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Old 10-19-2011, 03:52 PM
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Three Wars, Two Marines and One Randall

A few years ago a Marine sergeant came to the RKS forum looking for some information about a Randall model #14. His father, also a combat Marine, had carried the Randall in Vietnam and the sergeant carried it in both Iraq and Afghanistan. His father was having some financial difficulty so Sgt. Dever wanted to sell the model #14 to help his father. I offered to auction the knife on eBay for him. Sgt. Dever was hoping for around $2500.00. It sold for almost $7,000.00.
This Randall came with all the provenance anyone could ask for and is a very desirable Randall. Check out the images and identify the collectable features of this knife. Please offer only one observation and let others have a chance to offer an opinion.
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Old 10-19-2011, 04:13 PM
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Old 10-19-2011, 05:43 PM
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Old 10-19-2011, 06:23 PM
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Old 10-19-2011, 06:24 PM
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Y'all are doing real good.... any more?
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Old 10-20-2011, 06:11 AM
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Old 10-25-2011, 06:44 PM
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Rick, there's got to be more, no?

How come nobody mentioned the riveted sheath? Is that not a collectible feature?

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Old 10-25-2011, 07:26 PM
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There are several other features that have not been illuminated.
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Old 10-27-2011, 06:06 PM
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Where's "crutchtip" when we really need him?

Ron, try and get him to chime in here.

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Old 10-27-2011, 06:56 PM
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David,

I'm up to my you-know-what in alligators at work right now. I'll try to find some time to take a look at this tomorrow morning.

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Old 10-28-2011, 09:27 AM
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David,

I sent up a Batman signal to Joe. I don't know whether he'll show or not. In case he doesn't, I'll do my Crutchtip impression even though my knowledge of VN era knives is sketchy:

I can't see any features not otherwise noted. On the sheath rivets: They're oversized at the throat. This means it's an early "splitback" Johnson sheath.

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Old 10-28-2011, 09:45 AM
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Ron is correct about the split back. I've heard that black sheaths were not very common during this time period. Come to think of it, black sheaths are still uncommon. Lastly here's a close up image of the TM stamp.
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Old 10-28-2011, 03:59 PM
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I have Joe's input as follows (The primary attributes have been nailed down by the crew pretty well): "Double strikes seem to be a bit more common on stainless blades relative to the percentage made, likely due to the hardness of the SS"!
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Old 10-28-2011, 04:55 PM
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Thank very much, Ron!

Thanks as well to Joe for his insight. Now if Joe will only decide to participate here, I'm sure it would be most appreciated by the members. I know we're a very tough crowd, but we promise to be gentle with you, Joe.

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