Hi guys, I have a couple of questions about a non catalog knife.
Does anyone know if:
1) Randall still make the tri-athlete?
2) What it sells for at the shop?
3) Do they use stock removal method of making, or forging?
4) What do you think of this knife?
Thanks, and I hope everyone is having a great Independence day.

Let me see here
1. Yes
2. 225.00
3. Yes
4. It's a piece of sharp steel with holes drilled in it . Really I've never carried one but, they seem quite popular.

Thanks Perry for the info.
Have a great weekend.

They look great with Ivory scales added.

Hi Sam !!! Happy 4th

Dubie Baxter

That is really a nice looking knife and sheath combination. I might have to consider one of those.

Even though it's an altered RMK with Ivory or fossil Ivory they look sweet!

See Ya, Chief

You're right, Chief. I've seen a few with ivory, and would consider doing the same, if the scales are thin enough so the knife still fits nicely into the standard sheath.
-Steve

Hi Steve, unless the scales are paper thin, the standard sheath will not work. Its just too tight with anything extra.
Incidentally here is a link to an Ivory one I did up myself. Enjoy!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E:IT&ih=016

That looks beautiful, good job!
~dale

Very nice work Lucky. Very NIce.

I've been doing them for a while for my family although I did sell one a few months back to a guy on the Forum who then promptly resold it on eBay for a profit. Unfortunately I had not etched my initials and serial number on it so you know that sooner or later it is going to be offered on eBay or somewhere else as an "unusual" Randall knife. I will NEVER do that again.

All of the other triathletes or #10's I put ivory scales on for friends of family have been etched except that one.

RICK BOWLES did the puma scrimshaw on this one which I frequently carry as a utility knife, Greg gutcher did a way cool snake skin pouch sheath for it.


This one I made for Pete Hamilton before I spent a week with him and his lovely wife Betty at their home in Havana after he retired from the Randall Shop. Many of us were introduced to Randall Made Knives through his warm outgoing willingness to spend time with just about anyone who walked into the shop and wanted to talk Randalls.

Pete told me that a lot of people who looked at all of the knives in the cases (those were the good old days) used to ask if sheaths came with them. He told me that most of time he answered "no you have to carry them in your pocket." He was a great kidder, some would say "wise ass." Either way, he is sorely missed.


This is the first one I ever did. The scrimshaw of the Snowy Owl was also done by Rick Bowles.


Images Copyright© 2008 All Rights Reserved
Scrimshaw Copyright© 2008 Rick Bowles All Rights Reserved

Regards, Doug

Never realized that there were so many nice looking ivory handled Tri-Aths, guys! I like the mosaic pins, too.
-Steve

I trust that Pete retired to Hay-vana Florida (near Tallahassee), not Havana, Cuba.

Dubie Baxter

Hi Guys,
Been out of the loop for a couple of days, playin up in the mountains.
Thanks for all the info and pics of the tri-athletes, they look real nice with the scales too.
Hope you had a great 4th too, Dubie.

Beautiful knives Doug. Those look great for EDC.

Feantastic job Doug !
I agree 100% about Pete:sometime I wasn't able to catch up his irony...but he was a nice Guy...



Here's mine little tri-athlete with ivory scales...hope you did this one...and it fit in its original sheath...
Got it from Greg...
Best
Guido
PS: sorry...no fancy pic...just personal catalogue....

Thanks for the compliments. From this crowd of that's high praise indeed.

Guido, I'm betting the one you have is Gene Beal's work. He's sold a bunch of them and uses thin pieces of ivory. I prefer using thicker scales and then sculpting them to fit the hand. Also, the only one I ever did that didn't have my initials and a serial number on it and that didn't go to a friend or family member as a gift was in fossil walrus. One dark side and one light side, just the way it was found in the ground. Like I said they guy who bought it sold it few weeks later for a profit but I think he made a mistake. Haven't seen any one do a fossil walrus triathlete and they were pretty nice scales. Oh well, to each his own.

Dubie-Florida geography is not my forte but I know that when I visited Pete and Betty at their retirement home it was in a little town called Havana a few miles off Route 10 and not very far North of Tallahassee. I'm sure it was Havana not HaYvana.

Regards, Doug

If you live in Florida, then you pronounce it Hay'vana. I figured that's the town you meant.

Dubie

Here are some more! I love threads like this that show some RMK's outside of what would be expected...altered though they are.

Ivory, Sterling silver pins, Gutcher Python Sheath

Ivory, 18k gold pins, Horned Baby Croc Gutcher Sheath

Ivory, 18k gold pins, Gutcher Elephant Hide sheath.

.....SUPAAAAA.....
Best
Guido

Thanks G, here is my first: Ivory, 1/8" mosaic pins, no sheath

Last one, the first with liners, from my link earlier in the post.

