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Hi Rod,

Very nice! Here's very early Model 5 that Rhett owned:

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And here's his discription:

My favorite Model 5 is this one that was owned by the famous shooting expert , D. Lee Braun. I purchased this knife in 1987 from Nate Posner of the San Francisco Gun Exchange who was selling the Braun gun collection at the time. This was the 34th Randall that I purchased in my short Randall collecting effort at that time. Braun was a marksman for the Remington Arms Company.

I told Rhett that I put his knife mid-'45 to mid-'46, primarily because of the sheath with metal snaps (The Model 5 wasn't officially introduced until ~ mid '45 and translucent logo snaps started in ~ mid'46). If you compare the grind of Rhett's knife with that of your 5-7, you'll see that they are virtually identical to include the choil.

I've owned one Model 5 that is actually WWII era (Prior to it's formal introduction in mid '45:

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The "tells" that it is WWII are:

1. It has a brass nut at the butt (All post war field knives had peened tangs through the remainder of the 40's).
2. The Randall logo stamp is positioned towards the middle of the blade.
3. The sheath is by Clarence Moore (There were no 5" WWII fighters and neither Heiser nor Southern Saddlery had tooled up for a 5" blade during the war).

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Final Option, Gotta love the Sasquatch. The 2-6 and 14 in the picture I posted came from Doug in the 80's. Super guy to deal with. I was looking at some Crawford's he had, (Spider Boot, Spike and another I don't remember) and couldn't decide so he sent all three to me and told me to keep what I wanted and send the rest back with the money. In fact I still have a catalog of his from 1985. I'll not post any prices from it for fear of everyone barfing on their keyboards.:)
 
Ron

Thank you for the comments and for the education on the WW 2 knife. I could tell it was a Moore sheath, but don't know enough about knives that old. Now I know a bit more. Thank you for sharing.

I had seen Rhett's Model 5 before. Not the knife in the flesh, just pictures.

You still own the 5-5?
 
TAS said:
Final Option, Gotta love the Sasquatch. The 2-6 and 14 in the picture I posted came from Doug in the 80's. Super guy to deal with. I was looking at some Crawford's he had, (Spider Boot, Spike and another I don't remember) and couldn't decide so he sent all three to me and told me to keep what I wanted and send the rest back with the money. In fact I still have a catalog of his from 1985. I'll not post any prices from it for fear of everyone barfing on their keyboards.:)
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Yes I also have his catalogue and he was superb to deal with. I bought several from him including matched #1 and #2's from him along with several Bowies. I'll post pictures next week. I love this thread, so many great vintage and newer Randall's.
 
I had a matched set of #1 & #2s I sold Doug way back when. They were 8" SS, forward curved brass guards, scalloped collars black micarta commando (both) and scalloped butts. Like the 2-6 in my picture. I got a whopping $500.00 for the set. They also had black sheaths and I believe tie downs. If you post a picture of those two I'm gonna cry. :( I also sold a 1 & 2 set with 8" SS, n/s guards, ivorite commandos, and duralumin caps. They had the same sheaths as the other two.
 
After enjoying all of the pictures posted on this thread I thought I would share mine that I acquired over a few years.

















 
Final Option

Thank you for the pictures. You have some great looking RMK. I especially like the bottom knife, in the third set of pictures from the bottom. Black micarta, commando handle, double brass hilt and sawteeth. It is a 5-5?
 
Final option....glad to see you have a good representaion of the Westinghouse " Old Yellar".
 
clk said:
Final Option

Thank you for the pictures. You have some great looking RMK. I especially like the bottom knife, in the third set of pictures from the bottom. Black micarta, commando handle, double brass hilt and sawteeth. It is a 5-5?
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Yes it is, I believe it was looked at by the government for issue to our brave pilots, but the cost was more than it wanted to spend. This was a user for me and saw some Huey time, carried very well and as you know the saw teeth were designed to rip through the walls of aircraft to assist in escaping a downed aircraft.
 
FO - Yep, Navy/Marine Aircrew Survival knife - was never cataloged, not many out there...still option available on the modern Combat Companion (CC) but phased out on the Model #5-5 when the CC came along...

Velly nice! :D

Nice collection too!
 
Thanks M-P I find that there are no other knives out there so rich in history and quality that Randall Made Knives possess. Every model has its own unique story behind it and the men who carried them. I met Bo in 1983 at the shop and was lucky enough to get the personal tour of the museum and parts of the shop. I was even luckier to be able to purchase the model 25 that I posted in this thread before I left the shop.
 
Just bought this Model 26 this morning and now the wait begins. I should have it by end of week. This one is stainless, brass guard and pommel with presentation grade desert ironwood #25 style handle. I've been looking for wood handle 26 for awhile and when I saw this one I couldn't resist, even though I promised wife I would slow down on knife buying after damage done at Blade Show.



 
Beautiful Randall, exceptional dessert ironwood, nice contrast with leather washers and brass, great score!
 
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