2003 Blade Knife Identification needed

[westllen]

Can one of you seasoned HOG's tell me what is the knife in the middle? ...is it called a Special Fighter Proto/ with a serrated blade, or? And who has one for a better pic or more info on that sweet thing?

Thanks,

Jules

 

[Tyrkon Lawson]

Looks like a Force One variant w/ teef. ??? Standard handles.

 

[rbmcmjr]

The F1 is on the left. The middle and right ones haven't seen production yet.

 

[Lil' Foo]

LVC (Josh Muller back then) posted pics from Blade 2003... he called it out as a prototype recurve.

Here's a link to his thread. :thumbup:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=272691



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[on_the_edge]

Looks like a Force One variant w/ teef. ??? Standard handles.

And with a false edge on the spine too!

 

[Lil' Foo]

Sorry... wrong knife.

I'm looking thru that thread though. :thumbup:

 

[Lil' Foo]

Nope... not there.

 

[Lycosa]

The F1 is the DEAL. Pointy infi.

 

[DirtDiver]

looks to be a NARK of sorts??

 

[RussMo]

Wish, JB would turn this one out! I really like the looks of this bugger.

 

[Strabs]

Wow! That tan proto recurve looks a lot like a ...

 

[Lil' Foo]

Wow! That tan proto recurve looks a lot like a ...

:foot: :foot: :foot:

 

[silverdragon33]

i think that was a mil overrun or something? i believe i remember hogwash posting a picture of his a while back. i only remember this because it is a damn fine looking blade

 

[mhawg]

Just a tease, nothing to see here...

 

[MORIMOTOM]

looks to be a NARK of sorts??

doesnt the nark have a tac handle?

 

[Last Visible Canary]

Nope... not there.

it's in there, just near the end. back when I was still new to photography... I should have been using a flash on every single shot. but nooooo, I thought I was a hot shot doin' 1/25th second shots hand held. it's nice that they keep the attachments

Wish I could have kept that account. i'm all new lookin with this new account

(note the ground off pommel)

the Nark at that time had the tac handles, but did not have the very characteristic top serrated edge:

 

[Last Visible Canary]

i think that was a mil overrun or something? i believe i remember hogwash posting a picture of his a while back. i only remember this because it is a damn fine looking blade

you might be thinking of the persian fighters?

or the eu17's... but those are even farther from being recurve...

 

[Lil' Foo]

Man I can't believe I missed it...
I must be really off my game.

Thanks Seth, Josh, LVC now lookin' a noobish.

It is cool that they've kept the attachments...
I should go thru and save all of them before they get archived.

That is a great thread! :thumbup:

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[westllen]

LVC, what was it called exactly? and was it ever produced? ...and who has that one?


Jules

 

[Tohatchi NM]

Blade 2003 was supposed to be a showcase for the entire Fusion lineup. They weren't sold at all. The Busse table didn't have much to sell - some custom shop ergo Badgers (still many left well into the show. If I would've known then what I know now....) and a few of the OverrUn that ShaLl Not Be Named.

edit to add:

Looking at the fusion lineup pics, I had forgotten how much weight the badger put on from the proto to the production run. The proto was more like an ABA, while the production model came out like a Tank Buster without the funny spine wiggles.