Bring On Da Bears

Thought this might be fun. I can hear Ditka barking this out. So Bring On Da Bears!

baby

Warren, The NFL instant replay team has just flagged you for TMT! Too Many Toys! As always, way nice and keep them coming!!!

Not very many of this model over here.

Steve, this one really caught my eye, what's the handle material?

Holzinger,

Handle almost looks glass like. Nice Lb fighter.

Crazy Cajun,

Penalty accepted they got the call wrong. NE "Never Enough "

Bill,

Can't believe it. Did deeper in the safe, lol.

How about a baby bear??

Last one is a baby

Mike,

Excetional. Handle material?

Chief,

Glad to see you still have those. Thanks for posting some of the best brother.

Have more but pics are at work ......lots of roads closed so be a minute before I can add them.

Warren, Randall-gate! They'll be investigating!!!! Don't use Brady's Lawyers!!

Also agree... TB's sandbagging on this one'!

Yeah, Steve he'll "find" something he forgot he had, most likely in a safe he forgot he had, lol.

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lol......what can I say......I'm a slacker!

Hold on............

No brassbacks Bill?

LMAO, so that's what we all figured all along. You seem to dig them up every day.

That's funny! Indiana Jones like.....

Too much rum while writing this damn map..........

My local Bowie customer has about 100 "Bears" in his collection of 450 Randalls. The latest of them were shown in the "From The Lush Green Forest…" thread located on the Picture Gallery's page 2.

Thanks for sharing these Buck. Awesome wood on those Bears.

Those are serious.... along with the numbers!!! Thanks Buck

Buck,

Any chance we could see the rest?

I would have to move the gun cabinet containing a couple dozen like-new Griffin & Howe rifles, two of which are "1 of 4", to access the rest of the collection that remains, so far, "untouchable". Then, there are the 300+ Winchester Model 42 shotguns to contend with. I'm still trying to get to the 400+ Daniel WInkler buckskinning Knives that are "kinda" in the way.

He came to Blade this year, and after introducing him to Gary Clinton & Wayne Buxton, he spent $15,000 between them.

I would like to get in there to photograph the Brass-back Randall Bowies in the collection. I told him he needs to publish a coffee table book on the collection.

I wish money was no object with me

WP,
Is that all bears-LBB
BP

Must be cause he has a cub in his pile!

Any bear will do Billy.

Warren,

Da Bears!!!

Tom Flynn

Couple of really nice bears Tom. Cool display too.

Warren,

Captain Chris CW Ironwood from his stash! Dale Dorris display. Love dose Bears!

Tom Flynn

Tom,

Oh boy you better hide those from Peter.

Mammoth.
Rechecked - fossil walrus.

My crown stag version :

Mike,

Darn near a twin to mine that I got from Gary Clinton. Sweet knife.

Superb stag on that bear James.

Clinton supplied so I am told.

Baby Bear I sold on AZCK earlier this year.

I saw that knife on their site after it sold Eric. The shop won't do tipped handles anymore. That's an awesome knife.

Little Bear-

There you go Billy. Nice wood on those LBB.

Not a Bear!

4-6F

4F is that an oximoron?

wanta B

sharpi

Mine came thru Ebay so no idea where it originated - maybe from Gary??

Anyone know what happened to David Lee's collection of Bear Bowies that he would show at the Blade Shows?
That was a great collection that Rick Ward and David Lee worked on for years.
I regret I did not take pictures of his display. Maybe someone here did.

I am putting a short (very short) story together for "KNIFE KNEWS" about this knife. Won't let any cats out of the bag just yet...but I owned it "twice"! I'm keeping it, this time!
Stay sharp, Capt. Chris

Cap
I notice the back of the sheath is stamped 12 7 where the standard Bear is 12 8, so is the Bear smaller or the sheath mis-stamped? Curious minds want to know

Peter

Gorgeous knife Cap. Love the ostrich sheath.

Talked to Rick about it at Blade, last he heard the family kept it.

