Registered: 09/14/05
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Loc: Central Florida
Agreed guys, I call them "transitional sheaths", i.e. knives that were made after the introduction of the pewter-look (logo) snaps..."BUT"...(There ya' go)...using a leftover sheath from the baby dot era. Being as this is a dealer special, and not knowing how often Doug's orders got filled for the 8" version, it could have been 1996, give or take, for this combo to be made. Stay sharp, Capt. Chris PS: That's "still" well over 20 years ago....(Time flies)
Don't wanna hijack but this brings me to the topic I made on another forum. How to identify modern (95-2019) produced knives? That's a very long period without any changes. Correct me if I'm wrong, this is the longest period in Randall history without identifiable changes.
The last change I know of is the sharpening stone being unmarked.