Ben, I don't know how old it is -- at least 85 years old. I figure it probably looked about like current 'Old Hickory' products do now, except with a little better surface finiish. The steel is better than we can get now, because evenn with us using only a very fine buther's steel on it, I don't see how it could have survived.

Here is the Chef's knife he used for at least 50 years, and which I also use every day:
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But, on the other end of the spectrum is this:
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which was made for me in 1972 by Bo Randall himself at the behest of my uncle, who caught me drawing knife desings. It is 6" x 1/4" ofhis temper of A2. Yes, the false edge is not false; it cuts betteron the back than most hatchets. It cuts better on the front better than anything else I have ever held. Yes, it is insured. But I can't repalce it.