It's #12-7". I had Greg make the custom sheath, out of some Ostrich hide of mine he had down at his shop. Originally, no sheath was provided. My late friend, Dave Griffin, had placed this knife in my "drawer" for me, prior to me becoming a dealer. Of course, becoming an authorized dealer nixes any cool, one-offs, Randalls being held in a drawer for me....(Rats!) I'm not complaining...just takin' a trip down memory lane!
Best, Capt. Chris

Very nice, I can't believe there would be many made that were not the standard size. That is surely a keeper

Thanks
Peter

I'd say more..."BUT",,,that would spoil the "story"!
Thanks, Capt. Chris

One of the slotted blocks of tenite-green G-10 I got years ago from Treeman.

Steve,
How'd you manage to get a CDT Model, like a #12-6", LB, from a slotted block? There isn't enough there...there??
Nice knife, Capt. Chris

OOPS! - Captain, you're absolutely right!
It was a smaller block; the slotted block went on this 14:

(can't slip anything past that Stanaback guy)

Now that I am fully awake.Here are the rest of my LBB's.

OMG Billy,

You have about as many Little Bear's as I have 11's. Very cool collection. Thanks for sharing them.

Warren,
Welcome,I have a thing for 12-6 LBB and 10's..Course I like all Randall's just some better than others.Can't wait to get the 2 in Orange G10.
BP

Well Billy Poyner.... That's what I call a brick drop. Stunning batch my friend!!

Buck, 300 model 42 Winchester .410's, Damn I have one and was lucky I got it 40 some years ago. Have a few Daniel Winkler knives, I like his work.

Steven,

You might have posted in the wrong thread?

This is LBB was received today.

That there Bear looks GREAT... TODAY...

That is fantastic, I love it. Great buy

max

Max,
You would not believe how my knife looked at lunch time last week after it was picked up at the shop.The picture that was texeted to me almost made me have a stroke.James,Becky and the Captain thought I needed some drama in my day!!!

Ooooh Billy, I'm green with envy.

Billy is TOTALLY making this up

. We just saw this knife 4 the first time... ever...

that one will need a special sheath. what are you doing for the sheath??

amazing handle and super knife.

max

Sooo what Leprechaun picked out that wood LOL!!!
All BS aside way cool & I'm not big on green!
That handle shape is fast becoming my favorite for wood.

Yeahhhh... he's got a chocolate frosting pouch on order. With a VERY classy sprinkle inlay...it's gonna be DeeLish!!

I was thinking the Old KABAR sheath with the mountain man fighting the Bear with his knife: hand tooled on a "C" sheath in black.

Thanks everyone.Box Elder from the Captains stash.Model B black no hone sheath.Original handle material was Blue spruce pine cone but all of that was rejected by the shop.Asked Capt to do his magic and this is what I got.Very,very happy with the results.
They being James and the Captain sent me a pic last Thursday with my knife standing upright in a piece of cake,2nd picture it was laying in the cake.Use your imagination as to how it looked.

Billy, your collections additions seem more amazing every time! Congrats!

Billy, May be a LBB but it stands out in a BIG way! Nice set up Brother!!!

I've only got one.....it's been posted up a bit, BUT it's all I got....so, I'm posting!!
I should probably do something about that....
:-)Rocky

A nickel-silver hilt & butt cap mounted on a Bear Bowie with green micarta handle.
Aluminum & Black spacers complement the "package".

Rocky,

Without a doubt one of the best Big Bears of all time. I would say that definitely has a FCH.

My One and only.

Nice one. Scalloped collar and cap look great on bowie's. I need to add one of those to my Bear collection.

Well played brother... wellll played.

One that I sold on AZCK earlier this year. Zebra Sullivan Sheath.

Fantastic color in that fossil Eric. I'd be on the lookout for that one again.

The only known 12-8 with a BB sheath:

Ron,

This from the 12 Knife of the week thread. A quote from Gaddis.

.The first order for this knife [Bear Bowie] was recorded in the journal on 6 February 1964, with nine more orders following during the next six months. This is quite impressive for one of the most expensive Randall models, especially when it wasn't even listed in the current catalog! These orders... appear to have been the direct result of one magazine article.... in the February 1964 issue of ArgosyMagazine....

So was this one of the first from eearliest vintage?

It may be Warren, but there is no way to know for sure. The sheath certainly looks like an early Johnson, but in 1964 it should have baby dots.

Best,

Well since this was a new blade these sheaths weren't laying around?

