best of edges won't hold up to such abuse long. Doesn't kill the edge, just rolls it over requiring "unrolling".