Chris,
Not to earn the dire consequences of what I am about to say, but
Bo Randall was a heck of a exception to the rule. He created and designed some of the finest fighting and useful knives seen in the last half century. And legend begets price...
There are many modern makers that can produce a suitable if not better blade at a fraction of the cost of the Randall's....
Blasphemy to some, and truth be told to others. I find the earlier Randalls to be some of the finest blades for form and function made. The modern ones, not so much. Soligen was tapped to make blades for Randall when they couldn't meet production. The weird thing is that Randall collectors will pay a premium for a non-Randall blade....
Go out and figure out what you want a blade to do. Do the research, do the legwork...and you'll be miles ahead of the folks that are simply in the collector market. User blades are really where the steel hits the hardwood. Remember that Randall was a copy of the style and workmanship of Scagel...
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