That's for sure. I can't think of any other model that sheath would be made for.

That's probably the only one of its kind Ron. What a wonderful piece of Randall history!

Thanks, Bill. It was sold off quite a while ago to make room for another.......... (You'll never guess so I'll tell you) Model 3!

lol.....Who'd have thunk it???

My new Bear Bowie #12-8" with Ironwood handle. It's not just the bad lighting, one side of the Ironwood is very dark, and the other side is lighter. I'll try to get get better pictures later.








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Thank you for posting on the thread Rob. Ironwood looks great with brass furniture. Nicely optioned.

Smexxxy!

As the old saying goes, "Take it outside" (on an overcast day) and watch the magic.

Agreed Buck. You don't necessarily need overcast skies, just east side afternoon shadows and white reflective material for fill-in.

Second attempt, slightly better:

Rob,
Great looking bear.My newest LLB with Cheatham Briar handle

Billy that the Chittum Brier from Blade!

Chief,
I don't know.All I can tell you is Capt told me he was bringing
me a LLB when he was Tulsa bound.He picked it up from the shop
on Tuesday before heading to my house.

Then yeah that's it, I came over to his table & get the wow where's yours so I go get more LOL good get!

It's micarta. Who'da thunk it?

Seeing great bears guys. Keep it up. Thanks.

Wouldn't have guessed it either Tom, LOL

The 12-8 Bear collection is growing. Some recent gets.

Top: O1 blade, Brass FCH, Brass collar, Paper micarta commando shaped handle, Brass flanged cap.

Middle: SS blade, N/S FCH, N/S collar, FWI handle, N/S butt plate.

Bottom: SS blade, N/S FCH, N/S collar, Musk Ox commando shaped handle, N/S butt cap.

My newest 12-6 LBB.Got lucky and picked up Orange G10 handle material at Blade.My other one w/o fg will hopefully be finished by
April>

WOW Billy, that orange looks perfect on the LBB!! GOOD call... GOOD get!

Billy,

You "Crushed" that one, nice!

Warren those 2 bottom ones look too manly for your collection........who did ya steal those from? LOL

Some Cajun Indian

Warren,
A cold orange crush would go great with that LBB.

Figures.......probably used the money to buy some Popeye's chicken!

Agreed Billy.

Oh maybe you know him;you could have lunch together,

Great looking trio, Warren. I have taken quite a liking to the musk ox scales but have been trying to figure out how that look is achieved - ran across this photo that cleared it up for me. Just in case anyone else out there knew as little about them as me..

Boomer your 1st best destiny on ox is to get in contact with Duke.
He cures them then shapes them in a cylinder & then sends them to be to be stabilized.
This way you can get a uniform color without the white if you want.
I.E. like buying center cut ivory back in the day.
Just a little FYI fact.

P.S.A.

Yes most definitely. On point Chief.

LOL

Good info, thanks Chief.

#12-6 Fighter, plain snap sheath.

I love it!

Made from that material that everybody is afraid of! lol

Very nicely done Eric. Fossil looks flawless.

Superb Eric, superb

No not flawless, couple minor cracks---mostly filled.

Thanks Rod, This Model 12 FWI will be offered on the forum soon.

Picked up the handle material at Blade last year.Took delivery today.

You will not lose that one Billy
Hot!

Hi-Viz handle material cuzzz. I love it

Warren if comes up missing.I will call Becky and have her make
James return it.

Yeah I think you better nap with one eye open Billy.

Busted...

Once, there were three bears.......................


The desert ironwood coming out of the Shop is very respectable, and has been.


The middle "Bear", SS, brass & black spacers, ironwood, brass butt cap, wrist thong,

is flanked by a pair of matching "Bears", SS, scalloped collar, ironwood, scalloped "Coolie" butt cap.

Super trio Buck. Thank you for adding to my original post. Some of my favorites here.

This brings my customer's "Bear Count" to 56. Three more to order for delivery in 2018.

Buck,

'Sweet Trio' there!

Tom Flynn

This 12-6 LBB with Buckeye Burl didn't make it to Tulsa..

Nice get Billy. Perhaps a second chance on the return trip?

Warren,
I'm worried about what he may talk me into when I see
him tomorrow .

