2015 Forum Knife - It's Never Too Early To Think About the Next Blade Forum Knife

I prefer wood, but would be ok with micarta. The ivory colored covers on the knife two years ago looked nice, and other than that knife micarta hasn't been done recently. (I think....) I just want to see this knife produced, and would buy it in any material except for acrylic!
 
I wasn't a huge fan of the bolsterless design when I first saw it, but I must say that it is growing on me. I'm also not a huge micarta on traditional fan( I just much prefer wood/ bone), but for some reason I think some maroon micarta with the large pivots wouldn't look too bad.
Almost like an equal end slimmed down multi blade sodbuster.(okay that might be a bit of a stretch)
I will also say that I for one am happy with the length. I prefer a ~4" knife.
All I know is that I can't wait to see other options but also wouldn't mind refining the CS a little more and calling it quits. I'm just happy to witness the full process of this years forum knife. When I came around the stag jack was already in planning, and I really wasn't interested in traditionals anyways. So this is a pretty exciting thing to watch unfold.
And of course a big thanks to all of you who are making this possible!
 
Does Queen just show no interest in the forum knife? I really like that they use D2 and they have some pretty nice stuff lately.
 
Queen have made several in the past. Last year they couldn't fit it into their schedule if I remember correctly.
 
I think that the Canal Street offering, if it makes it to regular production, should be dubbed the "Knife from Ipanema" Why?
Tall and tan,
And sharp and lovely...
 
Grin. Hadn't thought of that song for quite a spell.
 
Ballenxj said:
Yes it does, and don't get me wrong but to me Micarta belongs on a more tactical knife with locks and such, or even a bushcraft style of knife. That's not a bad thing, but I was under the impression we were after a traditional design here.
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I like the CSC a lot. I also agree with Ballen. Micarta doesn't belong on traditional slipjoints. Thanks for all of your hard work.
-Tank
 
I like and have used Micarta, it looks good on the right knife, but for the life of me, I can't see why anyone would look at those beautiful prototypes produced by Eric, and think they'd look better if the wood was replaced by Micarta :confused: If it's a matter of 'toughness', wood is plenty 'tough' enough.
 
Micarta was developed over 100 years ago. Plastics have been used for knife handles even longer. Ergo, Micarta counts as traditional and could be chosen as the material for the knife covers.

That being said, I agree with Jack. I don't see the goodness in putting Micarta covers on Eric's latest piece of wizardry.
 
I enjoy the aging of natural Micarta, but for me it's all about the durability on a shadow pattern. I'd be the dolt that dropped it and split the wood on an end.

Am I the only one who'd enjoy the CSC a bit more in the 3.5in OAL range?
 
I'd probably prefer 3.5" over 4"... but keep the wood. I like micarta for heavier duty work knives, but I think this looks better with wood. If the ends are finished well it shouldn't be prone to cracking.
 
I love the 4" length, and the wood looks real nice. I'd be ecstatic to carry the CSC as it sits. However, since this is a "wish list" type of thread I'd prefer micarta. I really don't care too much about how traditional it's thought to be or whether it's been used before. This pattern would just be more appealing to me in a natural canvas micarta. I like micarta on a shadow pattern, plus the more knives I have in wood the more I realize I don't really care for it as a cover material. I'd prefer micarta enough that if this knife came out as is I'd modify it to have micarta scales.

I know we're still early in the year, but with CSC's offering being out for a little while now I'm wondering if we have a timeline on when we can expect to see what Case, GEC, and possibly Queen have to offer. This might all be academic depending on what else is offered.
 
I very much agree with you Cory.

Natural Micarta that's polished is a material that really suits a long sleek knife, any of you doubting just take a look at some of Bark Rivers' efforts with micarta.

Thanks, Will
 
Dr. Scott said:
Micarta has been used for knife handles for about 100 years. (I've never been able to find the first Micarta knife handles, but it was about 90-100 years ago.) So it has been accepted as fit and proper for traditional knives. In fact, 2013's traditional forum knife had ivory Micarta handle covers. So we might want to go for something different like red linen or natural canvas Micarta. Or maybe someone has a nice big stash of the coveted Westinghouse Micarta!

The first Micarta-like stuff was produced in the 19th century, but it was Westinghouse that began the large scale production in the early 20th century. They were looking for uses for the material, and knife handles were just one area where it was marketed.
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abbydaddy said:
I dunno, there's some pretty old fashioned knives that had micarta handles. Micarta predates the tactical trend, and some of the older customs that are currently residing in my safe (a friend inherited them) have quite handsome micarta scales.
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OK, I guess Micarta is not out of the question then, but I really liked the wood on Eric's examples thus far. :cool:
 
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