It has been a good month for great old Randalls. The two Burnie just posted are world class! I am posting these pictures for forum member "bedink". I am sure he will add to the story.

It's an interesting piece. It has the spacers of a pre-war Randall, but the hilt looks more like something you would see on a post war fighters.

One other thing that I mentioned to Dorsky this week. Look at the block letter initials on the sheath. They are very much like the initials on the Zach and my knife. This adds to the idea the Bo was doing this in the shop...

Now that's also an awesome find......:)

War time for sure. Hard to say for sure exactly when, but I would guess late 1942 and possibly into early1943

All I can say is WOW! They just keep coming every day this week. Another awesome find. Would that be a Moore sheath?

The FGs are also interesting. they run all the way up to the top of the handle. The modern (and most vintage) knives have them on the bottom and only part way up the side.
Awesome for sure.

Looking forward to hearing "the rest of the story" on this one. People talk about "Grail" knives. This one would definitely be mine. The classic Scagel style of the blade and spacers with the stag handle is just incredible.

Looks to be a tiny "step" in the choil, like on the Zach brothers.

Mitchell, my photography is horrible with my crappy cell phone, and all of the pics are upside down here for some reason, but if you look really close, you may be able to make out a knife in my pics! lol

Nearly a R/W/B suggestion on either end of the spacer stack although close-ups ruin that idea. Beautiful fighting Scagel hunter, except the hilt, which seems styled as an afterthought, but strong and not merely decorative.

I have already forwarded these photos to friends whose main reply seems to be as mine. "GASP".

It also puts paid to my griping about new hilts with flat front faces not being authentic to earliest Randalls.

Bill,

I don't think that knife is as old as John Cheek thinks it is. Ron and Joe are better on the prewar pieces than me, but that's my 2 cents.