All About Pocket Knives

Around 40 yeas ago i attended a large firearms show and this man had a large table of knives, i noticed he had two of the Randall ones that were highly sought after during the Vietnam War.

I noticed these two knives and we discussed these knives and the price's he was asking, this was a Saturday the last day was Sunday, i returned Sunday and again we discussed prices he said if you want both knives i will take $250 cash for them both i pulled out my billfold and handed him the $250.

While working selling knives at a local sporting goods store i would some times show peope pictures of my Randall's and i many time received some good offers for them.

Today if you order any Randall knives you have around a five year+ wait, you have to find a dealer who has the Randall you want and expect to pay his price.

Good job! You basically paid about 10% of what you would pay today, regardless of source or time frame. That beats inflation, I think.

During the early 1980s the knife store in a large shopping mall in an affluent city kept a display of new Randals priced $125 - $150 so $125 for one without stag and showing some use was not a screaming bargain. I bought three new. A few years later I was able to sell the two that were still new in box back to the store for what I'd paid. The one I used hunting I took a loss on selling at a gun show. In hind sight ... Well we all have great hind sight but that ignores the fact that my rent had to be paid.

Just try finding the two Randall knives i have and good luck

There are two 8" #2 daggers and two 7.5" #14 Attack knives in the AAPK store. Over the last few weeks another 8" #2 dagger and two 7.5" #14 Attack knives were sold through the AAPK store. The problem is not finding them. It is paying for them. After their stratospheric price rise a smart investor might dump them. Howerver, Randal fighting knives are cool diplay knives.