Randall Model #8 with VERY RARE 4-1/2
I try never to use the phrase "one of a kind" unless of course it truly is one of a kind. This offering fills the bill on several levels. In March of 1981 I received the first ten blades to scrimshaw for Randall Made Knives. By March of 1982, one year later, I had scrimshawed fifty Randall knives. Though the models varied, all of those early scrimshawed knives were handled in white Westinghouse paper micarta. This synthetic handle material, called Ivorite by the Randall shop, ultimately earned the nickname "Old Yeller" due to it's characteristic of yellowing dramatically over time. These early knives were made specifically for me to scrimshaw and could be identified by a special black and white spacer combination. In March of this year, thirty years later, I had the opportunity to buy one of these early scrimshawed Randall knives. I wanted to scrimshaw the reverse trademark side creating one Randall with scrimshaw from 1982 and 2012 spanning thirty years and 1,105 pieces. The trademark side features a very early scrimshaw of a Tarpon and is numbered #049. I've scrimshawed an American Kestrel on the reverse trademark side and assigned it serial number #1154 in my exclusive edition for Randall Made Knives. This Randall model #8 is extremely rare in it's own right. This Trout and Bird is a "special forging" featuring a four and one half inch blade rather than the standard four inch. The rough back Johnson sheath carries a stone pocket, which is not found on the standard sheath for a four inch model #8. Additionally the back of this rare sheath is stamped 8-4.5 to designate a model #8 with a four and one half inch blade. I've never scrimshawed an "Old Yeller" once it has turned and I will not do another. In thirty years I've only scrimshawed both sides of a Randall handle perhaps four times. This offering is truly a one-of-a-kind Randall from 1982 and 2012.

$2450.00