Randall did not list the oval escutcheon plate until the 18th catalog, and earlier catalogs showed the oblong plate in the famous Randall models group photo. However, the oval plate had become standard much much earlier. The profile of many of the knives in the chronology listed above is one proof. Here is another... a magazine article published Jul, 1964 using a picture of a early model 16 ... with a combat guard and saw teeth to boot.
