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#160318 - 05/14/17 10:46 PM The odd and unusual.....
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Just picked this one up and would like some input and or thoughts on it. 7" SS blade,micarta handle "burgundy/brown" black face compass here's one oddity "unlined thong hole" and of course hump blade . Any thoughts?


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#160319 - 05/14/17 11:44 PM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: Burnie]
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#160323 - 05/15/17 05:00 AM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: Wally]
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Love the blade shape with the squared hilt. Maybe the thong hole is homemade,or is it possible for the tubing to work loose and come out over time?
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#160324 - 05/15/17 07:43 AM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: Brent]
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Looks like the shop drilled that wrist thong "before" the tubing (ferrule) was used, i.e. late 1960's (or earlier perhaps). Nice knife Burnie. Did it have a sheath?
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#160334 - 05/15/17 09:25 AM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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I said the same Cap, but those spacers are 80's. If it were late 60's, micarta would normally had 7 spacers.

I had this one for a while. Perry authenticated it to the 80's said about 5 were made.

There is another in the green Crider catalog.



Here is the Crider knife. It says 60's, but.... spacers.







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#160335 - 05/15/17 09:43 AM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: tunefink]
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late 70's to early 80's. Maroon micarta, thick center spacer. My guess is the blade started life as a model 5. I do not think the thong hole was done by the shop. It would have been lined when this knife was made as Mitchel's is. Possible one slipped through, but with a "custom" blade like that, I believe everything else would have been made to current specs.

Note that Burnie's is an Orlando blade whereas Tune's and the Crider catalog knife are Solingen.
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#160337 - 05/15/17 09:52 AM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: tunefink]
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Well...as Ramking and Mike Mason can attest to, my cataract surgery went "not-as-well" as was promised and I am currently in 2 separate pair of glasses, neither of which are working well for me. I thought the knife "had" 7 spacers. If not, I would agree to 70's or earlier 1980's for the vintage.
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#160341 - 05/15/17 10:27 AM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: crutchtip]
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Originally Posted By: crutchtip
late 70's to early 80's. Maroon micarta, thick center spacer. My guess is the blade started life as a model 5. I do not think the thong hole was done by the shop. It would have been lined when this knife was made as Mitchel's is. Possible one slipped through, but with a "custom" blade like that, I believe everything else would have been made to current specs.

Note that Burnie's is an Orlando blade whereas Tune's and the Crider catalog knife are Solingen.


Joe, if the knife is indeed late 70s to early 80s, as indicated by the spacers, what do you make of the small separate "s"?
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#160342 - 05/15/17 10:29 AM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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And that is why we take no $&!? from anyone who questions of why we named Dorksky the "Official Randall Authenticator"!

Cudos to you Joe for catching these differences from an altered #5 to "look" like one of those Soligen blades...
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#160343 - 05/15/17 10:36 AM Re: The odd and unusual..... [Re: TAH]
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Originally Posted By: TAH


Joe, if the knife is indeed late 70s to early 80s, as indicated by the spacers, what do you make of the small separate "s"?



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