Randall model 18

by Gordon Davis
(Tehachapi Ca.)

Perhaps the only exception to the rule of having a solid tang knife might be the "Randall Made" model 18. This is one very tough hollow handle knife, made to withstand as much punishment as a solid, full tang knife.

With the screw on cap, it can be pounded into a block of wood like a nail, and the handle is completely watertight! You have to wrap the handle yourself (I use a layer of fishline covered with 550 cord)there is no chance of any plastic breaking. Epoxy a "button compass" inside the brass handle cap, and it is protected from any damage.

I have packed one since 1972, during nine years of military duty, and adventures from central Mexico to Alaska, it has never failed me yet.