My birthday Randall...

[Picton]

...so I posted this over in the New Acquisitions thread on the big board, but here’s some extra detail for you knifers out there.

I’ve got a thing for Randalls: currently I think I own four, with three more on order. This one arrived today: it’s a used Buxton Fighter, a model 14 variant designed as the dealer special for Wayne Buxton near Garland, Texas in 1994. As near as I can tell, this one dates from 2002-5.

I’ve been looking for one of these at a decent price for quite awhile, and I’m stoked. I like the skull crusher pommel, which had been an earlier feature on the 1954 model 14 and is now included on ONLY this model.

This thing is beefy: 1/4 inch stock, full tang (and then some); it’s by far my heaviest Randall. I feel like I could take someone’s head off with this bad boy.

Anyway, thanks for looking.

 

[enbloc]

Sexy as Hell! Sheath just as sexy too. Stitching better than a Coach handbag...
~Matt

 

[ranger4-7]

Very nice Buxton!

 

[RumRunner]

Great looking knife, congrats...

 

[chrbla2000]

Sexy as Hell! Sheath just as sexy too. Stitching better than a Coach handbag...
~Matt

There's gotta be a joke in there about man cards and knowing about the stitching quality in Coach bags....

Nice knife though!

-chris

 

[Stryker]

Very nice and happy birthday!

 

[enbloc]

There's gotta be a joke in there about man cards and knowing about the stitching quality in Coach bags...
-chris

Lol. If you've ever bought what you thought was a legit Coach bag for a woman, only to be educated on the stitching, you'll have walked a mile in my shoes.

 

[dustoff22]

Wow.........I'm not a knifer but that thing is gorgeous and I must admit you certainly have champagne taste in knife department. I just googled Buxton knives and they don't go for cheap that's for sure!

 

[Picton]

Yeah, guys with significant others tend to know about purse stitching. Goes with the territory.

Thanks, all! These aren’t awful if you find them used, but I waited a long time to find one under $500. I’m really excited. Definitely one of the higher-end Randalls, but this depletes the ol’ petty-cash stash for a few months at least.

 

[nastynatural]

Sweet!! That’s too nice to use on someone’s head!!

 

[Picton]

I did need to remove about five linear feet of 550 cord between the sheath and the thong hole. I don’t need a lot of lanyard crap on my knives, though the Randall folks don’t spare it on these Model C sheaths.

 

[enbloc]

This is over in NES Yard Sale for sale by member rdb78. Looks nice.
WTS - Early Randall Knife

 

[Picton]

Saw that. That’s a really nice older one. I’m a user, not a collector, and I’m broke now anyway, but that one deserves to move.