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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
2018 BF Traditional Knife
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Glad you liked it. It was just a thought. I have never ordered a forum knife because my nails don't hold up when I use nail nicks. This would allow me to own a forum knife! That is if I could figure out how to pay for it.
How about a 500? You get a little longer blade. Personally, 2 1/2 inches is the shortest I would ever go for a knife blade.
Now the real questions are what blade steel and style for the knives? Also, what material (and color) for the scales?
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From what I understand, it's a matter of engineering first, and then setting up the tooling. Technically it's possible, but I'd have to order some insane number of knives to make it happen. Like 5,000 or more.
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I like the idea of a FFG blade from Buck myself. Personally, I'll skip the swedge. The more complicated the knife, the smaller chance of it being produced.
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This could be a long response, so brace yourselves!
To address the custom shop idea, let me run through a couple of routes for you to give you an idea of how this could work at Buck.
1. Everyone could technically order the same type of knife through the custom shop via the "Build a Custom Knife" feature on the Buck Website with individual orders. You could organize a mass individual order event through there and get the same knife made. This would allow Buck to ship directly to each person. Problem is that you are limited solely to the options listed there and no others (no shield alteration, special steels etc). Also, you would only be able to build a 501 or 503 through that feature with limited steel options. The 301 and 303 are not available.
2. If you want to make a large coordinated special order directly from Buck, you will need someone who is a dealer to make that order and coordinate with Buck on the knife. Buck would not handle the shipping, the dealer would still need to handle that, or whomever wanted that responsibility. Buck will require a minimum order on this, and will definitely be at least 250. If Buck is the choice, SK would be happy to handle this portion.
Personally, I would LOVE to do a 500 series. We've been talking about it for awhile, it's handsome little knife.
So to address the original question, no, there is no reason Buck couldn't do 2 different knives! Someone is going to have to shoulder the financial burden of at least 500 custom knives in total for both. I personally think it's a great idea to do both. If Buck is chosen, we could run 2 separate polling campaigns to get these built. One for the 301/303 and one for the 501/503. My gut says you do the 301/303 first (and make this one the "Official BF Knife: edit), get it sorted and get the order in, and then start the 500 series with polling etc, as another project, but not the "Official BF" knife.
Last bit regarding the custom box or pouch, I will inquire tomorrow on what options could be available there. That is a killer idea and I'd bet they have something.
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A two knife option may have its attractions, but it will be complicated to bring it off and I personally think it would be a dilution of the Forum Knife, as it becomes Knives. Identity thing.
In the past, a poll has eliminated proposed models and I think that system should continue.
In the past, a poll has eliminated proposed models and I think that system should continue.
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Just ran a Buck 501 Squire through the customizer on the Buck site. S30V steel with rivets and a common wood handle, leather case, Blade Forums 2018 engraved on the blade -$93.50. So that definitely comes in under $100 and I am hoping a bulk order gets some discount. Maybe an alternative to the basic wood handle could be offered but those add to the price quickly.
I like the idea of an American made knife so I hope that portion of the plan works out.
Thanks to those leading the charge and I hope we all fall happily in line with the project shortly down the road. I organized something like this once for a special fedora hat for a group of about 50. Eventually it all took shape and I believe everyone who participated was happy with the result and those hats were shipped individually from Australia. Many months of part time work for the organizer and working with the vendor in a very different time zone made it interesting.
,,,Mike in Canada
I like the idea of an American made knife so I hope that portion of the plan works out.
Thanks to those leading the charge and I hope we all fall happily in line with the project shortly down the road. I organized something like this once for a special fedora hat for a group of about 50. Eventually it all took shape and I believe everyone who participated was happy with the result and those hats were shipped individually from Australia. Many months of part time work for the organizer and working with the vendor in a very different time zone made it interesting.
,,,Mike in Canada
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Not in my part of the world, you don't see a lot of stockmen - at least, until Schrade started back up under Taylor Brands, and since then stockmen patterns have started reappearing in the sporting goods stores. Over here single bladed jack knives are most common, such as the Spyderco and Gerber, and normally they are in synthetic materials. The Buck 501 and larger Buck 110 Chinese knock-offs are abundant, and ubiquitous, and the quality is generally appalling.
It's not a reason not to select the 501 as this year's forum knife. Just an observation about the prevalence of the pattern - both good and bad.
It's not a reason not to select the 501 as this year's forum knife. Just an observation about the prevalence of the pattern - both good and bad.
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My reply was not specifically pointed at a Buck option. Perhaps i don't understand the details of crowdfunding sites, however it's a way for people to pre-pay somebody in full with a bit more security than paypalling somebody direct. I've learned that over the years, a small service fee charge to use a tool that assists the organizers/responsible parties to make things easier is a positive thing. If it can be bypassed, great! If the subforum is concerned about somebody fronting the huge bill upfront, well, here's an option around that. I'll crawl back in my hole now. Excelsior!
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