2012 Traditional Forum Knife - let's begin discussion.

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What about a Sowbelly Trapper with a clip and a skinner or even a Wharncliffe?
maybe 3-3/4 closed, Sowbelly shield and jigged bone? Hard to beat that! It would be
something GEC doesn't have in production. Big enough for the BF tang stamp!


Jason
 
bakerg2g said:
What about a Sowbelly Trapper with a clip and a skinner or even a Wharncliffe?
maybe 3-3/4 closed, Sowbelly shield and jigged bone? Hard to beat that! It would be
something GEC doesn't have in production. Big enough for the BF tang stamp!


Jason
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Something like this fine example from Rick Menefee perhaps? Only with bolsters and some nice jigged bone?

I have to agree. That would make one fine forum knife.

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^^^^I think I like that one more as a shadow pattern than that one with bolsters^^^^
 
Was asked to express opinion on Buck forum knife. I am not a Buck employee or have a direct line to Buck folks. I talk to them at knife shows.

That said, Buck would build a knife if enough pieces are ordered. I am guessing from having heard it once, that it would take a minimum of 300 knives ordered, but I could be wrong. AG Russell currently has them building a custom Canoe. As in all things the more costly the material the more costly the knife.

Someone of authority must contact Buck. Try JHouser@buckknives.com he is customer relations manager.

What would I like to see in a Buck forum knife???. How about a medium trapper, stag, with clip and warcliff blades. Or to save money jigged bone and regular clip and spey blades. But in either case special Bladeforum etched escutcheon plate or special medallion.

Or a medium stockman in stag with special BF escutcheron plate or medallion, specify that scales will match if stag. (this pet peeve of mine on matching scales has fallen short in lots of older Buck stag models.)

300Bucks
 
I would definitely be keen on a buck knife if they were to do a full grind on the blade...love every buck I have, they are sturdy performers but that little flat has irked me so bad! lol who knows? we might get the numbers for a different company but I'm still leaning towards GEC.
 
It would be cool to see a doctors knife w/Pen blade executed by GEC. I think they would make an interesting version.
 
markv said:
in my humble opinion, the wharncliff is the coolest looking blade around, but it is not user friendly
if you engage the work piece with the point and apply much pressure the blade will snap.

the pointy leading edge is excellent for removing splinters and slicing through paper and plastic, but otherwise not much good for anything else.

mho

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I respectfully disagree. I have yet to break a blade on a wharncliffe, but I have managed to snap tips off several sheepsfoot blades. I think it may be because I take a bit more care with the fine point, whereas I tend to use the sheepsfoot for rough work. I love the wharncliffe for whittling, it allows me to make much tighter inside curves.
 
Someone just ask Ryu to make 150 congress jacks already, he'll give a discount, right?:thumbup:
 
seadweller said:
Please have GEC to make us a 3 5/8" to 3 3/4" whittler with split backsprings, cattle frame with stag or jigged bone, master clip, pen and sheetfoot as secondary, and definitely swedges on all three blades. I agree with Jack, just like the third one from the top. Please .. please .. pretty please!!!

supratentorial said:
Hmmm... I vote for a split backspring whittler on the frame of a sowbelly or cattle knife like the ones shown below. With sheep foot, spey, and clip or spear. 3 5/8" to 3 3/4" closed.

Third down from the top:
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Your check is in the mail. ;)

yobbos1 said:
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I would be all over this one.
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I think that's a great idea! :thumbup:

jujigatame said:
I say Congress Jack.

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I'd be thrilled with that knife too.

bakerg2g said:
What about a Sowbelly Trapper with a clip and a skinner or even a Wharncliffe?
maybe 3-3/4 closed, Sowbelly shield and jigged bone? Hard to beat that! It would be
something GEC doesn't have in production. Big enough for the BF tang stamp!


Jason
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A Sowbelly Wharncliffe Trapper would be neat!
 
I am at a loss as to understand the almost faddish trend toward wharncliff style blades. I use my knives, and don't see anything a wharncliff blade is practical for that a more sturdy sheepsfoot wouldn't be able to accomplish. Except perhaps whittling, but I never had much reason during the course of my day to have to fashion a wooden chain. And an X-acto knife would probably excel there if the need arose (probably heresy here, but I call 'em like I see 'em). I did see the mention of the closed sheepsfoot vs. wharncliff when using another blade in a multiple blade knife, but the sheepsfoot blade on my old Schrades has never been noticeably in my way. Just how tight are you gripping a pocket knife when using a pen blade to have the raised back of a sheepsfoot hurt your fingers, or seem like it's in the way? And most clip blades have enough of a point to accomplish normal everyday knife tasks if the point is the main concern. On top of that, I guess it's just me, but I don't find them at all esthetically pleasing. In fact, they look just plain ugly to me. Give me a spear or clip main and a sheepsfoot or spey secondary any day. And a single blade wharncliff? No thanks, just don't see the utility of it.
 
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I really think we should have the folks who will be heading up the effort selected before these threads start. (I know I sound like a broken record, since we seem to want to to this backward every year.) :D.
 
For me, it's the placement of the hump formed by the tip of the sheepsfoot. On a stockman with a shorter sheepsfoot, it seldom bothers me, but on the congress that hump falls right on the tendons of the first joint of my middle finger, which I find very annoying. The Congress Jack shown would solve that problem by moving that hump to the other end of the handle. As for utility, I have yet to find a utility task that sheepsfoot does better than wharncliffe. Straight edge is straight edge, regardless of what the spine does, but the sharper point will get into spaces the blunt end of the sheepsfoot won't. It works great for getting under zip ties, for example.
 
Bastid said:
I really think we should have the folks who will be heading up the effort selected before these threads start. (I know I sound like a broken record, since we seem to want to to this backward every year.) :D.
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Common sense and efficiency? C'mon Gus, I thought you knew us better! :D
 
Gunstock Jack, Swell End Jack, Congress Jack, Doctors Knife!
 
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I'd be interested in a clip main blade with an awl and wharncliff/sheepsfoot secondaries.
 
Railsplitter said:
Something like this fine example from Rick Menefee perhaps? Only with bolsters and some nice jigged bone?

I have to agree. That would make one fine forum knife.

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Now THAT is a fine looker right there! Love the smoothed micarta, too. Thanks for sharing that, Railsplitter :thumbup:
 
Bastid said:
I really think we should have the folks who will be heading up the effort selected before these threads start. (I know I sound like a broken record, since we seem to want to to this backward every year.) :D.
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I suppose you like to read the directions before you start assembly as well :p
 
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