This was my fathers knife who recently passed away. He obtained the knife from his father. I don't know that much about knives and I'm trying to figure out what I have. I came across this forum and have been trying to learn a little about the Randalls. The sheath is clearly a Randall, but the knife blade doesn't bear the Randall stamp (or any mfr stamp). There is the name "A. Most" on the blade. Any help identifying what I have would be greatly appreciated:

Although the blood grove is much shorter on your knife, as well as the overall blade length, the blade looks similar to a USN Mark 2. These knives were military issue and various mfg. made them. Camillius was one of the key makers of this type of fighter. I recently was surprised by Bill Schulz (at the latest stock sale) and was made a gift of Bill's Mark 2! He had the knife re-handled..."at Randall!" and his name etched into the blood grove on the offside. (A story on Bill and a couple of his knives is coming to a "KNIFE KNEWS" near you)
If you do a search on military knives from WWII, Korea and VietNam you should find more examples. Ronnie may offer his opinion as well. It is not a Randall knife and the sheath not original to the knife. Looks like an early Johnson, from what I am seeing.
Hope this helps, Capt. Chris
PS: Do you know what the date of this knife is, i.e. when it started it's life?
CCS

[quote=PS: Do you know what the date of this knife is, i.e. when it started it's life?
CCS [/quote]
My Grandfather passed away sometime in the 50's, so the knife would have to predate that timeframe. Sorry, but I really don't have any better information.

Thanks for all the good info in your reply!

That sheath is early 60's I believe so it seems likely it was something you're father may have picked up at some point. Very interesting knife/sheath package.

If the knife was made/carried/used/all-of-the-above prior to 1961 or 62 then...for sure the sheath is much newer than the knife. It is a Model #3 sheath and the knife would be better fitted in a Model #5 shaped sheath. More than likely, the sheath and re-handle were done later on in this knife's history and the sheath was probably chosen because the knife fit in it OK...if not correctly. Hope this helps.
Best, Capt. Chris

I don't think it's a MkII blade Chris because the "blood groove" is much to large. Also most of the manufacturers of the MkII marked on their blades their company name. Even the guard marked knives had a stamp on the blade. This knife has no stamp. Chris you are right that it is very similar to the MkII blade. There were many knife companies that made blades similar to the MkII shaped blade. (Western, Marbles, etc.) This must be one. Also I believe they refer to these type of blades as "theatre made" knives.
Hope this helps.

I knew it wasn't a MkII Ronnie. I just thought you probably had one in your collection and could share a photo with us. I know how much you adore posting photos!!!
Thanks, Capt. Chris

WWII Mark 2 Fighting Knife

This Western Baby Shark (5" Blade) has a similar blood groove.

Nope nothing like that but thanks for asking. As for pictures I'm back in the dark. Suddenly this thing just stopped letting me download pictures to this forum.....and this forum only.