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The Randall Springfield knife, circa World War II, as most of you know was not made by Randall. Most of them were made at Northampton Cutlery in Springfield, Massachusetts. The promoter of these knives was W.F. Larsen of Springfield, Mass.
I will not go into great detail here but I just found an old file that had these neat Springfield Randall Pictures. I will post an old Springfield article from the RKS newsletter in a succeeding Randall lore post.
Just remember all Springfield knives don't have to look exactly like these but close. There are many small variations in this knife. Mr. Larsen's daughter, in an interview, told me some of these knives were assembled in the basement of their home and then she would carry them to Northampton Cutlery for final finishing.
This first, well used, knife was carried in World War II by W.F. Larsen's son-in-law. Later it was used as an all-purpose shop and garden knife.
Enjoy,
Rhett
From my collection a pretty good one.
Another one:
The Springfield logo:
Springfield Butt cap and spacers:
Springfield stone:
A Springfield sheath front view:
A Springfield sheath back view:
Another Springfield sheath front view:
I will not go into great detail here but I just found an old file that had these neat Springfield Randall Pictures. I will post an old Springfield article from the RKS newsletter in a succeeding Randall lore post.
Just remember all Springfield knives don't have to look exactly like these but close. There are many small variations in this knife. Mr. Larsen's daughter, in an interview, told me some of these knives were assembled in the basement of their home and then she would carry them to Northampton Cutlery for final finishing.
This first, well used, knife was carried in World War II by W.F. Larsen's son-in-law. Later it was used as an all-purpose shop and garden knife.
Enjoy,
Rhett
From my collection a pretty good one.
Another one:
The Springfield logo:
Springfield Butt cap and spacers:
Springfield stone:
A Springfield sheath front view:
A Springfield sheath back view:
Another Springfield sheath front view: