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Typically these have a brown button embossed with the Heiser name for a grip snap.
Looks like a Mod. But not sure on date. Good luck with the vet research! I think this is a mid fifties Randall. I'm trying to come up with a more definitive answer. It is a or first half of made Randall. Actually a fairly rare Randall as production at that time was focused on fighting knives.
He gives a number of reasons which are too many for me to copy and add here. But one reason is that the throat of Heiser WWII sheaths was thin during the war but after the war they went to the wide throat. You can read his comments on the Knife Network Forums. At least now I don't feel bad for being confused, these are quite complex little buggers! Sign In Need an account?
I've forgotten my password. Remember me This is not recommended for shared computers. The first is a model 5 with what he identifies as the last phase of brown Micarta that he attributes to first half of The second knife is a 7-spacer model 19 that he identifies as having a blade grind unique to late If the dating in Sheldon's book is correct, then early? What is remarkable is how the "new" stamp was used seemingly across the board.
All models, even bowies exhibited the font geometry change about this time. Here is an update on blade stamps used to help date Viet era knives.
It is a continuation of previous posts. Concerning the the start of stamping continuing through the Vietnam era, it has already been noted that in about the font geometry of the blade stamp changed. So if one is looking at a knife from the Vietnam era say Type 1 has been described in detail previously as the stamp font used from the start of the Randall stamping until Type 2 was used apparently concurrently with Type 1 from about , or even possibly as early as , or so time has not been fully defined to about late Most SS marked blades have this type stamp, but not all.
Type 3 has already been noted as the stamp geometry adopted post early The type 2 and type 3 stamps have some similarities and it is important to be able to recognize the difference between the two Type 1, used prior to has been previously discussed. Here are three group pictures, one sub picture has red lines noting the significant alignments: The vertical line of the? Note the type 1 stamp is pictured on an SS knife, low S knife and a separate S knife. For what it is worth, almost every low S knife I?
So far, about 20 percent of the separate S knives have this geometry. Dated knfe , type 1 stamp Type 3: The differences between the pre type 1 and the post type 3 stamp have been previously discussed. For reference, here are some pictures of type 3 stamps including one with red marks showing the key elements of the geometry. Note the leg of the? At first glance it looks somewhat like a Type 3 stamp because the leg of the "F" is beneath the middle of the "M". But that is pretty much the only point in common. The comma is smaller than in the type 1 and located just inside the first leg of the "M" and there is not very much of a space between it and the "F".
The type 2 stamp was apparently used for a majority of the SS stamped blades that I've seen, but also for a few other blades and appears on some knives documented to as early as about possibly late s, but certainly by But just not very many compared to the type 1. For some reason, this stamp seems to have disappeared completely shortly after the advent of the?
Last, the inevitable anomaly. Note that most SS blades have a type 2 stamp, most low S blades have a type 1 stamp. And the change from exclusively Type 1 to type 3 stamp occurred early in the separate S period. This anomaly shows the value of knowing these stamps. The knife is a low S knife made post How can we tell? It has both the low S and a type 3 stamp?
The knife-maker then picked up the? But, sometimes I wonder if he chuckled while thinking.. As a summary, here are the "Cliffs notes" which directly compare the three types of stamps. But that stamp is not part of this discussion.
Home · Randall Knives For Sale · My Collection; Randall Catalogs. · · · · b · · · · · · · · I?ve been looking at the stamps on the blades of old Randall knives, pre I think I?ve noticed something that will help date knives that.
Hello guys Greetings from italy I need a little help. Anyone could tell me the date of this blade stamp? This is apparently an etched logo, not a stamped one. So there is not a defined way of using the logo to identify age as yet. Etching is done after the blade has been annealed instead of using a stamp when the blade is still red hot.
You can usually identify an etched blade by the "Os" in "Orlando. There are other characteristics as well. As I wrote, there has not been a study comparing etched logos. I had intended to do one after the discovery of the differences in stamps, but I have not followed through. I wish I could help you but I had to ask the man selling Randalls at the A closed mind can't learn.
Do you treat others the way you want to be treated? Are you a legend in your own mind? Originally Posted by Knife Lady. Originally Posted by Monster Man. I know it is a 26 with the 25 handle as I have been drooling over them in their catalog for the past 20 years.