The Astro #17-5.5 features a 5.5" blade made of 1/4" stainless steel stock and a large silver-sodered, stainless steel hilt. The knife includes a 4 3/8" black micarta handle fastened with removable stainless steel bolts. A slot in the heavy tang and matching hollow inside the handle may be used to carry matches, fish hooks, line and other survival items. Designed by astronaut Gordon Cooper for the seven Mercury astronauts who carried them on America's first manned space flights, the Astro #17-5.5 is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.

The Spyderco Factory Outlet store is proud to be the only authorized dealer for Randall Made Knives in Colorado. All Randall Made Knives are 100% handmade in the USA, and no two Randall Made Knives are exactly alike. No fixtures or patterns are used in their final construction. Please be aware, variations do occur. 

Each Randall craftsman is proud of the reputation these knives have as the world's finest. Because each knife is hand-made, it possesses an individual characteristic and quality all its own. With the immense pride taken in each Randall Made Knife produced, you can take pride in each one-of-a-kind Randall Made Knife that you own.

Please be aware Spyderco cannot custom order a Randall Made Knife for you. If you would like a custom made Randall Made Knife, please contact Randall Made Knives directly. Currently there is a 5+ year waiting list on custom orders.

No international orders, purchase limit of 1 per quarter per household.