Couple of Randall knives

[Deaf_Smith]

Well at a pawn shop....

Randall 19-5:

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ibb.co

And Randall 1 - 7:

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ibb.co

Notice the soft cases come with them!

And I noticed the 19-5 has to pouch for the sharpening stone. Seems to be cut off... bummer!!

Now a question... the blades have the Randall logo but no 'S'. What did the 'S' mean?

But I paid a total of $434 for BOTH OF THEM!!! Could not pass up that deal.

Any info would be helpful!


Thanks!

 

[jbmonkey]

s means stainless

 

[jbmonkey]

also there is a randall forum here......

The Randall Made Knives Collector's Forum

Here to answer inquiries on all aspects of Randall Made Knives and Randall collecting in general. Note: Formerly the Randall Knife Society Forum, now renamed.

www.bladeforums.com

those fellas will get ya all the information you're looking for on these.....

 

[justjed]

Your knives have blades of O1 carbon steel, they will rust. Keep them oiled, you'll be fine. Randall's stainless blades are 440B, a fairly tough alloy that holds a decent edge.
If you don't really need the added corrosion resistance, O1 is a pretty good steel. Easy enough to sharpen, it gets really sharp, and is plenty tough, these guys have been
working with it a long time, and their heat treatment is legendary.

Helluva deal, in my opinion!