Model 23 ordered from Randall's shop in 2006. This is my current do-all Randall, and is with me when on farm and in woods.

When I first received the knife, I thought the grip on it was a bit thick, felt more like a hammer handle than the stag grips I was used to. After a couple of weeks of trying to get used to it, it still felt like a hammer, and I called Randall's shop, hoping they might be able to grind it down a bit. The shop said send it down, and they would look at it. A couple of days after UPS picked it up, I got a call from Gary Randall, who said that he didn’t like the way the grip felt either, and that he would make it smaller. I was a bit surprised when UPS dropped off the knife just a couple days after that, and was pleased to find that the grip was much smaller, and had the right feel.

Chris