Help with a Randall 1-7 Stag....

[skunkman]

Hello, I am a newbie posting here, long time follower. We own a few Randall's , and am fairly familiar with them...to a point. I am hoping someone can help shed some insight on this 1-7 we just purchased for my son. The pictures in the ad were a little deceiving of the handle size, and we have never seen one like this. It is the lower Stag handle, without the buttcap. The handle is only 4 inches long, and not even an inch in diameter at the end, almost like a ladies or youth handle. I sent some pictures to Randall today, and they said although a very unique and unusual handle for the knife, it did come from the factory that way. We are just curious if anyone has seen such a small handle on a knife this size. Our other 1-7 is next to it for comparison. Thanks for any info, we appreciate it.

 

[cut_n_run]

The handle is only 4 inches long, and not even an inch in diameter at the end, almost like a ladies or youth handle. ... We are just curious if anyone has seen such a small handle on a knife this size.

Here's a 4-inch handle quite a bit less than one inch.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32797773/4%20inch%20handle.JPG

...and here's the handle of a knife with 8 inch blade, also less than an inch

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32797773/8%20inch%20blade.JPG

-Steve

 

[skunkman]

Steve, thanks for the reply and the pictures. We had not seen that small of a handle before. Nice knife, but sure is hard to get used to in your hand. Thank you.

 

[bart1]

It's my understanding that with the Indian Stag ban, handles seem to be on the small side. The Randall RKS 8-4 club knives were the first time I saw that. Can't remember what year they came out. 2002-2003? so almost 15 years! Bart

 

[Tattoo Bill]

Unfortunately, handle diameters are a luck of the draw these days.