The Randall Collector

A sale of a Randall and the ensuing conversation with the purchasing collector brought something to my attention that I had never really given too much thought. It was regarding perspectives of different individuals when it comes to selecting a Randall knife for their collection. I just hadn’t taken too much notice of how others may view the same knife and how that view may...

My “Johnson Sheath Footnote” article in the last issue of the newsletter got a lot of conversation going on the Johnson brown button sheath “mystery”. I received many emails and several phone calls from collectors wanting to discuss the subject and give me their opinions, but mostly to...

An interesting anecdote to the model 4 in the previous Brown Micarta article is the sheath marked 1960. It is a Johnson brown button with a horizontal logo, allegedly one of Johnson’s earliest. This should help end the speculation that Johnson did in fact make sheaths possibly as early as...

Brown micarta is probably the least understood of Randall factory supplied production handle materials and ranks at the top of the list in rarity. Notice I said “production” handle material, as there is some rare one-of-a kind type handles. The brown micarta I am referring to for the purpose of this article is the...