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[el dub]

Hi. new here. I have this old Randall and I'm trying to find out how old. How do you tell

 

[ron mathews]

There's a whole lot of "tells". Really need more / better pics. Based on what I see if it's a Heiser sheath it's likely mid-late 50's. If it's a Johnson sheath (Randall logo) it's likely early 60's.

Ron

 

[el dub]

Some more pics

 

[ron mathews]

Thanks. I'll stick with mid to late 50's primarily based on the sheath (Narrow stone pocket flap post ~'55 and horizontal keeper strap ~ pre '60). Other tells: Acorn nut post ~ '53 and deep choil ~ pre early 60's. Spacer set doesn't tell us much as it could go as far back as the 40's. This is all IMO and I'm no expert.

 

[Melvin-Purvis]

Potential use of old stock blades and sheaths in some cases not withstanding (and not in this case), Ron is correct - mid to late 1950's, most likely 1953 thru 1957 vintage. The spacer stack usually tells the story of when a older Randall knife was actually made. The second use of this particular spacer stack was during the dates I listed above...

 

[el dub]

Thanks, I thought it was fairly old. I'v had it at least 20 years