Randall knives
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Topic: Randall knives
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Subject: Randall knives
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2019 at 5:51pm
| Anybody own one? I’ve always wanted one but can’t imagine myself spending that much money. Just curious if there are any owners on here. |
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Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2019 at 7:22am
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Over the years I've carried several Old Timer and Winchester $19 medium stockman pocket knives, my last one I had to give to the TSA at the airport. I then went out and bought a $40 Case and man there sure is a difference, however now I walk back to the shop and get the battery terminal cleaner instead of scraping it with my knife. That being said, I don't expect I'll see the day I spend $500 on a hunting knife even though they claim to be the best hand made knife on the market. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2019 at 9:30pm
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Those are some fine knives but I can't see paying that much either. My "go to" hunting knife is a USMC issue combat knife made by Ontario Knife Company. Holds an edge well and is tough enough to open up a deer. It has seen a lot of use over the years and I have a similar K-Bar still in the box if I ever need it. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2019 at 1:43am
| Hubert...open up a deer or a beer? and i'm sure knives can be like the yeti brand stuff on prices |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2019 at 2:15am
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Chrome may shine but chrome don't get ya home. $30 toe sticker's fine with me and leaves $470 more towards another Heart Breaker-Pain Maker. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2019 at 1:57pm
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Shameless, open up a deer. I wasted too much time and money on the beer back in my younger days. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2019 at 2:34pm
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I always kept my dad stocked with Old Timers and I like Gerber as my choice but if I win the lottery then all bets are off. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2019 at 6:30pm
 I hope your sticking toads  and not your toe. Cause your already worrying about your  you don't want your trouble piling up to many at a time. |
chaskaduo wrote:Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2019 at 12:47am
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[TUBE]nUR6TtdUxjQ[/TUBE] [TUBE]sqUiWpGGCmI[/TUBE] ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2019 at 6:40am
| Everyone has a favorite knife. Buck,Case,Gerber,Knives of Alaska and Western to name a few. Recently I bought an Outdoor Edge Razor Blaze for gutting deer. The knife has a replaceable cutting edge of surgical steel and the folding handle is blaze orange so you can find it if you drop it in the snow or woods. My oldest son was poking me about the knife saying with the replaceable blade it is a knife for someone who doesn't know how to sharpen a knife! I responded that in my case he was wrong the knife is for me who is too lazy to sharpen a knife! For everyday carry I have a Case folding knife and I stone it frequently to keep it sharp. The knife is really all I need to cut a deer but I have lost knives while gutting in the snow and I have found knives in the woods where others have lost them. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2019 at 7:18am
| I have a Western made in Boulder Colorado. Fixed blade with a stacked leather handle very easy to sharpen and holds an edge. Also have a lock blade Olympic that has been a very good knife. Both came from junk stores. I have a Uncle Henry lock blade and a Buck Skinner that we’re family gifts handed down. They live a life of luxury. |
Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2019 at 9:22pm
| I made a knife for a friend of mine. He said he skinned four deer and six coons before he sharpened it. Them coons are the hardest on knives because they have so much sand in their fur from playing along the creeks and washing their supper in that dirty water. |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2019 at 3:53pm
 Yeah, you and me both, if I ever buy a ticket. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 11:15am
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I was at a leather show out in Sheridan WY. There were several knife makers there. They all make their knives without heat. They get the correct steel,, then they cut the knife out of it. Then they work that piece of steel until it's a knife. Then they put a handle on it. They all said that if you heat the steel it loses it's ability to hold and edge. I described the size of knife I wanted to one of them. He said it would be right around $400. I watch that show Forged in Fire, so I thought that was how all good knives were made. Guess not. ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 12:30pm
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kevin is a SPAMMER... Every post he makes has a link to SOMETHING he is trying to SELL... and he picks 2 YEAR OLD POSTS to add his SPAM to. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:50pm
| I made a knife out of a heavy duty insert saw blade. I gave it the full heat treatment and polish. When I just about had it done I dropped it point down on the shop concrete floor. It put a pretty good dinger in the floor and all I had to do to the blade was wipe it off. It was sorta on the Bowey style blade design. A neighbor came by and offered 200.00 for it and I figgered, shoot I made one so I can make another. On the point of not heating your blade blank you have to be very careful doing it that way, but you can get a pretty good knife that way. The way I test the blade is with 1/2" jute and see how many easy cuts you get. I think general consensus is around forty cuts, but I've seen them go over a 100. So I guess it's how much effort you want to put into it. Some of these days I'll get around to putting up pics. Or maybe not. Leon |