2018 BF Traditional Knife

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22-rimfire said:
Unique is a fleeting thing as you may recall GEC made essentially the forum knives later themselves. The blade forum stamp will make it unique.
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All of the GEC forum knives I can think of had at least one or two features that made it unique. For instance, the #13 Congress Jack had rat tail bolsters which were not repeated... even with a large run of 14’s, I bet they could make a pretty unique one for us.
 
skblades said:
CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE with Spark.

Okey doke, here we go. If Buck is chosen, we have to make sure that all 250 are sold/pre-sold to the forum. Spark does not want any excess sold for profit or mark up or even showing up on our site or any others. It changes only one thing for SK, and that is if Buck is chosen, then we'll have to fill the pre-order of 250 prior to the order of the knives. SK won't be able to sell any leftovers of any kind. What say you members of the forum?
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Thanks, SK! :thumbsup:

We've got a solid option in place for a Buck forum knife, including a dealer willing to handle the legwork, Spark's blessing, and a path to making the financial side of things work out. That is awesome! :D

Do we have all of those elements in place for GEC? Unless I've missed it in the thread, we do not. Crucially, the financial side for a potential GEC run is not in place. I'm not sure polling GEC vs. Buck makes sense until the GEC ducks are in a row.
 
I don't see hitting the "250 mark" as a problem. I also don't have a problem pre-paying as long as I have some idea as to what the knife will look like; dimensions, blade types, scales, and so forth.

As a general preference thing, I tend to stay away from stockman type slippies. But if the knife appeals to me, I would pre-order with payment in full. If it's a Buck, I'll take a look at it and decide.
 
I'm in for a Buck...over anything else that comes along. It almost sounds the mark might not be hit just because it's not a GEC...
 
Dadpool said:
Thanks, SK! :thumbsup:

We've got a solid option in place for a Buck forum knife, including a dealer willing to handle the legwork, Spark's blessing, and a path to making the financial side of things work out. That is awesome! :D

Do we have all of those elements in place for GEC? Unless I've missed it in the thread, we do not. Crucially, the financial side for a potential GEC run is not in place. I'm not sure polling GEC vs. Buck makes sense until the GEC ducks are in a row.
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You've nailed it on the head and rubber needs to meet the road. GEC needs a champion with a wallet. As of right now, it's just a nice thought. Does anyone want to take on the challenge of funding and logistics for a GEC knife?
 
draggat said:
All of the GEC forum knives I can think of had at least one or two features that made it unique. For instance, the #13 Congress Jack had rat tail bolsters which were not repeated... even with a large run of 14’s, I bet they could make a pretty unique one for us.
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I think GEC could do something unique as well. I think you just have to ask Bill Howard for suggestions. He knows what is planned for the #14 run already I suspect, and what could make the forum knife different.

My personal opinion is that there is a general preference for GEC to make the knife. I don't know all the history on the minimum order being lined up. In recent years I believe the 500 mark was hit. But that is just my sense of things rather than a factual statement.
 
To me it seems like we should come up with the consensus Buck model whilst we wait for the champion of the GEC cause. There have been so many Buck models mentioned that I couldn't yet say if I want one or not. Think I've seen mention of at least the 301, 303, 501, 503, 532, 55, 110, 112, and various fixed blades!
 
akaMatt said:
To me it seems like we should come up with the consensus Buck model whilst we wait for the champion of the GEC cause. There have been so many Buck models mentioned that I couldn't yet say if I want one or not. Think I've seen mention of at least the 301, 303, 501, 503, 532, 55, 110, 112, and various fixed blades!
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Excellent idea and I'm glad you mentioned it. I'm going to start a poll to determine this factor and I'll get the link up here.
 
Dadpool said:
Thanks, SK! :thumbsup:

We've got a solid option in place for a Buck forum knife, including a dealer willing to handle the legwork, Spark's blessing, and a path to making the financial side of things work out. That is awesome! :D

Do we have all of those elements in place for GEC? Unless I've missed it in the thread, we do not. Crucially, the financial side for a potential GEC run is not in place. I'm not sure polling GEC vs. Buck makes sense until the GEC ducks are in a row.
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skblades said:
You've nailed it on the head and rubber needs to meet the road. GEC needs a champion with a wallet. As of right now, it's just a nice thought. Does anyone want to take on the challenge of funding and logistics for a GEC knife?
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Therein lies our challenge, I think. Without the usual stalwarts at the reins, we require someone to fill those shoes in their stead. I am certainly not in a position to do so at this time, though it might be possible in the future. If we can't get someone(s) to take on the burden of being the liaison, organizer, and financier for a GEC option, it seems reasonable to continue on with the notion that Buck is our best bet for this year.
 
akaMatt said:
.... There have been so many Buck models mentioned that I couldn't yet say if I want one or not. Think I've seen mention of at least the 301, 303, 501, 503, 532, 55, 110, 112, and various fixed blades!
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Funny. I don't even know what many of those models are where as with GEC I generally know.
 
