2011 Traditional Forum Knife Thread

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Looking at Chalies knife, it doesn't matter if it has a bail or not to me. If everyone decides a bail, I think it should be a quality one with a pin, not a pressed in one.
 
Given a choice, I would prefer a lanyard hole to the bail. But I feel the Ebony EO is looking real good!:D:thumbup:
 
Bail, lanyard nole or neither - I am not particularly fussed - but I tend slightly towards the neither :)

I agree, if a bail, a good one :)
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Jigged bone EO Teardrop Jack with Matchstrike pulls. :) :thumbup:
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Agreed :)

Can I ask what does Matchstrike Pulls mean?

EDIT: Should have searched 1st of course: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8617160 I have a couple Rough Riders with that style cut out, not that long though.

I would prefer no bail, they get caught on things easy in a pocket/bag and you're stuck with it even if you don't want it, or 2 useless holes.

A lanyard hole would be great though, nothing gets caught on them and it looks fine with a lanyard or not :)
 
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A matchstick pull is when there's little ridges in the pull notch.

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I'd like to throw one more option into the hat if its not too late.

An English Jack!

I am thinking a sheepsfoot main blade with a small secondary pen blade right next to it. It could have long pulls and be around 3.5 to 4 inches.

I cant wait to see where this goes. Last year I was only beginning to look back into traditional knives, and this year I am certainly getting in on the fun forum knife!

I like all the ideas so far!
 
Teardrop EO with a punch and jigged bone looks good to me (My original vote was for a trapper, but I think I can be easily swayed).

Edit: With lanyard
 
How many "slippies" in the big sceam of things have a Bail???;)







NOT MANY!!!:D


NO bail :grumpy::barf:
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Jigged bone EO Teardrop Jack with Matchstrike pulls. :) :thumbup:
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I like where you're headed. :thumbup: Chestnut Jigged bone, easy open, teardrop jack with matchstrike long pulls, a wharncliff secondary blade and lanyard hole would be pretty nice.
 
Warriorsociologist said:
Precisely why this one (our very special and unique 2011 knife) should have one... ;):D


I lean towards a bail, but it that is not in the cards, I would rather NOT have a lanyard hole.
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I agree. From a traditional standpoint I would say no bail or bail. An old EO would not have a lanyard hole. I think anyways.
 
navihawk said:
I agree. From a traditional standpoint I would say no bail or bail. An old EO would not have a lanyard hole. I think anyways.
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You are right, Steve!!

The only EOs with bails generally, were the Navy knives; Rope blade and Manicure tool. Of course there were special purpose odd exceptions.
Lanyard holes are very rare on any older knives, often hunting styles.

I have a suggestion. Last year (2010) we were nearly equally divided between jigged bone and ebony. I asked everyone to back jigged bone this year for those who narrowly missed their first choice of bone last year, and a lot of you are remembering your brothers!
So, when we get there, let's design the 2012 specifically for a bail! Some kind of utility, or hunter, and skip the bail this year.
We can only build one knife at a time, but by and by, we can build them all!!:D
 
I really like the idea of an EO with spear blade similar to what Charlie showed.

I also like the idea of a cap lifter for the secondary, but a blade would be OK too. If it's a blade, I would like to see a sheepsfoot, or similar shape, not a pen blade, which always just seems like a smaller spearpoint to me. I like 2 completely different blade shapes.

With or without bail makes no difference to me. I can't imagine that a bail would add much to the cost, and they are very easy to remove if you don't like them.

Personally, I don't really care if the final design is a copy of a pattern that has already been commonly produced. Having a different, or extra, feature just makes it more unique.
 
I am looking forward to hearing what Bill a GEC comes up with. Hopefully it will not be a tiny little 3 inch but closer to 3 3/4 inch.
Greg
 
Bill said he will quote us a price to do one, but would prefer to do it just as that knife is patterned. Nice wide spear, and a pen blade. 3 5/8" EO, (long enough for you Greg?).
Jigged bone handles. He can come up with an in-house Jigging (winterbottom or ??) that would be special for our knife.


Chris, Campbell and Andy, please don't think I'm stepping on your toes. Bill's an old friend, and I have another deal going with him, so I brought it up. The rest is up to you guys!:o
 
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