This Lil'Bear just in,not sure what color the handle would be called, I think it's a micarta, not sure. Any ideas ?

Maroon?

It's more brownish in color, at first I thought it may be old yellow micarta, but it doesn't seem yellow enough, not sure about the variation in color in the old micarta. Just not sure what it is, any ideas ?

I believe Jack Crider first used that material and he called it "Butterscotch" micarta....works for us"!

Thank you Scott, that would make since, I wasn't sure what to call it.

!2-9(14 grind)Nasa Brown.Chief I hope you approve!!
12-6 LBB Thuya

Sexy, great get Billy!

Looks great Billy, like em both.

Chief,Warren
Thanks.They are both keepers

My newest 12-6 LBB.Christmas

You must have been on Santa's nice list, who knew he was a Knife guy too. Great additions !

Santa is the BIGGEST knife guy of them alllll....
GREAT get cousin!

Wow Billy, that is super delux! Santa rocks!!

Pap

Nice, Billy. You must have been extra good this year.

That Jade Micarta looks awesome!

Of Course He Is!

Just up the road from me.

I'm going G10 on that handle!!

:-)Rocky

I'd say NASA lime G10 Rocky.

Gary Clinton has listed some knives in the last several months with that same lime / jade G10 handle material. It looks awesome when you get it out in the sunlight.
Nice knife Billy..

Yeah, a.k.a. "natural" G10. I have a (small) block of it at the house.

Billy billy billy,

Damn Jade and finger grips and a bear!!!!

Wow great get!

Happy New Year and many many more.

Tom Flyn

Tom,

Love the Randall Santa greeting!

Tom Flynn

LOL, he dug deep for that one.

Thanks everyone glad ya'll appreciate the jade G10 LBB as much as
I do.As for as being good this year,it all depends on who you ask.

You got EXACTLY what you deserved for this year cousin... EXACTLY!

David,

Very nice; you have picked two of the best shaped blades that Randall makes!

Tom Flynn

BTTT

That is a beautiful knife. What kind of handle material is that?

polished stag...I suppose...

:-)Rocky

Fossilized walrus

My newest LBB.Handle material out of Capt's stash.We think it's AGM.Pic taken by Capt.Adjusting my camera before heading home today.

Those fingergrips are awesome. Nice addition to the family.

Yeah, that lamination effect is interesting.

Cool LBB Billy.
How many of the Capt. knives did you look at before you grabbed that one?

Dennis

Awesome knife Billy. I see what you mean about the finger grips and the effect the lamination has. Beautiful piece.

Sorry Billy, not AGM...at least not shop supplied AGM...

Here's one I just acquired.Happy to get it.Ya'll will remember it
It is one of the two Blade Show Build we did.

Hmmm....Looks like it fit in the sheath...after all! Nice knife Billy.
Stay sharp, Capt. Chris

Gorgeous knife! I need to find a little bear to trade you for it.
Captain I think it's a Mans sheath now that Billy has it should be all good lol.

You always call 'em the way you see 'em dontcha Chief? I think it's called "candor"

Candor? I think they removed that when I joined the Corps.

I handed it to Billy and said....here let’s see you get it in the sheath. 2 seconds later it was in. Then I tried it and it wouldn’t fit. The para chord knots were getting in the way and with my sorry eye site I could not see that.

Thanks chief for the comments.

Yeah I enjoyed yours too.

So, no fault on the shop after all?

No fault on the shop.....my fault......my mistake. I couldn’t see the knots on the para cord getting trapped behind the guard.

If your Man enough to own up I'm Man enough to apologize, My bad for minding your business.

No Dawg in the hunt.. But respect for 2 men I haven't met.. Let's move on and HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Travel safely and enjoy your families! Life is short. As we all know! SD!

How nice...Ronnie bashes RMK "&" Sullivans, doesn't apologize "after" everything he was told was proven true and everything he stated was proven false, and we just move on. An open apology, in the forum build, would be appropriate..."THEN"...we could move on.
Just my thoughts, Capt. Chris

"Sorry Ronnie, but it fit when it left the shop...bend the back of the sheath away from the blade some and see if that helps..."