22-rimfire said:
I think GEC could do something unique as well. I think you just have to ask Bill Howard for suggestions. He knows what is planned for the #14 run already I suspect, and what could make the forum knife different.

My personal opinion is that there is a general preference for GEC to make the knife. I don't know all the history on the minimum order being lined up. In recent years I believe the 500 mark was hit. But that is just my sense of things rather than a factual statement.
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I've only been around long enough for two forum knives, and the 2016 edition was already produced when I joined up here. I do not know the production totals of the 35 Drover, but I know the 500 number for last year was largely because of the nature of the knife itself. TC Barlow was a guaranteed sell...
 
Pàdruig said:
I've only been around long enough for two forum knives, and the 2016 edition was already produced when I joined up here. I do not know the production totals of the 35 Drover, but I know the 500 number for last year was largely because of the nature of the knife itself. TC Barlow was a guaranteed sell...
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I think Charlie added something like 150 ebony harness jack sfo to the order so the total of 500 could be reached in 2016.
 
22-rimfire said:
I have one of Charlie's #14 SFO Barlows. Interesting that you think it was a guaranteed sell.
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I am referring to the forum knife for last year. It was a 15 TC Barlow. It was indeed a guaranteed sale due to the popularity surrounding the model, and I have heard it stated that due to that fact, the powers that be were comfortable having a 500 piece order that was solely comprised of the forum knife option.
 
jc57 said:
may find that if it's not a GEC, and the sales are limited to forum members only, that you may not hit that 250 number.
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It is worth keeping in mind that if SKBlades finds that the pattern would sell on the open market, he can list them for sale on our exchange. So long as he does it without profit.
(This would be done with the sole intent of making the forum knife a possibility, and done so out of kindness and respect for the forum, and traditional knives as a whole.)

He stated that if he has a standing order for 200, and 50 need to go, if he feels that they would sell, he may spring for it.

250 is the minimum, and so long as they are sold here and not for profit, they can still be sold after the initial pre-order by skblades skblades .
 
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Dadpool said:
Thanks, SK! :thumbsup:

We've got a solid option in place for a Buck forum knife, including a dealer willing to handle the legwork, Spark's blessing, and a path to making the financial side of things work out. That is awesome! :D

Do we have all of those elements in place for GEC? Unless I've missed it in the thread, we do not. Crucially, the financial side for a potential GEC run is not in place. I'm not sure polling GEC vs. Buck makes sense until the GEC ducks are in a row.
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This is exactly my thinking. Everyone can keep wishing for the GEC option, but out of all the GEC dealers out on the web, how many are in here in this thread offering to handle all the legwork and money? I hope an option presents itself, because a wide selection of choices is the point of the forum knife. But if there is no other choice available, I would hope everyone would support the Buck option.

I am of the mindset that guys that want to support the forum, the Porch, and the forum knife tradition, would buy a forum knife no matter what is chosen by the majority.

I sometimes get the feeling that the GEC addicts only buy a forum knife if it is a GEC, and otherwise they're not interested. But to each their own, spend your money however you want.
 
Rookie82 said:
This is exactly my thinking. Everyone can keep wishing for the GEC option, but out of all the GEC dealers out on the web, how many are in here in this thread offering to handle all the legwork and money? I hope an option presents itself, because a wide selection of choices is the point of the forum knife. But if there is no other choice available, I would hope everyone would support the Buck option.

I am of the mindset that guys that want to support the forum, the Porch, and the forum knife tradition, would buy a forum knife no matter what is chosen by the majority.

I sometimes get the feeling that the GEC addicts only buy a forum knife if it is a GEC, and otherwise they're not interested. But to each their own, spend your money however you want.
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I think you make some excellent points. There have certainly been past forum knives that have caught my eye and have not been GEC made but they occurred before my time here. Though I have been vocal in my support for GEC here, I have not even questioned whether or not I would buy whatever is decided upon. I feel as a contributing member of "The Porch" (I hope), it is almost a duty and most definitely an honor to take part in this process, all the way up to when it comes time to fork over the cash.
 
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