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ARTIFACT:
Circa 1959 large Randall Knife of Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Stewart. This knife, deaccessioned from well-known Randall collector Tom Clinton's collection, is displayed on Tom Ziemba's Air America Web Site www.air-america.net as having connections to the covert CIA Airline as part of the grouping of CNAC, CAT, Air America, ICCS (Phew!!!) Pilot Gordon V. Smith. This Rambo-sized knife sports a double brass hilt, brass pommel featuring WWI "Ruptured Duck" Discharge insignia. The bone and ebony handle features a sterling pilot's wing on one side and sterling Lieutenant Colonel rank insignia on the other. The blade is etched with "ROBERT E. STEWART" and the maker mark: "RANDALL MADE ORLANDO, FLA.". The leather sheath features a pocket for a hone and a keeper strap diagonally across the front, which snaps closed just above the hone pocket. The hone pocket also features a strap and snap closure and the reverse is stamped with: "H. H. HEISER MAKER DENVER, COLO. 9" and a handwritten number "26". Randall began making knives in 1937, one of the only companies to offer hand-crafted models. During WWII demand was so large, envelopes addressed to "Knife Man Š Orlando Florida" were arriving for orders of hand-to-hand combat weapons.
VINTAGE:
Circa 1959
SIZE:
Sheath approximately: 12 _" x 3": Knife approximately: 14 _" in total length. Handle: 5 _" x 1 _"; Pommel: 1" x 1"; Hilt: 4" x 7/8"; Blade: 9" x 1 7/8"; Hone: 3" x 7/8"
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Leather, bone, sterling, brass, steel.
ATTACHMENT:
Snaps.
MARKINGS:
"RANDALL MADE, ORLANDO, FLA." on blade and snap tops and "UNITED CARR" on underside; "ROBERT E. STEWART" on blade; "COMBINATION CRYSTOLON MADE IN U.S. OF A." on hone; and "12 H. H. HEISER MAKER DENVER, COLO. 9" and handwritten "27" in ink on reverse of sheath.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a knives and firearms collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VAJJX15 LBDGEX4/15 SLBDIEX4/15 SAGJJX8/15
CONDITION:
9- (Excellent+): The knife shows light wear. The leather sheath is supple, all snaps are working and fully intact, steel blade is bright and shows little wear, overall excellent condition!
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
