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Put mine in on a modified 14 about 5 months ago. Figured I would go big.
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I say anyone that waits for a Randall has the patience of a saint. I just don't see much in them. I hope you enjoy it and it was worth the wait to you. I have owned more then a few of them, couldn't get attached to any of them.
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I envy you. That is a beautiful knife. Everyone should own a Randall. That being said, I don't. Too long of a wait. Too expensive. Always some reason. Keep your eyes open for one while waiting. Good luck.
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I like the Model 25! But a 58 month lead time?!!! Daaaamn!
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The Model 25 I have owned before, and regretted selling. This one will actually get sharpened, and used. I guess I could have bought one off Ebay, for a ~$175.00 premium. I decided to order.
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Nice!!! I waited three years for mine. Ordered two more for my kids and it was a four and a half year wait then. I am expecting to recieve them next july (2012) If I needed a knife, I would never wait, but if it is just something you want.........
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I feel lucky that Randall's knives do not really trip my trigger... to each their own... just glad its one less things that is expensive as hell and takes for ever to get that I am not after. I will admit, that pic posted and the model 25 shown in particular is probably the best looking Randall I have seen, IMO.
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I still have a Model 25 on order. The last one I bought though, I picked up through AG Russell. Paid a premium, but I have been using it for two years now. As I get older, I see less and less reason to wait 58 months. The two hundred I would have saved works out to $3.50 a month. I can afford that. I grew up down in Kissimmee, a few miles from Bo Randall's shop. He and my Dad were pals. I know the family. They won't cut me a damn bit of slack on the wait though. 
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Pretty close to being a Randall. ![[Linked Image]](http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tolt29/100_0328.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tolt29/Knives005.jpg)
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I sure like those "Olts"!!!!
I take a lickin', and SOMEHOW, Keep On Tickin'!!!!
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Pretty close to being a Randall. Very nice indeed what blade steel? The model 25 is not only pretty, it has a fine feel to it as well; compact and solid, but still well balanced. The one I previously owned was the O-1 blade, and it took - and held - a nice edge. I like the Model 14, too, but for me I frankly don't see much use for a big fighting/survival knife, and they are of questionable legality in Texas (at least to carry concealed). If I decided I needed one, I'd probably just buy a Chris Reeve Green Beret.
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I use 154CM for that blade at 59Rc and cryo tempered. With or without a butt cap.
The Randall shown is stainless blade and nickle silver guard with walrus tusk core ivory stick.
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Pretty close to being a Randall. Very nice indeed what blade steel? The model 25 is not only pretty, it has a fine feel to it as well; compact and solid, but still well balanced. The one I previously owned was the O-1 blade, and it took - and held - a nice edge. I like the Model 14, too, but for me I frankly don't see much use for a big fighting/survival knife, and they are of questionable legality in Texas (at least to carry concealed). If I decided I needed one, I'd probably just buy a Chris Reeve Green Beret. Ah, but for that pesky zombie killing, they are tops. 
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
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I use 154CM for that blade at 59Rc and cryo tempered. With or without a butt cap.
The Randall shown is stainless blade and nickle silver guard with walrus tusk core ivory stick.
Tim I have one of Tim's knives in this pattern. Suffice it to say, they are top-shelf. If you haven't had the chance to get one from him, then you are missing out.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
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Well, to dust off an old thread, it arrived on Friday. Still feels as good as I expected. Still needed sharpening too, which I sorta expected. See about using it on a deer or auodad later this year
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With bloody pics to follow.......
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
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And here I was all set to order a model 5
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Well, to dust off an old thread, it arrived on Friday. Still feels as good as I expected. Still needed sharpening too, which I sorta expected. See about using it on a deer or auodad later this year Got to ask ... do you think it was worth the $$$$ and the very long wait ?
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It is not hard at all to find most Randall models on the shelf of a dealer with only a reasonable amount of markup....
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