Model?

Sphinx3000 said:
Looks like a Model 14 attack with a single finger grip black micarta handle, forward curved brass hilt, brass lanyard tube and a pre 1996 sheath.
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Thanks! It’s not in my procession. It’s a friends knife. Left to him from his father. He wants it cleaned up a bit.
It’s going to be a user just like it was when his father owned it.
 
bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives said:
Thanks! It’s not in my procession. It’s a friends knife. Left to him from his father. He wants it cleaned up a bit.
It’s going to be a user just like it was when his father owned it.
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I would send it to Randall. They will do an awesome job! It must be a special knife for him, coming from his late father. I hope it will give your friend lots of adventures and more great memories.
 
bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives said:
Thanks! It’s not in my procession. It’s a friends knife. Left to him from his father. He wants it cleaned up a bit.
It’s going to be a user just like it was when his father owned it.
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Sorry, I just noticed you are a knife maker. Of course you can clean it up and do a great job! If it was a rare piece, it would have been better to send it to Randall to keep it as original as possible to retain the maximum value. Some rare (Randall) knives are even better off not being touched at all and kept original. Like WWII and Vietnam knives, for example, and other old and rare Randalls. Succes with cleaning it up, before and after pictures are always nice :d
 
Sphinx3000 said:
Sorry, I just noticed you are a knife maker. Of course you can clean it up and do a great job! If it was a rare piece, it would have been better to send it to Randall to keep it as original as possible to retain the maximum value. Some rare (Randall) knives are even better off not being touched at all and kept original. Like WWII and Vietnam knives, for example, and other old and rare Randalls. Succes with cleaning it up, before and after pictures are always nice :d
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I re-tipped an older buck 112 for him awhile back leaving the rest of the knife cleaned up.
My plans are a bare minimum clean up and polishing for the handle and guard and then blade clean up leaving as much patina as possible. Then put a fresh edge on it.
I’ll be sure to take some photos.
I totally agree about rare and special Randall’s. I wouldn’t do anything to them to take away from the aging.
 
Unicorn161 said:
The blade looks more like a Model 16 Diver with saw teeth, than a 14 or 16 SP1 https://randallknives.com/collections/saltwater/products/diver But the standard sheath for the diver wouldn't have the pocket for the stone and would be waxed, unless maybe a very early one and that was a later change.
Maybe even a Combat Companion Full Tang with sawteeth and forward guard. If it's the shorter blade. https://randallknives.com/collections/non-catalog/products/combat-companion-full-tang-cc-ft
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I can see where you are coming from because of the spearpoint, but I think it is the sawteeth that gives the point that shape combined with being sharpened by the owner. The Model 16 normally indeed has a different sheath. It also has thumb notches on the spine. Is the spine of the blade smooth, or does it have jimping? I think that the forward-curved hilt makes the blade look smaller than it is. The sheath seems most likely to belong to the knife because it is made for a forward curved hilt.

The blade is too long to be a Model 15. How long is the blade from the hilt exactly? Randalls are often a little different in length. What does the back of the sheath say? Here is a picture of a Model 14 that I borrowed from Nordic Knives website to illustrate what I mean. This knife also has a bit of the look of the Model 16 because of the spearpoint shape caused by the sawteeth.

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Great information! It won’t be in my procession for a couple of weeks. I’ll get some additional photos and measurements then!
Thank you.
After all this great discussion I had to pull my one and only Randall out and admire it yesterday. Model 15 from the feedback on this forum.
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Sphinx3000 said:
I can see where you are coming from because of the spearpoint, but I think it is the sawteeth that gives the point that shape combined with being sharpened by the owner. The Model 16 normally indeed has a different sheath. It also has thumb notches on the spine. Is the spine of the blade smooth, or does it have jimping? I think that the forward-curved hilt makes the blade look smaller than it is. The sheath seems most likely to belong to the knife because it is made for a forward curved hilt.

The blade is too long to be a Model 15. How long is the blade from the hilt exactly? Randalls are often a little different in length. What does the back of the sheath say? Here is a picture of a Model 14 that I borrowed from Nordic Knives website to illustrate what I mean. This knife also has a bit of the look of the Model 16 because of the spearpoint shape caused by the sawteeth.

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Ok wow, I didn't know that adding the sawteeth would change the blade by so much. It's almost like it's a different blade.
 
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