- Joined
- Jan 22, 2007
- Messages
- 915
-
All For Sale threads must have a pic showing the knife being sold with written date listed, your username & Bladeforums or BFC to prevent photo harvesting from elsewhere - scammers hate this one trick! The rules for The Exchange can be found here. Please read and follow them. Stop using Paypal Friends & Family and follow our best practices to prevent getting ripped off or having a bad deal.
-
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
2 of these available
- Thread starter sgmtino
- Start date
As has become my custom and as a service both to the maker and to my fellow BladeForums forumites, I am proud to introduce: "Lo-LoL", which is Abenaki for Hideous Monster, a most apt description for this blade!
Description by Maker:
I had Dave at GLWJ cut these out he did an awesome job the blade is 4.437" from the front of the handle to the tip handle length is 4.625" 9" overall .250" thick a2 tool steel 2" wide at the guard the widest part of the blade is 1.688" the handles are removable and are held in place with four 10-32 countersunk screws the heat treat is by Paul Bos and rockwell is 60-61 the blades are parkerized i have some hollow ground and some flat ground the balance is pretty much at the guard black paper micarta handles with kydex sheath $170.00 eachshipped in the cont.U.S. thanks email me for any more info. Knives have been parkerized
My Review:
Measured Dimensions:
Handle:
Grip length: 4 1/8"
OAL: 4 5/8"
Blade:
Length: a little over 4 1/4"
Cutting Edge: 4 1/2" (if laid out straight)
Thickness: 1/4" tapering to point
Height: Varies, 1 5/8" near mid point of blade
OAL: 9"
Grind: Flat
Design: Heavy duty user, general purpose
Handle Material: Paper micarta, Black with bead blasted finish
Blade Material: A2 Steel, Paul Bos Heat Treat
Blade Coating: Parkerized, Black
Lanyard hole: Yes
Balance: Just forward of the handle screw located near the ricasso.
Sheath: Kydex material, Black
Price: $170.00 US
The knife arrived extremely sharp, easily shaving hair and paper. The blade has been Parkerized with no defects in the finish noted and is black in color. I requested that the handles be bead blasted for a better grip and I have to say I am pleased with the result! The hold is grippy and fits the hand even with heavy gloves. The forefinger cut out along with the thumb ramp really indexes the knife in the hand.
This is a heavy duty general user with plenty of body and heft to get the job done. With a quarter of an inch of A2 steel, pretty much everything is going to submit! I had no trouble working with the blade it stood up to my tests with confidence. If I were back in the service, I would highly recommend this knife to my fellow soldiers. I would also recommend this as a knife for anyone who is a hard user. Santino did a great job balancing thickness and point protection while keeping everything in balance.
It's not a pretty knife and would never be mistaken for a safe queen dilettante. This is a hard knife for hard work that keeps its edge long after you are done. It has enough mass to do some real damage when you use the butt end to crush and break things. Automotive glass doesn't stand a chance. It is also a useful knife, which is a rarity among many popular tactical blades. I was able to do some tests with cutting, carving and food prep and was delightfully surprised to see this knife perform well. You aren't going to thin slice your potatoes, but who cares? I like stews anyhow!
My only recommendation as to the knife would be to provide serrations in the thumb ramp.
The sheath isn't spectacular but the fact that you can rearrange the belt mount is. It also holds the knife securely which is of great importance. If you want, you can use a hot air gun to relax the hold, but I like the fact that you have to really tug to deploy this knife. Nobody is going to simply take it away from you, that is a certainty! And when you really need it, the adrenaline will make removal a breeze. Adjustments as to the carry position are easily made with a 3/32" hex wrench.
My only recommendation as to the sheath would be to change the sheath from a pouch design to one with grommets on both sides of the blade and a belt holder connected via four screws instead of two. This comes from experience with use of similar knives in a high intensity, hard use environment. Again, this is only a recommendation.
Note: Santino adds that he would have happily made the sheath this way had I requested it. This is an indicator of how involved the maker is with his products and how willing he is to accommodate requests.
My only real criteria for a knife of this type is that it be tough enough to get the job done, be sharp and keep that edge when I need it the most. This knife does that in spades. It ain't pretty, but then again, most jobs that a soldier has to do aren't pretty anyway. What this knife is, though, is a hardcore *useful* working knife that will be there and get the job done.
Santino, thank you for creating this knife. It is a heavy duty user which handles day to day chores with aplomb. It is heavy and ugly, and absolutely beautiful, warts and all.
