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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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Low S.
__________________ Rob Frey |
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un-lined thong hole
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Filled handle hole
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Y'all are doing real good.... any more?
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Old brown micarta?
Peter __________________ Peter Kaufman NRA Life GOA JPFO SAF RKS # 5642 Shag #005 |
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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? Cheers! David __________________ It takes less effort to smile than to frown ! |
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There are several other features that have not been illuminated.
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Where's "crutchtip" when we really need him?
Ron, try and get him to chime in here. Cheers! David __________________ It takes less effort to smile than to frown ! |
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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. Best, Ron |
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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. Best, Ron Last edited by BoBlade; 10-29-2011 at 11:30 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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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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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. Cheers! David __________________ It takes less effort to smile than to frown ! |
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