AMEN

....Still hard to argue with #3-5"...isn't it James?
Best, Capt. Chris

Very.... VERY hard to argue. Holds its edge while making quick work of whitetails!

By the way, the triathlete once saved me.
Once I began to slip off the slope over wet grass
before the high precipice over the river and managed to snatch it
and to stuck on to the ground, then gradually pull myself up.
So the type of sharpening here did not play any role.

Scott said it all ! Actually the catalog addresses this "issue" , only Randall I own that was maybe not so sharp and very hard for me to sharpen was a Solingen Randall 14 I bought as a kid.

Sc Scott, is the final sharpening done on a belt, presumably a worn one, or a stone and a strop, or some other method?

Scott said it all ! Actually the catalog addresses this "issue" , only Randall I own that was maybe not so sharp and very hard for me to sharpen was a Solingen Randall 14 I bought as a kid.

I bought this Solingen stainless 15 in the 1960's from the Randall Shop; it is quite sharp, and holds an edge.

Honed on a stone by hand.

I have received knives in both levels of sharpening and in 30+ purchases have only sent one knife back for a better edge to be put on it. That knife was a Model #16 Special Fighter and the Shop and Tom Clinton took care of it for me.

I guess after, that Tom Clinton made sure that the knives I received from him had a nice edge on them. May He rest in Peace.
I have purchased previously owned knives from other members and have learned over the years slowly how to get the edge that I need for a specific task now. Most of my stuff is "USER" type knives. I will never have the skills of the Shop Employees but I am getting by. So one knife out of many to me says most knives are more than acceptable.

Tom V.