Description by Maker:
I had Dave at GLWJ cut these out he did an awesome job the blade is 4.437" from the front of the handle to the tip handle length is 4.625" 9" overall .250" thick a2 tool steel 2" wide at the guard the widest part of the blade is 1.688" the handles are removable and are held in place with four 10-32 countersunk screws the heat treat is by Paul Bos and rockwell is 60-61 the blades are parkerized i have some hollow ground and some flat ground the balance is pretty much at the guard black paper micarta handles with kydex sheath $170.00 eachshipped in the cont.U.S. thanks email me for any more info. Knives have been parkerized
My Review:
Measured Dimensions:
Handle:
Grip length: 4 1/8"
OAL: 4 5/8"
Blade:
Length: a little over 4 1/4"
Cutting Edge: 4 1/2" (if laid out straight)
Thickness: 1/4" tapering to point
Height: Varies, 1 5/8" near mid point of blade
OAL: 9"
Grind: Flat
Design: Heavy duty user, general purpose
Handle Material: Paper micarta, Black with bead blasted finish
Blade Material: A2 Steel, Paul Bos Heat Treat
Blade Coating: Parkerized, Black
Lanyard hole: Yes
Balance: Just forward of the handle screw located near the ricasso.
Sheath: Kydex material, Black
Price: $170.00 US
The knife arrived extremely sharp, easily shaving hair and paper. The blade has been Parkerized with no defects in the finish noted and is black in color. I requested that the handles be bead blasted for a better grip and I have to say I am pleased with the result! The hold is grippy and fits the hand even with heavy gloves. The forefinger cut out along with the thumb ramp really indexes the knife in the hand.
This is a heavy duty general user with plenty of body and heft to get the job done. With a quarter of an inch of A2 steel, pretty much everything is going to submit! I had no trouble working with the blade it stood up to my tests with confidence. If I were back in the service, I would highly recommend this knife to my fellow soldiers. I would also recommend this as a knife for anyone who is a hard user. Santino did a great job balancing thickness and point protection while keeping everything in balance.
It's not a pretty knife and would never be mistaken for a safe queen dilettante. This is a hard knife for hard work that keeps its edge long after you are done. It has enough mass to do some real damage when you use the butt end to crush and break things. Automotive glass doesn't stand a chance. It is also a useful knife, which is a rarity among many popular tactical blades. I was able to do some tests with cutting, carving and food prep and was delightfully surprised to see this knife perform well. You aren't going to thin slice your potatoes, but who cares? I like stews anyhow!
My only recommendation as to the knife would be to provide serrations in the thumb ramp.
The sheath isn't spectacular but the fact that you can rearrange the belt mount is. It also holds the knife securely which is of great importance. If you want, you can use a hot air gun to relax the hold, but I like the fact that you have to really tug to deploy this knife. Nobody is going to simply take it away from you, that is a certainty! And when you really need it, the adrenaline will make removal a breeze. Adjustments as to the carry position are easily made with a 3/32" hex wrench.
My only recommendation as to the sheath would be to change the sheath from a pouch design to one with grommets on both sides of the blade and a belt holder connected via four screws instead of two. This comes from experience with use of similar knives in a high intensity, hard use environment. Again, this is only a recommendation.
Note: Santino adds that he would have happily made the sheath this way had I requested it. This is an indicator of how involved the maker is with his products and how willing he is to accommodate requests.
My only real criteria for a knife of this type is that it be tough enough to get the job done, be sharp and keep that edge when I need it the most. This knife does that in spades. It ain't pretty, but then again, most jobs that a soldier has to do aren't pretty anyway. What this knife is, though, is a hardcore *useful* working knife that will be there and get the job done.
Santino, thank you for creating this knife. It is a heavy duty user which handles day to day chores with aplomb. It is heavy and ugly, and absolutely beautiful, warts and all.
I just wanted to restate the positives that a poster above me outlined in his review. This is an amazing blade. I got one of the hollow grounds and my reservations about the durability of the edge vanished after its first use...vanished to the point of my being embarrassed I had even hinted at this to the maker.
After 4 days and nights of heavy, heavy use in winter weather (ok...Texas winter weather), I was convinced that this was going to be a permanent attachment to my bush gear. I field dressed a deer and two hogs (then skinned and quartered at camp a day later) along with every other bush "chore" and the edge held flawlessly.
Simply amazing, and I cannot wait for my Marani chopper!!!!
Thank you sgmtino for sharing your talents.
After 4 days and nights of heavy, heavy use in winter weather (ok...Texas winter weather), I was convinced that this was going to be a permanent attachment to my bush gear. I field dressed a deer and two hogs (then skinned and quartered at camp a day later) along with every other bush "chore" and the edge held flawlessly.
Simply amazing, and I cannot wait for my Marani chopper!!!!
Thank you sgmtino for sharing your talents.
