Famous Randall knife owners

[Ray1911]

My current favorite in the lineup is the 3-7" that I just received from CPT Stanaback. It has a ss blade with NS hilt and finger notches, leather handle with a crow's head duralumin buttcap and metal and black spacers. She's a real beauty! I'm quite famous around here...in my own mind!

 

[Sluggy]

My fav. right now is a non-catalog Fireman's Special....... with that said what knife brand had so many larger than life use Randall eg. like Errol Flynn makes sense a world traveler like Flynn would choose and use a Randall Knife !

 

[eveled]

Thanks for the input. I hope it doesn’t hurt your feelings if I don’t run out and order a “Ray1911” or “Sluggy” tribute knife. Lol.

 

[Ray1911]

LOL, no worries! Oh! U2 pilot Gary Powers carried one. I can't remember what model it was, though. Was it an 8?

 

[eveled]

KnifeRep covered Gary’s knife in post #10 page 1 of this thread

 

[Ray1911]

How about Ross Allen, the famous crocodile wrestler? He opened the Allen Reptile Institute, which I think was more of an amusement park, back in the 50's I think. I'm pretty sure he carried a Model 3-7".

ETA: Seems there is debate as to whether he carried a model 3 or a model 5.

 

[Melvin-Purvis]

I read somewhere, once, that W.D. 'Bo Randall owned a Randall Made knife or two. Not sure if the story is true, but if it is, he would probably be the most famous owner, IMO...

 

[Rick Bowles]

Don't forget Jumpin' Jim Gavin, Curtis Lemay and Richard Bong!

 

[Sluggy]

Don't forget Jumpin' Jim Gavin, Curtis Lemay and Richard Bong!

Hell yeah ! Greg Boyington the Marine Fifter pilot

 

[tunefink]

I have Porter Wagoner's knife gifted to him by Mel Tillis.

 

[Ray1911]

I have Porter Wagoner's knife gifted to hm by Mel Tillis.

Th-th-th-th-that's freaking aw-aw-aw-aw-aw-awesome!!
I used to love the Mel Tillis Whataburger commercials!

 

[eveled]

I have Porter Wagoner's knife gifted to him by Mel Tillis.

I’d like to know the specifics of the knife if possible. Maybe I’ll order a “Mel Tillis” next.

Always thought it was interesting how he could sing without stuttering but couldn’t hardly put two words together.

 

[Ray1911]

I’d like to know the specifics of the knife if possible. Maybe I’ll order a “Mel Tillis” next.

Always thought it was interesting how he could sing without stuttering but couldn’t hardly put two words together.

I had a buddy while in the Army that had a slight stutter. He didn't really stutter unless he was nervous or was asked about some shenannigans we were up to by our SGT. Sometimes I thought he faked it.

 

[Jack Monroe]

i’m interested in specific Randall knives owned by specific people

Here is what I think I know

Gordon Cooper owned an Astro. (that’s an easy one)

John Milius, the film director and screenwriter, (He wrote Apocalypse Now, Jeremiah Johnson, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion and Conan the Barbarian, just to mention a few.) i forget which model, but he probably has more than one.

 

[Jack Monroe]

Actors Robert Taylor and Robert Stack

The writer, James Jones, author of From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line, loved his Randall Made Knives. They were EDC for him. In his novel Some Came Running, one of his characters, a young man, has one. Jones wrote about their beauty and usefulness. The ending of his novel portrays this kid as being in Korea, 1951, in the snow fighting Chinese. When he runs out of ammunition he finds himself wounded and facing a dozen or more Chinese. He pulls out his Randall and threatens them. The Chinese look at him; one of them throws a grenade at him, and after the explosion, he picks up the knife and looks at it and keeps it.

Same Came Running has the distinction of being the worst great American novel.

 

[John A. Larsen]

Generals "Jumping Jim" Gavin and William Westmoreland both carried Randall Knives. John