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knifeswapper said:
If I can help, I will. Just keep in mind that you will lose some hardliners and gain some more modern minded; I don't imagine the interest will wain, just different faces. I have not had a new frame project yet get completed within 1 year; so between that and the technology setup fees, you are probably limited to an existing frame.
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Otnat with a clip secondary. Couldn’t be touched for $100, but would be a cool combo.
 
Jsega51 said:
The one good thing you can get though is upgraded steel vs 1095 but I wouldn’t be swayed by that alone, I agree that they look too modern.
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Gotta remember though, to a lot of us 1095 IS the upgraded steel, over all that weird stainless stuff ;)


But yeah, way too modern. If they could do a run with the screws covered, great, but the change in tooling is almost as bad as the change to pins wild be... it'll never (realistically) happen.
 
Ice Tigre said:
Gotta remember though, to a lot of us 1095 IS the upgraded steel, over all that weird stainless stuff ;)
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LOL, oh I wasn’t slamming 1095 in the least, I love it on my GEC’s. The collectors really shouldn’t care what steel they have since the knives just sit in the tubes or a display. As for users, most folders are limited to simple daily tasks so the difference in steel isn’t much of an issue there either.
 
How about a simple GEC Farm & Field Sodbuster knife? We could have the Bull Nose etch eliminated and choose any cover material we wanted. I chose to show this picture of one with Tortoise Shell covers to show how attractive one of these knives could be. At 3 7/8" closed, it would be an easy carry knife.

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Maserin could be considered as a source as long as they didn't use those silly torx screws.
 
knifeswapper said:
Buffing the heads off the torx wouldn't take re-tooling; it would just make the factory cry every time they did it.
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True, that is one way to do it. Not optimal, but the easiest.

Even I might cry doing that, thinking of the pain it'd be to fix if ever any of that hardware loosened.. ;)
 
I have been very pleased with Mike's LionSteel SFOs and am very much looking forward to the Warhorse when it becomes available. The M390 is as nice a stainless as one could ask for, the f&f is pretty top notch, and the design features are a very nice crossover between modern and traditional. They also can be had at a tremendous value, in my opinion.

That being said, I would have to agree that unless they sought to incorporate more "traditional" looking features like pinned construction and such, the risk of alienating a large number of folks becomes rather high.

The Maserin Plows (1st Gen) that passed through my hands were a bit of a wonder. That thin D2 blade is incredible. Aside from the obvious rough f&f, I thought it to be a rather fine knife.
 
Modoc ED said:
The way we financed last years knife was perfect - via an advanced invoice order. The money was there when the knives were ordered and I thought @SK Blades did an excellent job.
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I agree with this 100%. I was very impressed with how Stephen handled the SFO. I really hope that folks recognize and appreciate the enormous amount of work and stress that he, as well as former organizers, have had to endure to bring us these knives, year after year.
 
Ice Tigre said:
True, that is one way to do it. Not optimal, but the easiest.

Even I might cry doing that, thinking of the pain it'd be to fix if ever any of that hardware loosened.. ;)
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Same process as a pinned knife. Ruin the slabs, nip the fastener, go back after it. I have seen knives made this way that you would have not known the difference unless you tore it apart.
 
knifeswapper said:
Same process as a pinned knife. Ruin the slabs, nip the fastener, go back after it. I have seen knives made this way that you would have not known the difference unless you tore it apart.
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Yes, I've built several like that myself that you couldn't tell the difference. But from a makers standpoint for warrenty work, I'd still cringe to do it.

In my experience a pinned knife is much much easier to re-do than blended screws, with less ruined parts, if the knife ever loosens up.


Of course none of this is either here nor there, a bit academic, since the odds of needing to do it to either type of knife are so slim...

IF they ever build them with the blended screws I'll worry if I can afford it, and then if I care how it's assembled under how it looks ;)
 
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