WOW! Beautiful!

Great looking knife with some outstanding features (love the hilt engraving). Congratulations! I was one of the underbidders for it on ebay. Nice to know it went to a new home where it will be appreciated.

Thanks Bob, it will be greatly appreciated and goes into the never sell pile. I also have Rhett's catalog, it seems to have added a few cracks since then.

Rob

Rob, sorry to hear about the cracks; always a danger with that handle material. Enjoy it in good health, as it is a beautiful example of the bladesmith's art. The engraved hilt, the etched Bo signature, the handle shape and material, and the blade profile all came together just about perfectly, at least from my perspective (I'm a big fan of the drop point design). Not a bad provenance either according to the catalog listing. It was the first of the Rhett catalog knives that've sold on ebay recently that I bid on (I've watched a few, but have not pulled the bid trigger until this one came up). There have been some cool ones, but yours is a real gem. There is a somewhat similarly configured Model 10-3.75" listed today on ebay. Again, congrats on a great piece for the collection.

Bob, The knife on eBay (291813925338) you refer to also has a W.D. Randall etching on the blade. It also is in the 1991 catalog. I was told the etching on that special Model 10 blade was not authorized by RMK. That is why I returned it to the eBay seller. He is a great seller and returned my payment without issue. I did not tell him why I was returning the knife.

I shied away from the Ivory DP because I feared that etching was also unauthorized by RMK.

Rob, If you care to find out.....you can send your Knife to Joe Dorsky, he may be able to verify the etching on your DP.

Eric

Thanks Eric. Good information to know.

Great to know!
Thanks for the information.

Yes Eric, thanks for the heads up on the 10-3. I also considered bidding on that one but when I'd seen the drop point come along, my mind was made up. I've yet to own a Griffin DP and I'm very lucky to get one in ivory, whether Bo's signature or not.

Just curious as who stated the 10-3 signature was not authorized, was it the seller, a Randall dealer, Joe? It seems about 10 knives(not including the 50th anniversary models)in the catalog that have the same signature, wondering if just some or all 10 for that matter were not authorized. I've met Joe and know he's the new authenticator, maybe he'll post something. Thanks again.

Rob

DW stated that the model 10 as Cap has stated is not shop produced with that ivory handle and shape, etching done at a later date.

Capt. said that Pete Hamilton had the panograph signature template for the Hermes acid-etching machine and has/had been known to provide that service.

This was in the "My Randalls" thread found here:

http://www.knifetalkforums.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=139026&page=5

Awesome Eric, many thank's for the link, don't know how I missed that post. I am more of a lurker than a poster but try to keep up.