RANDALL knife, rare Vintage #7 Fisherman, possibly 1940’s, possibly unique

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RANDALL knife, rare Vintage #7 Fisherman, possibly 1940’s, possibly unique:
$995.00

RANDALL knife, rare Vintage#7 Fisherman, possibly 1940’s, possibly unique

Rare opportunity to own a1940’s RANDALL knife at this reasonable price.

This unusual model #7 was onlymade in this style for one year,

and very few with this rare blade length.

This might be the only knifemade in this specification remaining in existence.

Rare and early Fisherman #7,in carbon steel with leather handle.

According to Bo Gaddis, (page107), this model design was introduced

in the 1945 RANDALL MADE KNIVES Catalog,

and was available with either a 4” or 4 ½” blade.

The 4” length wasdiscontinued before the 1946 catalog.

The knife I am selling is thequite rare 4” (actually 4 1/8”) length.

There is NO nut on the buttcap, and the end of the blade tang is “peened” over.

This particular method of“keeping” the butt cap was preceded by

threading the tang, and capturing thebutt cap with a nut. In that way,

as thehandle shrank over time, the nut could be tightened

and the grip kept in theproper adjustment.

According to WIKERSHAM (page194), blades were peened only in 1945 to 1952.

By adopting peening, theexpense of threading the tang could be eliminated.

For whatever reason, thedecision on “peening” was quickly reversed,

and the threaded tang and nutreappeared.

Spacers at the hilt are “3wide and 2 narrow,” a spacer arrangement that

is reported to have begun in1958, so it may be that this was a knife blade

formed in the mid 40’s, andforgotten, and then “handled” in the 1950’s.

Those things happenedin the Randall shop.

In any case, the tang, shapedin 1945, would have been too short for using

the 1950’s nut, and so would havebeen peened when the knife was (finally) assembled.

The handle is solid, with nolooseness in the leather, and the spacers do not move.

The reduced hilt has the thick solder jointto be expected in the 1940’s,

and the blade stamp is deep.

The blade is straight, withno nicks or cracks, and the blade shape looks original.

At some time in the past, thecarbon steel blade was allowed to corrode,

and there is some deep pitting,mostly on the front side.

Disappointing, but notunusual in a knife possible more than 70 years old.

The “RANDALL” stamp is deep, clearand quite legible.

As you can see, the solder joint between the blade

and the guard is primitive; typical of the period....

Sorry, there is no sheath.

(Note on appearance: RANDALL Knives recommends the use ofRENAISSANCE

micro-crystalline wax topreserve their knives. I regularly usethat wax to keep

the original finish on my RANDALL knives.

This wax is VERY sturdy, andhard to remove. Sometimes, Iaccidentally leave a

little behind when I wipe the knives off forphotography. So: If you see a

little “haze” on the knife, itis probably the wax)

You must beat least 18 years old to offer on and buy this knife.