How about this ebay gem.

as good a fake as I've seen lately!!!
:-)Rocky

Bwahaaahaaaaa!!!

For a guy with zero feedback its a heck of a way to get started!

Frost Cutlery style.

Hmmm.......something looks off about the sheath?

Maybe we will be fortunate enough to have him try to sell it here..

Here is the description from the ebay listing for this knife, and, since I'm feeling a bit sarcastic today, some comments.

"This is a Randal Made fighting knife. I was not able to find the model number. The knife is listed as used but has only been handled and sharpened. Overall, it is in very good condition.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me. I may be able to answer them."

-"This is a Randall Made fighting knife." Um...no, it's not.
-"I was not able to find the model number." No surprise there.
-"The knife is listed as used but has only been handled and sharpened." I love the "but" and "only" in this sentence. Let's see...handled and sharpened...it doesn't get much more
"used" than that.
-"If you have any questions...I may be able to answer them." I called Vegas, and the early line is 20-1 against receiving any correct answers regarding the knife.

The title and features listing state that the handle is Rosewood. And while I haven't physically seen the knife, the handle does not look like Rosewood to me, but rather micarta or some other thermosetting plastic material.

The saddest part is that 3 folks have already bid on it, driving the price over $100. Someone is going to be sorely disappointed.

Read this as I took a break from rearranging my book shelves. Thought I would have some fun with the seller. Told him it was a looker, and if he didn't mind,could he tell me where he got it from, Randall, or second hand. Will post if I get an answer. Yes, I'm bored to death.

something like that HAD to come directly from the shop!!!
Just exactly which shop is a question...
Since nobody here is at BLADE, and I even live in Atlanta, we could really mess with the seller...I'll have to "drink" on that...
I did attend the RKCC meeting this morning...always interesting!!
:-)Rocky

Guys, you've got it all wrong. It's a Model 29.

The blade is obviously genuine—you can clearly see the ‘Randall’ imprint—but the handle is probably a replacement. An early knife, certainly, as you can tell from the riveted sheath. This is one of the earliest stainless Randalls.

The sheath could be the ever elusive "Reiser" sheath...it pre dates Heiser...If we just had a stone we could get to the bottom of this!!
I need more cocktails!!
:-)Rocky

7 bids now-it's up to $127.50.

And it can be one of the seller's friends - raise bids))

It could make a great conversation piece.

Pap

Apparently the fancy stitching on the front of the sheath prevented attaching a sheath pouch, so they must have done something ingenius--like putting it on the back!

What skepticism. This is obviously the rare one of a kind Frost Cutlery designed Randall. The bidding is up to $161.50. Unfortunately ebay looks at it as it's a knife with a picture. If the buyer isn't happy he can request a refund but ebay will not cancel an add because of 3rd party concerns.

Steve

Unless these are schill bids there are more than a couple of highly uninformed persons that 'think' this a genuine item from Randall!

Doesn't look like the high bidder is a shill. He has a rating of 3489 and bids mostly knives and WW2 items. It's also his first bid on this knife. The guy in 2nd though has raised the bid 7 times on this knife, doesn't usually bid on knives and has a history of bid retractions.

Steve

Steve,
He may have put in a higher bid, and the guy bidding after him kept bumping his bid...it would appear that the guy was "raising" his bid when in fact the later bidder was doing all the work...
eBay....
it hard to read anything from the bids(except feedback numbers)
3489 is a well seasoned buyer, for sure...I've been on the bay for well over 10 years, and am in the 1,700's...
:-)Rocky

Hey, just heard back from the seller. He states" I purchased it in the country of Qatar, from a guy in the special forces that liked to gamble a little too much". If that's the case, I hope the " lucky"soldier at least doubled his investment.

I can say with a pretty fair degree of certainty no SF guy would carry that thing around and the Qatar line sounds like he's watched too many movies.

Dwight,

Backed up by your Avatar!

The SF claims get old, and it's not just with RMK's.

Yup. And EVERYONE "served as a sniper." I read that a lot as a credential for guys writing columns.

In this instance, it's "don't buy the knife or the story".

Wow, sold for $434.99, good get, I'm think'n :-)

The Micarta is nice