2010 Forum Knife - Mission Statement

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Also, I don't know the price of it, but what about elk stag? I think thats what its called. But you can find what it looks like on a lot of German knives since samber stag is so rare now. I myself like the looks of it. It isn't bad.
 
What about a dogleg jack? I really like the look of those: they have a stylish, curvy pattern; a large spear blade with a long pull; and either a short pen blade or a swedged clip blade. With a black scales material like African Blackwood or impala-jigged horn, it would look really dressed up. With an antique jigged bone it could look more like a workingman's knife.

Queen makes a nice dogleg, so we could get it made under the Queen label, or have it made under the Schatt & Morgan brand. With D2, or even 1095, it could look quite nice.

The photos of the Case Bose dogleg jack are quite nice. While I know we won't get enough orders to have Case make the knife, the pattern has been kind of stuck in my mind.
 
Id like stag or bone handle. Any pattern would be nice...I think 2 blades would be nice. Carbon steel. But whatever you decide id like to be in.
 
RobbW said:
What about a dogleg jack? I really like the look of those: they have a stylish, curvy pattern; a large spear blade with a long pull; and either a short pen blade or a swedged clip blade. With a black scales material like African Blackwood or impala-jigged horn, it would look really dressed up. With an antique jigged bone it could look more like a workingman's knife.

Queen makes a nice dogleg, so we could get it made under the Queen label, or have it made under the Schatt & Morgan brand. With D2, or even 1095, it could look quite nice.

The photos of the Case Bose dogleg jack are quite nice. While I know we won't get enough orders to have Case make the knife, the pattern has been kind of stuck in my mind.
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I agree totally ! my choice too.
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Does anyone have a picture of a Queen dogleg?
 
waynorth said:
Does anyone have a picture of a Queen dogleg?
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Queen Forest Edge Winterbottom (delrin) in D2 with 1/2 stops 3 1/2"

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S&M Dogleg 92 in Rosewood or cocobolo (not sure)

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To show the same pattern in bone
Queen Mini-Trapper in White Stagbone D2

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I have seen the Trapper pattern brought up a couple of times and that would be good with me but whatever we do I would like it to be a step away from the run of the mill knife, something that would encorage a double take as it were. Taking the Trapper as an example Queen does this pattern with a one hand man secondary blade, not something you often see.

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This done in jigged horn would be very different and would be sure to encourage anyone who say ask to hold it and take a closer look. As far as the scale material I would hope as a traditionalist we would steer clear on man made scale materials...horn, bone, stag, anything but a manmade material like G-10.
 
waynorth said:
This is an interesting knife!
042276 - Swell Center Jack

I have forgotten how long it is. I will look into that.
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I see folk are interested in an equal end jack pattern so I am posting a better picture.
It is a substantial knife but less than the 4 1/4" being shown

Schatt & Morgan Swell Center
Year: 2008, Series XVIII, Brown Berry Wormgroove, 3 7/8"

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OK, I'm liking the jigged bone idea with ebony as a second choice. Most of the patterns mentioned would make a nice knife so I won't push one in particular right now. 3" - 4-1/2" is a good range for size. Two blades with the main being a swedged spear or a nicely proportioned clip point.
 
I know it's been done, but I like the sowbelly stockman from Queen, the serpentine stockman from S&M, or the three blade congress with the slanted and threaded bolsters from GEC.

Whatever it turns out to be, I'm in.
 
I don't know if I'm the only one here like this, but I think different handle materials look good on different patterns. If anyone agrees with me I say we all work out the knife pattern first and the scale material second.

Another $0.02 from me, not a big fan of doglegs or serpentines.
 
wintermute said:
I don't know if I'm the only one here like this, but I think different handle materials look good on different patterns. If anyone agrees with me I say we all work out the knife pattern first and the scale material second.
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I totally agree with that take. Different scale materials can make a radical difference in the look and feel of a particular pattern and some materials lend themselves much more to one pattern than another (imho).

(This from one who will not vote on the forum knife as I don't collect them but feels strongly about wintermute's observation.)
 
Blues said:
I totally agree with that take. Different scale materials can make a radical difference in the look and feel of a particular pattern and some materials lend themselves much more to one pattern than another (imho).

(This from one who will not vote on the forum knife as I don't collect them but feels strongly about wintermute's observation.)
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Agreed.
 
neeman said:
I see folk are interested in an equal end jack pattern so I am posting a better picture.
It is a substantial knife but less than the 4 1/4" being shown

Schatt & Morgan Swell Center
Year: 2008, Series XVIII, Brown Berry Wormgroove, 3 7/8"

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I also agree that certain handle material looks better on some patterns.
This graceful swell center, with its "sexy" curves looks fractured and ungainly because of the slashing worm grooves. If the grooves followed the curves, or the jigging was more uniform with no grooves (i.e. peachseed), the knife would look much better, IMO.
 
waynorth said:
I also agree that certain handle material looks better on some patterns.
This graceful swell center, with its "sexy" curves looks fractured and ungainly because of the slashing worm grooves. If the grooves followed the curves, or the jigging was more uniform with no grooves (i.e. peachseed), the knife would look much better, IMO.
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Here is an example of the jigging following the lines of the knife, which enhances the whole look of the knife
Queen Dan Burke Winterbottom

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wintermute said:
I don't know if I'm the only one here like this, but I think different handle materials look good on different patterns. If anyone agrees with me I say we all work out the knife pattern first and the scale material second.

Another $0.02 from me, not a big fan of doglegs or serpentines.
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I agree but also feel that bone whether smooth or jigged looks better than wood. I am just not much of a wood handle guy on slipjoints.
 
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