Are stainless Randall's forged?

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I've just ordered a Pathfinder in stainless and wondered if Randall forges these blades or are they stock removal? Thanks in advance guys.
 
Lee, I am not sure of the SS blades, but the carbon steel blades are forged. I am not sure to what degree they are forged, but forged they are.
 
Keith thank you for the correction on the carbon steel knives i thought all of the randall knives where done by stock removeal. But as far as i know the s.s knives are done that way if im wrong please let me know.

Lee Brooks
knifemaker
BROOKSKNIVES.canada


brooksknives@hotmail.com
 
...for the following stock removal blades, the model #9 'Pro-Thrower, the model #10 'Salt Fisherman' and model #24 'Guardian'...and similarly made 'non-catalog' knives...

The forging goes for both the 01 and SS blades on all other RMK model's...

Take a peek... http://www.randallmadeknives.com/

Hope that helps....
 
Yes, all forged except as noted above by Melvin-Purvis.

I spoke about this with Gary when I ordered an "Astro" a few months ago. As a matter of fact, they forge the stainless and then hand-file most of it instead of grinding it so that they can achieve the particular shape of this blade.
 
I hope Mr. Brooks knows more about knife making than he does about Randalls. His statement, "As far as I know all of the Randall knives are done by stock removel unless there are a special order item." has two big mistakes in it. Randall does forge all but three of their knife blades. Also his remark about a special order item being forged. Randall has not taken orders for specilally forged blades since about 1981. In fact you cannot order a special Randall other than what is offferd in their catalog or catalog insert of non-catalog knives.

As far as what is and is not forged, they state in their current catalog on page 5: Every blade is hand-fprged (with exception of #9, #10 and #24), which gives the molecular structure a quality that cannot be found in a factory-stamped blade.

The next paragraph states: After uniform tempering in an electric furnace, Randall craftsman grind, hone and polish every knife by hand.//// Rhett Stidham
 
so i made a mistake thank you for the correction on the randells but that does not mean i donot know how to make knives as you said:p :D
 
I must agree with Brooksknives on the forging vs. stock removal concept.

In my experience a forging is usually formed to near final shape with a very small amount of stock removal required to finish the dimensions. In the Randall catalog and internet site photos,,,the forging is to a flat bar with perhaps 10%-20% reduction in thickness in the forging operation. The raw material for the forging is esentially a flat bar,,,,then heavily ground to final shape. All of the metallurgy advantages of a forging are removed in the grinding process.

Reference photos by member Dwight on visit to Randall shop.
http://communities.msn.com/TheRandallShop
The "forgings" are flat thick slabs.

Note that I am not flaming on Randall knives, they are a classic in fixed blades history.

Regards,
FK
 
...and all they do is end up eating the glue out of the bindings..."

I really need to stop posting here... :rolleyes:
 
Mr. Brooks, I did not say you did not know how to make knives. What I said was, "I hope Mr. Brooks knows more about knife making than he does about Randalls."
It really bothers Randall lovers when such remarks are made by people who oviously don't know what they are talking about. We should all strive to be the man "Bo" Randall was.
A lot of people don't understand that, more than the knife, there was the man, "Bo" Randall that endeared himself to a great number of people, by just being a great American. //// Rhett Stidham
 
Mr stidham i took what you said abought makeing knives as a joke and my responce was meant as the same. If it came across as snyed i did not mean it to. As for randall knives i knew that bo randall did forge his knives. But i was of the understanding that all the stainless knives where now done by stockremoval. And that the carbon steel knives where the only ones that where forged. As for custom orders i did not know that randall knives did take orders anymore thankyou for the correction.

Lee Brooks
Knifemaker
BROOKSKNIVES.canada


brooksknives@hotmail.com
 
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