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If you live in Florida, then you pronounce it Hay'vana. I figured that's the town you meant.

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Pete and Betty always pronounced in Havana and since they lived there I figured they knew how to pronounce it.

Regards, Doug

Yeah Doug, it's like the rest of "old" Florida...When the out-of-towners (usually yankees) start invading, the personality is lost.

Dubie Baxter

Outstanding knives everyone.

Hey Gamble,
that is a nice knife and beautiful sheath.

Quote:

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When the out-of-towners (usually yankees) start invading, the personality is lost.

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Dubie, Not to hijack this thread, but do you realize how you sound when you express hatred or dislike for so many different groups of people for totally absurd reasons like where their mother happened to be living on the day they were born? Did you ever tell Pete and Betty that they were destroying the charachter of Florida and should move back to PA?

If I am not mistaken you sell real estate? Do you refuse to sell property to people who are not Florida Crackers?

By the way, in 1845 when Florida became a state, the population was approximately 140,000. Of these, 63,000 were African Americans, most of whom were slaves. So if your ancestors were actually in Florida when it became a state, which of course is highly doubtful, there is a 45% chance that they were black, and of course if your ancestors were not Seminoles or members of one of the other Native American tribes...well, you get my point.

Regards, Doug

Doug, when my son was born in Winter Haven as the first of the sixth generation of our family born in Florida, I suppose you think that was some kind of "accident" too?

I was talking about the personality of the state, not personalities.

Old Chief Estes of the "Lost Tribe" of Native Floridians

Dubie, I understand what you mean.a small town culture changes as the population grows. scout "sitting bull @#*! " of the "lost tribe" of native Floridian (Bob)

well my two cents isnt worth much but in my opinion those whose families sacrificed what they had and moved to Florida when Florida wasnt such a popular place, say when there werent such things as mosquito and flood control and that wonderful invention of air conditioning Those people should be held in high regard. They didnt just up and move here when there was a publix or super walmart on every corner. Times were tuff and they were the ones who paved the way for the people that enjoy and take for granted the beautiful state we live in today. Its kinda like that old verse respect your elders. Maybe if the newbies, call them yankees, call them snowbirds didnt act like they owned the state and everything in it and are entitled to everything they wouldnt be tainted with such negative connotations. Again JMHO PS my mothers family was from AL And my fathers from IN. But both came here when i promise Florida wasnt such a friendly place. Sorry to HiJack as well.

Great discussion guys but not pertinent to Randall Made Knives.
Can we take this to the Dirty Water Forum? My grandmother had 18 brothers and sisters. I would love to tell you about them, over there. Thanks

Here is my tri-athlete that I picked up at the Blade Show, musk ox scales and mosaic pins by Gene Beal

Peter

Nice. dude! That Beal character knows his stuff!
Good luck with it. Best, Capt. Chris

Nice knife Peter. That handle looks great.

Peter,

You get all the good knives and you weren't kidding about bringing plenty of cash to Blade!! Thanks again for sharing pictures of all your well-found booty!

Scott

Hey Peter,

You sure do know how to pick them!

Alan Grombacher
RKS#5531

Thanks guys
I had decided that I wanted to go to the Blade Show for the first time this year, and if I was going, I was going to buy some nice knives. As I said before, I had a great time, met some great people, and found some really nice knives. I did not go anywhere for vacation last year, so this year I did it right. I found two non-Randall knives too, one of which will be coming in a few weeks.

Peter

So I was thinking of doing something like this for my tri athlete but want a G10 material on the handle and kydex sheath and use it for EDC. Anyone got any leads as to where I could send it and have all that taken care of? Thanks.

Hi Brandon
The Behrings of Treeman knives would likely be able to do that for you, I don't know about the sheath in Kydex though.
I know they have rehandled other RMK

http://www.treemanknives.com

Peter

I am having one done, as we speak, in Jade (light jade...not the old G-3) G-10. I have had various handle scales installed on Tris. They make for an excellent addition to this super little drop point. Of course: It's an altered Randall afterwards...
Best, Capt. Chris

Those are my last addition.
Left one cost me an huge figth with the past owner...than, finally...I was able to grab it !!!
Sheath is for the left one.
Best
Guido

Great looking knives Capt and Guido. Thanks for sharing. I really need to get me one of those.

Terrific knives Capt. Chris and Guido

Guido, would you mind letting us know who did the handles and filework on your two beauties?

