Greetings all, I'm new to the forum, and the nice folks at Randall suggested I join this forum and try to learn a few things about a newly inherited Randall knife. The knife has a name on the left side, I had thought might be a maker who worked at Randall. The knife is 9 1/8" long, the blade is 4 1/2" long. It says 7-5 on the sheath. It also is written in ink on the sheath, 1961 Kodiak. Is this a model? Can anyone tell me who the sheath maker was?

Thanks,Tim

Having a name or other info is an option on most Randall's!
In this case it was that of probably its original owner.

The name on the left side is most likely one of the owners of the knife.

"7-5" on the sheath matches the knife, which would be a Model-7 with a 5" blade.

https://www.randallknives.com/knives/model-7-fisherman-hunter/

I'm awful at dating the knives, someone else will have to chime in. The 7-spacer arrangement isn't available today.

It looks to be in decent shape, gently used with some patina.

Having the deep "fishook" shaped choil helps indicate it was made before '62. The fact that the handle is not pinned tells us it was made after 1957. A look at the front of the sheath and the stone would help, but it's pretty safe to bet the ink written date and place, 1961, and Kodiak, are when and maybe where it was purchased.

Does the writing in ink on the sheath have any relevance to the knife? Any idea as to the sheath maker?

The stone is missing

Sheath is an early Johnson roughback but I'm not sure it's "that early"! 1961 would be an early date for that maker. I'm sure 1962 would be a good date but who knows? Could be a second sheath, replacing an earlier one...
Hope this helps, Capt. Chris

Capt -I’m sayin Heiser/HKL. Fits the time frame.

Where would someone source a period correct stone for the sheath?

Maybe post a "wanted to buy" ad for a period correct stone, circa 1962.