The 1 was delivered yesterday and it’s a beautiful piece of functional art I must say. Just for the heck of it I took a couple pics of it to text to a couple of friends and family. I figured I’d take out my current issue USMC OSC3S bayonet to put alongside for a couple pics and when I did I realized that the blade on the military knife is a damn near copy of the Randall. Both Blade lengths are 8” give or take an 1/8”, blade shape is very similar, almost exact clones, sledge sharpened to the same point, widths and thickness are close enough to each other. The only things that really stand out( blade wise) differently is the black phosphate finish and serrated section on the OSC.

Looks like Mr Randall really knew what he was doing when he hammered out his first fighting knife. Many decades later it’s still a winning wartime design. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.