Myth check?

[ron_m80]

I was looking around the internet this morning and noticed that a website had a very weathered Randall made knife. It claimed that the knife was found with a presumed American body in Korea. It was reported to be in the ground with the remains for about 30 years.

Has anyone heard of this? I would have thought the shop might like that story, or have heard of it.

http://www.sandownforge.com/Sandown_Forge/Special_Projects.html

Has anyone heard this or seen this story and know if its for real?

Thank you,
ron

 

[John A. Larsen]

I have not seen this before, but it seems unlikely to me, that a carbon steel blade could be in the ground for 30 years and not be more rusted than this blade looks to be. John

 

[willis]

Cannot attest to the veracity of the story,but that handle he put on the knife is a travesty.

 

[ron_m80]

. Lexan is not handle material, true.

 

[Melvin-Purvis]

Buy the knife, not the story...

 

[bart1]

I put the knife as Korean era not WWII. I think that if the customer wanted a "theater " treatment handle, he got one. Lexan is a handle material. My dad brought one back from the pacific that had a lexan handle and Jap aluminum from a Kamakazi wrapped around the sheath. My understanding is that clear Lexan was used as windscreen material in aircraft. I have a WWII Randal with a red/white lexan handle.

 

[bart1]

P.S/I seriously doubt that blade was burried for 30 years,, especially with a body,

 

[cut_n_run]

The Korean War lasted from 1950 to 1953.
Lexan polycarbonate (by General Electric) was not made available commercially until 1960.
Makrolon polycarbonate (by Bayer), was first available commercially in 1958.
[Aircraft windshields at that time were likely made of "poly(methyl methacrylate)", which has been called or sold as Acrylic Glass, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, or Perspex.]
-Steve

 

[cut_n_run]

sorry, duplicate post

 

[bart1]

I stand corrected, Thanks, Bart

 

[leghog]

If the story were true, then the knife is personal effects and belongs to the Primary Next of Kin who decided the disposition of the remains. I seriously doubt the next of kin would have gotten rid of it. Also just from experience of having recovered remains, effects, etc. from WW2 through Vietnam in Asia and the Pacific as a U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory Search and Recovery Team Leader, I seriously doubt that knife was in the ground for decades.