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The first knife to journey into space was the Randall Model 17 Astro Knife. It was conceived by Major L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. to be a survival knife specifically for astronauts. Proper design and construction were crucial, for astronauts orbited over deserts and jungles, as well as ocean.
Robert Waldorf Loveless (January 2, 1929 – September 2, 2010 [1]), a.k.a. Bob Loveless or RW Loveless, was an American knife maker who designed and popularized the hollowground drop point blade and the use of full tapered tangs and screw-type handle scale fasteners within the art of knifemaking.
Randall made the changes and the result was the first of the modern survival knives. [15] Another combat knife appearing during the Vietnam War was the Gerber Mark II, designed for military use by US Army Captain Bud Holzman and Al Mar which in turn was based on the pattern of a Roman Gladius or short sword. [19]
Randall began production of the "All Purpose Fighting Knife" giving it the designation of "Number 1" in his catalog. Between 1942 and 1945, Randall Made Knives produced 4,000 of these knives for US Troops in the war, with approximately 1,058 subcontracted out to Northampton Cutlery Company in Springfield, Massachusetts to meet the demand. In ...
Randall W Turner 53: 19 "International Championship" ... "Astronaut Knife" M1 NASA Survival knife: Spiked Mace: July 17, 2019 () 1.12 [120] Judges: J. Neilson, David ...
Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S ...
He also chaired the Emergency Egress Committee, responsible for working out emergency launch pad escape procedures, [19] and engaged Bo Randall to develop a personal survival knife for astronauts to carry. [20] The astronauts drew their salaries as military officers, and an important component of that was flight pay.
A. G. Russell (August 27, 1933 – October 12, 2018) [1] was an American knife maker. He was born in Eudora, Arkansas where his great-grandfather taught him how to make knives when he was nine. Russell went on to make knives as a hobby and profession. In 1964, Russell switched his focus to selling Arkansas whetstones and a year later began ...