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<blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4370783" data-attributes="member: 46104"><p>Had three large 18s and one small at one time or another...although they bit into saplings as very few others, they were enormously heavy for length and not used for a damned thing past making me drool while handling them.</p><p></p><p>Had a cool old 1-6 from '59-'60 date going by very weathered dark sheath, handle spacers etc, quite used but well maintained blade, somebody was taking life seriously enough with it that they somehow managed to get a longish strip of early style velcro (loop side) down inside the sheath and glued to the snap side of sheath with rubber cement to keep blade from rasping on brass snap when drawn and to prevent any rattle in sheath...</p><p></p><p>there was a scruffy little Nam vet at a show with a cased service display, he just had a table simply for conversation, his display featured some modern commercial Randall look-alikes in crossed blades along with photos of him and his unit, awards, medals, etc....</p><p></p><p>I showed him the Randall and he talked of how much he always wanted one and could never afford one, and for rest of show, every time I passed by, he asked to see the Randall....</p><p></p><p>finally I asked him did he want to buy it and quoted a ridiculously low price for a Vietnam era Randall, and he stammered that he was supposed to be getting a disability payment in about 6mths and as soon as he got it he would buy the knife and PLEASE don't sell it to anybody else...I handed it to him along with a piece of paper with my phone number and told him to call me when he got his check....I thought he was gonna cry....</p><p></p><p>Pretty much forgot about it when, low and behold, he called me 6mths later wanting to pay for the knife. I asked if he were still enjoying it and he said he was sitting there looking at it just then, and would sit and look at it every day. I told him that was payment enough and we were even and this time he DID sob as he thanked me...I HATE it when people do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mtngunr, post: 4370783, member: 46104"] Had three large 18s and one small at one time or another...although they bit into saplings as very few others, they were enormously heavy for length and not used for a damned thing past making me drool while handling them. Had a cool old 1-6 from '59-'60 date going by very weathered dark sheath, handle spacers etc, quite used but well maintained blade, somebody was taking life seriously enough with it that they somehow managed to get a longish strip of early style velcro (loop side) down inside the sheath and glued to the snap side of sheath with rubber cement to keep blade from rasping on brass snap when drawn and to prevent any rattle in sheath... there was a scruffy little Nam vet at a show with a cased service display, he just had a table simply for conversation, his display featured some modern commercial Randall look-alikes in crossed blades along with photos of him and his unit, awards, medals, etc.... I showed him the Randall and he talked of how much he always wanted one and could never afford one, and for rest of show, every time I passed by, he asked to see the Randall.... finally I asked him did he want to buy it and quoted a ridiculously low price for a Vietnam era Randall, and he stammered that he was supposed to be getting a disability payment in about 6mths and as soon as he got it he would buy the knife and PLEASE don't sell it to anybody else...I handed it to him along with a piece of paper with my phone number and told him to call me when he got his check....I thought he was gonna cry.... Pretty much forgot about it when, low and behold, he called me 6mths later wanting to pay for the knife. I asked if he were still enjoying it and he said he was sitting there looking at it just then, and would sit and look at it every day. I told him that was payment enough and we were even and this time he DID sob as he thanked me...I HATE it when people do that. [/QUOTE]
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