2019 Traditional Forum Knife...The First Poll

Which pattern will be the basis for the 2019 Traditional Forum Knife (see post for details)

  • GEC 86

    Votes: 212 52.3%

  • Fox knives 521

    Votes: 33 8.1%

  • Buck 192 (Vanguard) fixed blade

    Votes: 160 39.5%
  • Total voters
    405
  • Poll closed .
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meako said:
Earmark one of them on layby for next year....OR how's this for an idea?
A six monthly annual trad forum knife ?
Huh ? Huh?...how bout that,?
We could have double the polls a d
Double the arguments....yowwch! who threw that tomato ?
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Rhetoric...not arguments...sounds nicer and more civilized. :eek:
 
Is it too late to add an option to the poll where everyone just buys an Opinel (your choice of size, steel) and a wood burning kit? Both could be yours for well under $100 (probably under $50), and we can all customize our own 2019 BladeForums knives! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
btb01 said:
Is it too late to add an option to the poll where everyone just buys an Opinel (your choice of size, steel) and a wood burning kit? Both could be yours for well under $100 (probably under $50), and we can all customize our own 2019 BladeForums knives! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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:D:D:D
 
I'll add to the wrench throwing and say that I would buy both if they were both selected 2019 BFTK

It really is a tough decision.
 
Camillus said:
Why not choose both?

We can do it easily enough.

The GEC for 2019
The Buck for 2020

That way we solve the current impasse and save ourselves a lot of effort next year :)
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So how would the dot continue beyond this year? Or would some new more awesome thing start a new decade?
 
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knarfeng said:
FIRST: Much thanks to Mike (knifeswapper) and Steve (skblades). They have both put in a lot of work to find this year’s forum knife candidates. Personally, I may have to flip a three sided coin to figure out which I vote for.

SECOND: A reminder of the overall process
This year will be much like last year for the overall process. A lot of hard work is going into this with no profit in it for anyone except maybe the knife manufacturer. We don’t want to set this up just so a flipper can come along and turn a fat profit on the backs of others. So this is a “members only” set up.

Who can buy: Any BladeForums member in good standing. That would be one who has been a member for at least 3 months prior to this post and has 30 posts on BF spread over at least that amount of time. (Note: if the posts are all, "nice knife" or similar, they don't count.) The posts need not be in Traditional. They can be in any of the discussion forums. But if they are all in the exchange, then that’s not what we are looking for, either. If you are missing a bit on the qualifying parameters, you can ask for a waiver. We gave a lot of them last year.

One caveat for our foreign members, Mike can’t ship overseas. So if he ends up being our vendor, something will have to be worked out. We don’t have an answer to that issue at this time.

Once the knife is dialed in, there will be an order thread. You enter your name on it if you want to buy a knife. Gary and I will record the user names and confirm eligibility. Our vendor will have access to that list. We’ll send each person on the list a link to a page on the vendor’s web site. The page won’t be visible from the vendor’s store front. You must use the link. You can buy one knife or two. The order blank will have a place for your BF user name. You will need to fill that in. Orders will only be accepted from folks on the approved list.

Payment will be due at time of placing your order. Once the ordering thread is closed, our vendor places the order for exactly that many knives. The knives get made and shipped to us when finished. If there are any quality issues with the knife, it will be between the buyer and the manufacturer. Because we are all paying up front and are buying exactly that number of knives, our vendor won’t have any extras.

NOW
The first poll.
The first poll this year is to choose the basic knife pattern. Once the basic pattern is chosen, subsequent poles will work out the fine points on that choice. This poll will be open for 7 days. If you hate all the choices and will just not be buying a forum knife this year, please don't vote.

The choices are:
♦ A GEC 86 with a single Sheepsfoot blade in 1095.
This 86 configuration would be exclusive to the BladeForums 2019 knife. Covers, shield, and bolsters to be determined in future polls. Image from Collector Knives, 2/15/19
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♦ A single blade slipjoint from Fox Knives in Italy based on their model 521.
Blade steel and covers to be determined in future poles. I think the blade steel is limited to stainless. The blade length is 3.3 inches and the closed length is 4.4 inches. As shown in the picture, it weighs 3.3 ounces. The blade thickness at the tang is 0.1 inch. (I'm giving more description on this because this one is a bit hard to find on the web.)
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♦ A Buck 192 (Vanguard) fixed blade. This has a 4 1/4 inch blade.
Blade Steel, Handle Material, Guard, Butt, Spacers, and Sheath are options to be determined in future poles if this is chosen.
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You spelled "Buck 102" incorrectly.

All joking aside, I had to go with the Buck Vanguard.

I'm quite intrigued by Fox Knives and I've heard great things about their fit and finish and like their stainless offerings. I just can't see myself using a traditional knife with a blade length over 3" these days.

I'd be all over the GEC 86 with a different configuration. I feel like it large size is BEGGING for a large clip or drop point with a smaller, secondary wharncliffe.
 
Man, what a hard choice. Really like the the GEC, but a fixed bladed forum knife,wow. Voted for the Vanguard.
 
Because it's close a duo option may seem right and attractive. But since a lot of the OTHER details, scale material, spacers, shield, guard, steel, blade finish have not even been polled you could get a lot of people dropping out and end up with two very small orders.....:rolleyes: I can't see GEC being interested in making a Forum Knife with just about 100 customers..nor Buck.

But if a duo option can be done then fine!

I'm certainly not buying both though :eek: The GEC is an absolute non starter for me unless that Sheepfoot is replaced or AT LEAST WE HAVE A SAY in the blade style;) It's only a single blade so therefore it's totally reasonable to expect that we can choose the blade- Spear,Clip,Drop-Point or Sheepfoot. And that sabre grind is the death knell:D

Buck's option with a host of choice possibilities makes it far better from my p.o.v. at least. True, I'd prefer a smaller fixed blade but as it stands Buck is far more accommodating they are even prepared to countenance a carbon offering. When did GEC ever even hint that stainless could be an option for their Forum Knife??? They've made 6 Forum knives all carbon, all good knives but the one they're suggesting this time, as it stands, polarises me I'm afraid.
 
I wonder if Buck would do a FFG 192.

THAT would be something special!

Should be interesting how the vote goes this weekend as the weekend warriors start logging in with this massive thread staring them in the face.
 
knifeswapper said:
We should post of picture of it with stag skins and an M390 blade and a $80 sticker on it - would that help? ;)
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I dunno but that seems like an expensive sticker, but it probably is a real fancy sticker and stickers just seem so .... sticky.... I’d probably just remove it any way
;)
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