"there is no way this left this bad of a fit...just no way...must be other semantics some where"

"Scott there are pictures showing the knife in both ways. (I know the correct way to stick a Randall in it’s sheath.) I posted all the photos to show that It wouldn’t fit."

"The sheath sucks and anything they send me to replace it will suck."

I'm with Cap on this one, I called BS and was called out on it.

Scott I made a mistake......a big mistake. I COULD NOT SEE the parachord knots blocking the guard.....even when I bent the sheath. Am I embarrassed about my mistake.....of course. Does that make me like the current Sheaths supplied with Randall Made Knive any better.....no. The quality, to me just isn’t there. Remember I had another knife that didn’t fit in the sheath. I did send that one back and a replacement sheath was made for me. Why didn’t that one fit? I don’t know.....it had no parachord on it. That’s all beside the point. That isn’t gonna change and I guess I should just get over that because that apparently isn’t important to Gary.
I made a mistake. I am sorry for causing a stir. That’s it.
Over

Thank you Chief and Crazycajun.

As long as we are clear that NOW it is GTR's fault...

need another shovel? Perhaps a longer/wider one to aid in that hole diggin'?

I can only hope and pray that I have as much class as you do when I grow up.

If not, it's GTR's fault, I reckon.

JC, you get that fit outta yer ear yet?

Nope... thats GTR's ...fault too!

How the hell did you people get that I was saying it’s Gary’s fault.....how did you figure that out Scott! In the immortal words of the fella that sold Gump his boat.....”are you stupid or something”? In the final analysis it doesn’t matter what I think about the Sheaths supplied with Randall Knives. It doesn’t matter what Chris thinks, or even what Rhett thought. It only matters what Gary thinks and he likes them just fine. So bitching isn’t gonna change anything. That is what I was saying.

Yeah....I'm the stupid one...look at YOUR comments...and I'm the stupid one...it's GTR's fault, he hired me 35 years ago...

I would like to say that I hope this thread not get locked. I am the OP and it was my intention to showcase some outstanding Randall Big and Little Bears. Please let's move on and start posting some knives again.

Agreed !!

Thanks to everyone for their opinion..."BUT"...(You knew it was coming) when someone, ignorant enough to bad-mouth the shop, Sullivans & Scott,
& knowingly outright wrong doesn't have enough balls to apologize, I have a hard time "letting it go".
Don't worry Warren. This thread's going nowhere. I'll just have to clean it up afterwards. I "did" ask that the apology be moved to it's original "bad-mouth thread".
Best, Capt. Chris

Thank you Cap. There's lots of great content on here and hopefully more to come. Sorry for the sidestep.

Billy, you got a really knice one here, and the LBB looks great too! Lucky you!

Congratulations to Billy on acquiring one of the Blade Show builds. Great looking knife.

Billy; That looks like a hand full. I'm glad that it found a good home.

Dennis

Very nice knives Billy and Steve. Thank you for the post.

fossilized that is so clean. Checkout out on the site.

This is what happens when you meet the Captain at the gun show in Hoover ,Al.12-6 LBB .Maroon,Ironwood,Amboyna.

Nice trifecta Billy. I especially like the Amboyna set up as a fighter.

Thanks bro,
I knew about the Maroon Micarta.Singles are good but triplets are better.As long as it not kids.

Copy that Billy!

Has anyone figured out what kind of yellow micarta is in Billy’s knife?

Alan,
Billy states they think it's AGM. I would agree. The layered look of the material within the finger grips could be the lighting? Billy would have to answer that question. Nice knife !!

Dude that Amboyna rules! Great knives!

Billy
You need to pace your self. Blade is just around the corner.
Did you leave any thing for the rest of us. As always, you have great taste.

Dennis

Cap had some left on the table.Had a cool 12-6 LBB in red/blue micarta.But I already have that.I'm saving my change for blade.
Ken & I will be in Tulsa in a couple of weeks.Have to watch myself there.

Dangerous place. Worse than Blade I'd imagine.

Hey Michael, Thanks. Billy’s AGM lamination veins are really nice. Is there any source of that AGM that is available?

Alan

Alan

Alan,
That piece of AGM came out of the Captain's stash.

Thanks Billy,

I will have to talk to the Captain.

Tired old little bear, not sure what the wood is, 7 spacers.

