I am new to Randall Knifes can someone date this knife for me, Thanks

Did the knife come with a sheath? If so, post a picture.

Based on the center spacer being thick and black/gray, my "guess" dating the knife is mid 1970's to mid 1980's.

It came without a sheath, Thanks

"ALWAYS" beware when there's no sheath...always.
Stay Sharp,
Capt. Chris

I don't see what that has to do with dating the knife? but thanks for the advice

Sheath will have details related to time it was made too.

Said because the knife at glance appears to be a re-handle done outside the shop...fit and look suggest this.

'''AND>>> A perfect (as brand new) blade!
Capt. Chris

Naked knives are always unfortunate.

I know collectors who put sheaths aside and cannot find them or match them up when they decide to part with the knives.

Even worse when their families are left with "stuff" to deal with like that.

Some years ago, a Bowie collector who loved the movie "Iron Mistress" and all things knives about it and also collected Randalls had somebody come in and steal his knives. He had the reverse problem...sheaths with no knives to go with them.

Also know somebody who had lots of stuff stolen including Randall knives. They did not take the sheaths.... He later got a call from a nearby gun shop who knew him and they had him come in and identify a Large Sasquatch that somebody brought in asking how to get a sheath for it. Turns out the man looking for a sheath had unknowingly bought the stolen knife from one of the thieves, and this led to the arrest of the thieves and the recovery of all his "stuff."

Larry

I called the shop asked them about the knife and sent them a picture, they didn't ask if it had a sheath but also gave me a date range of 1975-1985, they didn't mention anything about the handle other than it was a option, they stated the spacers helped them in dating the knife, should have called them first, thanks for everyones comments.

Well... dang Cap! I wish we knew a couple of people close to the dhop...we could've asked them!

The handle is not original as Capt. said. and you are lucky you got any information from the shop w/o the knife there to examine. In any case, the spacer stack looks to be an attempt to replicate of the stack used on non-leather handles from around 1973- 1977. The blade grind appears to be a shop foreman's work at that time, with the funky finger relief on the spine. My guess would be late 80's - early 90's
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I reckon our observations are going to be over-looked Joe. Despite the fact that were "all" asked (That's what happens when you ask a "forum") for our opinion. The fact that you are the authenticator, I am an appraisal and Scott foreman's the entire shop doesn't appear to matter. Guess he simply wanted an "amen"!
Hallelujah,
Capt. Chris

I wish we had some experience on the forum to help with this.

ahh, some good reading to go with my morning cup of coffee.