Randall Model 14 (w/McPherson grip?)

[Bill Harsey]

Trip Wire,
Thanks for posting the images of your knife. I don't think I've seen that handle on a Randle before.

Do you know what year that knife was made?

It is the one piece linen micarta-over the hidden tang construction common to the Randle shop (stating the obvious).I like the single finger groove and the curve on the bottom going to the end. This aids in knowing where the blade is when you can't see the knife in low light conditions.

I guess a little homework on my part is in order.

[Trip_Wire (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Trip Wire,
Thanks for posting the images of your knife. I don't think I've seen that handle on a Randle before.

Do you know what year that knife was made?

It is the one piece linen micarta-over the hidden tang construction common to the Randle shop (stating the obvious).I like the single finger groove and the curve on the bottom going to the end. This aids in knowing where the blade is when you can't see the knife in low light conditions.

I guess a little homework on my part is in order.

Damn! I don't recall just when I bought that Model 14. I'm thinking it was in '68 or '69. I know that I was attending the Annual International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators meeting in Orlando, FL when I made the trip out to Randalls and bought it. The #1 came later and was mail ordered.

Speaking of the #1, although it is kinda fancy compared to the #14, I always thought that it felt better to me as a fighting knife then the #14. The #14 is; however, a better all purpose knife, chopping, (shudder...prying, etc.) The #14 is SS and the #1 is carbon steel.