Registered: 09/18/05
Posts: 1965
Loc: Virginia Beach, VA
This is a particularly interesting model #14. I had the pleasure of selling this for a Marine to benefit his father. It has several bells and whistles that might be worth discussing.
Burnie, When I bought the knife I took it to a well known Randall Dealer & Collector. I didn't exactly know what I had.I was apprehensive about the spacers.He assured me that all was correct,the spacers were special order.What a relief... He dated the knife & sheath as late 60's to early 70. Thanks for your input & my hope is this thread will take off. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!
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Jim P. NRA Life The Only Place I want to see a liberal is in a Museum
Howdy guys, I am a newer Randall collector- I have had Randall's for years but my passion exploded after I visited the Holy Land of Randall's in the "Meadows fo Dan". I keep running across older Randall's from the seventies and early eighties with handles made from ivorite micarta? I am very partial to it and would love to have a few knives made of it. Are there any other suppliers and does/did this product go by any other name? Thanks Everyone! Charlie RKS #5548
Registered: 09/18/05
Posts: 1965
Loc: Virginia Beach, VA
Howdy Charlie and welcome!, The original white paper micarta known as ivorite in the Randall catalog is no longer being manufactured and has been discontinued as a handle option on Randall Made knives. This material, affectionately known as "Old Yeller" because it yellows considerably with age, was manufactured by Westinghouse as an insulating material. Collectors place a small premium on ivorite Randalls and I scrimshawed quite a few of them back in the 1980s. Randall now offers an "Antique Gold" micarta as a handle option. I'm sure we can get folks to post images of both for you.
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Rick Bowles RKS #012 www.RBscrim.com N.K.C.A. NRA Endowment
Registered: 09/14/05
Posts: 1808
Loc: The Desert Southwest
(That last picture was off the subject of older knives--it was just meant to demonstrate the difference in handle color. Now, back to the subject!)
Speaking of the old ivorite, here’s a black & white matched pair of knives that have a handle shape that might be of interest to some folks, even though they might not be considered really old for Randalls. (Their sheaths were different back then, too.) -Steve
Steve, The light color on the 21 is what I have been wanting for a customer supplied handle. It is lighter than the AGM, a real "bell ringer" with me. Thanks for posting the pics.