Thanks for posting

Peter

Cap and Guido ...
BELLISSIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tony

Thanks so much my Friends:
about one on the left, I think previous owner will tell you something about....It was such tough figth I didn't care about details .
Ivory one I must have a look to my file...
If, in the meantime, somebody knows....please help.
More to come....
Best
Guido

Sure...Guido...Throw me under the bus!! Folks: He (Guido) whined so long and hard that I sold him my personal triathelete...off of my belt...at the Blade show 2 years ago! It is the one on the left and Gene Beal installed the mammoth tooth handle for me. He (Guido) conned somebody else out the ivory "tri" with the filework so I cannot address the workmanship on that one.
Best, Capt. Chris

He...(the Capt.) whined so long and hard when he(the Capt) got my check ...
GG

That's true, Guido. I whined because it wasn't enough!!
Best, Capt. Chris

No one can resist a good Italian Whine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey ... maybe I can "Whine" the Captain into getting a Triathlete made for me with ...
you guessed it ...
OLIVE WOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Correct Tony...nobody can!
Olive wood should be nice...
Ask the Capt about...I think he can manage it.
But Tony, please, dont let him whine any more...
G

Boys boys lets not fight. Lets help Brandon with his question who should he have address the handling? I know he can get Bob Dozier make him a sheath. But who can you trust for a good handle for a user, so being altered should not matter to him. He is new to the Randall legend of excellence. Plus he has 2 Damascus knives he needs handles made for. He promised me the pick of the two when done. So lets get this young man helped.

Gene Beal has handled (no pun intended) all of my Triatheletes. This is one of the very first. He now uses mosaic pins,but this one has always been one of my favorites. Someone can email me if they are interested in having me get one finished for them. Gene is currently working on 5 of them for me. His work speaks for itself. The sheath is "double-stamped" because Greg Gutcher made it custom for me by including a thicker inner liner to accommodate the larger handle.
Best, Capt. Chris
PS: Bark elephant ivory is the handle material...CCS

Nice Capt. That handle material gives it a very different look.

So I got a response from Treeman, and he refered me to Scar Knives or some place on the net for Randall style specialists. He said they do not outfit tri atheletes or make kydex sheaths. So I'll keep searching. Looking for some one to make a G10 like the 1911 gunner grips or similar. Thanks for everything so far, think there was a couple leads in the thread that I have not checked yet.

Brandon,
I think Dozier Knives will make a kydex for you. You might have to send them the knife.
I have spoke to them about this at the NY knife show.
Here's their web site ...
http://www.dozierknives.com/
Tony

I'm new here, but I think this is allowed since you are asking for a modification. In my opinion, this request is tailor-made for Tom Krein. I had him do something similar for me a couple years ago. Recently, he has been putting handles on Spyderco Mules for a number of people. And his kydex is second to none.

http://www.kreinknives.net/home.htm

The knife on the bottom of this picture used to be a plain steel model just like the one two above it:



Sheaths from Tom:



For what it's worth, Tom got his start working for Bob Dozier and AG Russell.

Rick

Seems as though you've had him do a few, look great. Agree on the kydex those sheaths are exactly what I had in mind. What kind of price range was the handle and sheaths? Thanks for that post.

Capt, is Sullivan's still using the X'd out stamp on their sheath's? Last one I received, though several months ago, still had the city X'd out because of the move.

Are you speaking about the "standard" sheaths with Greg's stamp or his "actual" x-d out (seconds)? I cannot address the seconds but Greg has a new "rectangular stamp he is using with "Odessa, Fl." as the city. Could be your sheath was in the transitional mix Tom. (???) I am going to see Greg on Friday and I'll try and remember to ask him. We (Greg, Danny and I) have a lot to go over, including some new "sheath news".
Anyway: I have no idea if I answered your question or not...but I hope so.
Best, Capt. Chris

Cap, mine is marked just like the one you pictured in your previous post of 9/12 with the Tri-A, just the city is X'd out. If the current stamp is rectangular, situation is corrected and mine was "transitional" as you have noted. Thanks, no need to bother them with it.

Tom,
Here ya' go. These 3 stamps are in order of seniority. The first being the "pre-fire" Tampa, the second being the transitional with the city X'd out and the third the current one used today.
I know there will be quite a few "exceptions" for some time. (Not unlike Randall sheaths, stamps, snaps, etc.) I personally would scoff-up all of the "x'd-out city stamped stuff you could get!!
Best, Capt. Chris

Thanks very much, Cap. I received several of the middle ones as "replacement" and "custom" before the third one came into play. Good information, appreciate your trouble.

Tom,
Other than tryin' to find the d----d things (photos of the 3 sample pieces of leather...which I knew I had somewhere on the computer)it was no trouble at all.
Best, Capt. Chris

Thank You everybody for your information for Brandon. I've decided to give him my Randall collection when I pass. I know he will like it and save him a lot of money and trying to find some of my rather different and older Randalls. But that's it someone else with get the bulk of my collection which isn't Randall. Not to say anything bad about Randall but I do have a few more rare and costly knives that will be auctioned for my wife.