Hello All,
This doesn't happen too often, but after spending all day on the internet searching for the name that is on this knife, I finally found and contacted the original owner that purchased the knife direct from Randall. We talked for an hour. No more second hand information on this one.
The original owner told me that he graduated from High School in 1946 and went to work. He saved his money for 2 years and in 1948 purchased this Number 4-7 for $20 and paid $5 extra to add his name. He told me that he used it very little until in 1951 thru 1953 when he was in the Service in Korea. There he carried it alternatly with his Marine Corp Issue K-Bar.
He said he got a letter with the knife indicating that it was made by Bo Randall himself. He is searching for this letter for me as well as for the fold-out catalog from which he ordered it.
He also indicated that the white stone marked "WASHITA - MADE IN U.S.A." (see picture) is the one that originally came with the knife and that he never even removed it from the pouch.
I'm hoping this information might prove useful to others in dating their knives from this period. If there are any other features / pictures that I should list, please feel free to inquire.
This doesn't happen too often, but after spending all day on the internet searching for the name that is on this knife, I finally found and contacted the original owner that purchased the knife direct from Randall. We talked for an hour. No more second hand information on this one.
The original owner told me that he graduated from High School in 1946 and went to work. He saved his money for 2 years and in 1948 purchased this Number 4-7 for $20 and paid $5 extra to add his name. He told me that he used it very little until in 1951 thru 1953 when he was in the Service in Korea. There he carried it alternatly with his Marine Corp Issue K-Bar.
He said he got a letter with the knife indicating that it was made by Bo Randall himself. He is searching for this letter for me as well as for the fold-out catalog from which he ordered it.
He also indicated that the white stone marked "WASHITA - MADE IN U.S.A." (see picture) is the one that originally came with the knife and that he never even removed it from the pouch.
I'm hoping this information might prove useful to others in dating their knives from this period. If there are any other features / pictures that I should list, please feel free to inquire.
