At left: a screw cap doubling as a skull crusher for close combat usage. Original Vietnam-era Model 18s used a crutch tip as a handle cap. This option is still available, but I like my handles checkered they may still be wrapped if desired. Originally, the Model 18 came with a smooth handle so fishing line or other cord could wrap the handle for a better grip and to stow line. Based on experience, I’ll offer some thoughts. As I’ve used the Model 18, I’ve experimented with rigging it and stocking the hollow handle. I also learned a thin diamond sharpening tool is better than a stone as it allows room in the sharpener pocket for a gigli saw and multi-tool. Inducted into the Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame in 1983.One lesson learned was a ballistic nylon sheath is more durable than leather. Gary continues the tradition of hand crafting knives that bear the Randall Made trademark along with his sons, Jason and Michael, of the next Randall generation. Bo and his son Gary managed the business side by side for over twenty-five years. "Bo" Randall passed away Decemat his home after visiting with all his family earlier in the day. Demand is so great for all models that there is typically a wait of a few years to deliver a new knife ordered from Randall. Randall knives are 100% hand made and no two are exactly alike. Each model has been thoroughly field-tested and has proven to be properly shaped and designed for its particular use. The models offered by Randall have been developed over a period of 80 years from personal experience, extensive research and the study of hundreds of designs submitted by individuals around the world requesting custom-made knives. Instead of trying to keep that market to himself, he promoted the business for everyone concerned, establishing a museum for visitors in his shop and offering encouragement to budding knifemakers. He pioneered handmade knives at a time when no one else was even considering it. Few modern knifemakers got started without first being inspired by something they read or heard about Bo Randall.
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