Very similar to the walnut tree, a beautiful knife. It was always interesting where is his balance point?

About a 1/4" aft of the spacers.

Agree with the Snake, looks like walnut !!

An old one George. You can see just a hint of the nut on the back of the cap. White letters on stone too. It's not that tired.

Put the wolf on my bear lol.
Chief WolfRobe & a wolf scrim By Jim Adams on my FWI bear.

Really, really, an outstanding piece Chief. I know you're proud!

Really, really, an outstanding piece Chief. I know you're proud!

Super awesome all around bro.
Nice that you're getting back to the Indian scrim.

Nice knife Chief.

Thanks all.

WOW Chief... just W O W !!!!

Man, that is Awesome work.

Thanks guys .....Jim Adams is a great guy to work with as well as a great Scrimshander.

Chief,

Awesome scrim on my fav Randall, da Bear!

Tom Flynn

Thanks Tom

My most current LBB.Picked up from Cap this weekend at the Birmingham Gun show.It has alternative ivory handle.

Wow! That is sweet! I am going to have to have one of those!!

Billy,

Deep finger grips; one awesome knife.

Tom Flynn

Lori,Tom
Thanks,That turned out to be a surprise LBB.

Stunning Cousin!

Thanks Cuz!!!It ain't no cake cutter.

Very nice Billy. At first I thought Ivorite. Had to zoom in to see the A/I stamp.

... yet... ...

???

Warren,
Thanks Bro.just looked at the one's you posted up.Sweet

Glad you're living large than life bro, enjoy it all!

Will the shop supply Alternative Ivory or do you have to supply it yourself?

That stuff is really nice!

Capt will for sure. Do not think the shop does though.
Walker

Coach,
Capt got some for the Westmoreland build.I have no idea how much.
I'm happy that he had some for my 12-6 LBB.

Thanks Guys!

There is an outfit named Masecraft that has it.

http://masecraftsupply-com.3dcartstores.com/Alternative-Ivory-Rod-2-x-5_p_2102.html

And here's yet another "alternative":
https://guitarpartsandmore.com/Product.p...1-3-8-by-5-1034

David Warther supplies that product, so I would assume it's top notch

:-)Rocky

That was recommended to me by a scrimshaw artist.
Walker

#12-8 Big Bear Bowie with a nice piece of curved stag. Received new in 2004.

That Little Bear with the AI finger grip handle is sweet, Billy.

Lots of great looking knives in this thread.

Gary

...

Very nice Gary. Sharp lines.
Glad to see that this thread still has teeth. Thanks for the post.

In the mail short time ago from the Captain.12-6 LBB-G3 Brown Nasa

OK!

BTT

Just picked up this 12-6 Little Bear, nickel hilt squared , 7 spacer with original Randall shipping box post marked Jan. 12, 1973.

Super clean knife Geo.

Thanks Michell

Very nice, great get !!

Nice catch right there!
Walker

This pair of Bear Bowies arrived Saturday for my local customer, who focuses on Model 12-8's. I think these brings him up to 84 Bears.

These two are sporting nickel-silver "furniture", and David Warther's resin ivory, "S" grade. Impressive handle material.

New to me. 12-8

Buck, I’m really liking the resin ivory. I have one on order (12-9 sportsman).
Walker

Santa came early to Kentucky today. By way of the ol' Capt.
Great work from the shop as always.

Dennis

Here's the flip side.

Dennis

Glad you like it Bro.
Stay Sharp, Capt. Chris

Dennis, That thing is screaming HOT!!!! Great Knife!!

Dennis,

Great looking Bear, I understand what you have going on now, and why you snagged those Stanabacks at the show. A great collection is coming together. Keep em' coming

Sorry I grabbed them before you did.
Well.... maybe not.
I was second in line as it was.
Good to see you at the show.

Dennis

Awesome Dennis!

Great handle material! That came out great!

"Once (again) there were three Bears".......

Black Micarta, Green Micarta, & Resin Ivory from David.

Nickel-Silver Hilts, Collars, & Butt Caps.

O.K...I'm sure I've posted this, however I went back 5 years, and didn't see it...anyway....the original...I'll be bringing it to BLADE this year to sell....got other interests today...

:-)Rocky