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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JohnDF said:
Same reason that people vote for a third party candidate in the presidential elections.
(I tried to make that as non-political as I could) :D
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Imagine that. People voting for what they actually want, even if their vote is unlikely to result in a win.

As I tell my students: “Voting isn’t about ‘winning’; it’s about making your voice heard.”
 
JohnDF said:
I hope the first cover material polls are general (wood, bone, acrylic, micarta)
Then we can get more specific with the winning material... with choices of bone color/jigging, or type of wood, etc.
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I completely understand this sentiment, but my opinion is different.

I generally prefer jigged bone over other options, but there are some specific woods that I may choose over some types of jigged handles. I'd hate to see bone win over wood when something like the tiger maple could have been an option.

I know this makes polling more complex, but I hate to eliminate possible options prior to knowing what they are.

Again, I absolutely see both sides, and am ultimately just happy to be part of the process.
 
cigarrodog said:
Just a thought. Nothing more. But with virtually no chance, the Fox option continues to slowly climb. Why?
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After reading this, I changed mine back. Why? It was my original choice of the three. I switched to GEC because I decided that the Buck was a non starter for me and I hoped that the blade on the GEC might go to a poll. Now that GEC is the clear winner, there's no reason to not vote for my first choice.
 
Osage Orange is an all-American wood. Any knife collection without it is incomplete.
Wikipedia says: “Osage orange's pre-Columbian range was largely restricted to a small area in what is now the United States, namely the Red River drainage of Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas, as well as the Blackland Prairies and post oak savannas.”
It also says: “The heavy, close-grained yellow-orange wood is dense and prized for tool handles, treenails, fence posts, and other applications requiring a strong dimensionally stable wood that withstands rot. Although its wood is commonly knotty and twisted, straight-grained Osage orange timber makes good bows, as once used by Native Americans. John Bradbury, a Scottish botanist who had traveled the interior United States extensively in the early 19th century, reported that a bow made of Osage timber could be traded for a horse and a blanket.
 
H2O2HI said:
Osage Orange is an all-American wood. Any knife collection without it is incomplete.
Wikipedia says: “Osage orange's pre-Columbian range was largely restricted to a small area in what is now the United States, namely the Red River drainage of Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas, as well as the Blackland Prairies and post oak savannas.”
It also says: “The heavy, close-grained yellow-orange wood is dense and prized for tool handles, treenails, fence posts, and other applications requiring a strong dimensionally stable wood that withstands rot. Although its wood is commonly knotty and twisted, straight-grained Osage orange timber makes good bows, as once used by Native Americans. John Bradbury, a Scottish botanist who had traveled the interior United States extensively in the early 19th century, reported that a bow made of Osage timber could be traded for a horse and a blanket.
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Agreed.
 
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