I like viewing this knife in the sheath, as we don't see many Heiser's with "red" snaps sheathing a fighter. The translucent button was introduced during 1946, possibly as a replacement for the previously adopted "Brown button" or logo snap adopted for all Randall sheaths. Reorder may have resulted in the substitution of alternative snaps, which were red and the variation was incorporated.
Subsequently, these buttons were used on sheaths of all models until replaced by the end of 1949.* Therefore, although not uncommon on Randall-made field models, this was a time, between WW II and the Korean War, when fighting knives were not in demand, which accounts for their relative rarity on a Model #1.
* (Note exception: Early Randall Bowie knives of 1953 - 1954 vintage, particularly on Moore sheaths, carry the red snaps, sometime after they had been substituted for brown buttons on all other models.)
The sheath itself has a lovely reddish-brown tone, a color that can be observed in many sheaths from this period, both hunter and fighter. Stitching is tight and there are two small rivets at the throat and a copper rivet securing the handle keeper. The stone is white. The Heiser stamp is on the rear with a "7" under the logo.
