Kimmo, nice knives!

Rod, thanks for the info and the pictures!

The Gaddis book shows the #5-4 as being a current model. The book was published in 1993. It says this:

"These photos are some of the ones taken by Jim Weyer of Toledo, Ohio, for the 1988 Randall catalog. The descriptions of the knives came directly from the latest Randall's catalog at print time, the twenty-ninth edition."

That seems to indicate that the #5-4 was a regular model by 1988. The knife shown in the Gaddis book is the same one used in the current catalog and on the website (where this photo came from).

Rod's #5-4 is the oldest I've seen so far, so let's use it (1969-72) as the benchmark. Maybe someone will post some more info.

Incidentally, the Gaddis book's description says that the #5-4 is not available with a leather handle. So maybe it never was?