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Oops!! It's a "Doler Special".
A new development on the 6" knife shown in the Randall Lore #39 Styers Special post.
By private emails with JJW and talking with Pete Hamilton, the knife I show having purchased recently is not a Styers Special. It appears to be a "Doler Special". I also just talked with Randall dealer, Doug Kenefick, about this knife. He said six of these were made (five for him and one for the museum). He is sending information on these knives and same will be posted when received.
The knife at the very bottom of this post is a Styers Special. When I talked with Pete Hamilton about this knife he said the original Styers Specials were Model 14's with an "S" hilt. So while writing this, I called Pete again. He says the very first Styers blades were shaped like the original Model 14, Solingen blades (but forged and not Solingen blades). The original handles were also a dropped, commando style handle. Later, they just had the same shape as a standard Model 14.
More to come on the "Doler Special".
Best regards,
Rhett
THE DOLER SPECIAL
AND THE STYERS SPECIAL
A new development on the 6" knife shown in the Randall Lore #39 Styers Special post.
By private emails with JJW and talking with Pete Hamilton, the knife I show having purchased recently is not a Styers Special. It appears to be a "Doler Special". I also just talked with Randall dealer, Doug Kenefick, about this knife. He said six of these were made (five for him and one for the museum). He is sending information on these knives and same will be posted when received.
The knife at the very bottom of this post is a Styers Special. When I talked with Pete Hamilton about this knife he said the original Styers Specials were Model 14's with an "S" hilt. So while writing this, I called Pete again. He says the very first Styers blades were shaped like the original Model 14, Solingen blades (but forged and not Solingen blades). The original handles were also a dropped, commando style handle. Later, they just had the same shape as a standard Model 14.
More to come on the "Doler Special".
Best regards,
Rhett
THE DOLER SPECIAL
AND THE STYERS SPECIAL