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#176568 - 12/04/18 10:43 AM Re: The Terminator [Re: Brent]
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Whatcha looking for Brent?
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#176587 - 12/05/18 01:51 AM Re: The Terminator [Re: crutchtip]
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Anything. The specs., the age, the history behind this monster.
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#176589 - 12/05/18 07:55 AM Re: The Terminator [Re: Brent]
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Forged as a Raymond Thorpe Bowie. I would estimate late 60's. One of a kind beast. Impressive to say the least, the baddest Bowie on the planet.
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#176593 - 12/05/18 02:15 PM Re: The Terminator [Re: crutchtip]
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Thanks. I can recognize most of the models, the ones I can't, I refer to my handy RMK catalog:-). These one offs really tax the old grey matter. Is there a good reference book that lists most of these(or even some) available? If not, maybe a project for someone, hint,hint.
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#176595 - 12/05/18 05:12 PM Re: The Terminator [Re: Brent]
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No matter how I word this it's going to sound like I'm pissing on Joe's Cheerios..."BUT"...Dave Griffin made me 3 sawtooth Bowies in 1987. Thorp, Confederate, Sportsmans (9") were the "trio". All were made with the small teeth (by today's standards), had brass #18 hilts (with the holes), Red, white & blue spacers (wider than today's), black micarta handles. slab sides, #14/underneath style finger grips and wrist thongs! All had Johnny Johnson wide stitched roughbacks.
I sold all 3 to Glynn Martin (The guy that wood-burned a lot of Randall-type artistic signs) in the early 1990's. Wish I hadn't. Wish I had 'em back..."BUT"...in that time period it was not, in the least bit, unusual to get these "one-offs" done!
Joe's example is far older than mine...and, of course, that smokin' sheath but it goes to show that "one-of-a-kinds" are (sometimes) not!
Keep searchin' folks. They're out there. The Sportsmans I described surfaced a couple of years ago...Ya' never know!
Best, Capt. Chris
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#176599 - 12/05/18 06:52 PM Re: The Terminator [Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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I think the "set" may have been broken up. I saw at least one of those if not two at the Blade show maybe 15 years ago. I never saw a Thorpe. I know I saw the sportsman's. In fact, the more I think about it, I'm not 100% sure if I saw the Smith. That would look kinda dumb as wide as the blade is but not sure. So many knives over the years.

Nevertheless, this is the largest Randall Knife I have personally ever seen with saw teeth, and is for sure the largest riveted sheath.
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#176601 - 12/05/18 07:18 PM Re: The Terminator [Re: crutchtip]
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This one Joe?


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#176607 - 12/05/18 09:33 PM Re: The Terminator [Re: Chief]
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That's nice !

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#176608 - 12/05/18 09:35 PM Re: The Terminator [Re: Chief]
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I wish that knife could still be ordered as pictured Chief, has always been a favorite since it was posted ..
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#176610 - 12/05/18 09:42 PM Re: The Terminator [Re: Michael_Mason]
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"That" was one of the 3. I never saw a #12-11", Heavy, made with teeth either Joe. I agree the set is, most probably broken up.
Best, Capt. Chris
PS: Edited to say that I may have been correct (from decades-old memory) about the knife configuration...but wrong on the wide stitched sheaths. I guess I just presumed wider stitch pattern because it was after Maurice Johnson was gone...CCS


Edited by Captain Chris Stanaback (12/05/18 09:45 PM)
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