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.
I'd rather see a whittler or clip/coping combo again than clip/pen (which I have basically no interest in). They made so few.
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(ps: not for sale, please don't PM me)
Fox79 none of my conductors have halfstops on either blade. Doubt GEC would re-engineer the 33 to include them. IMO doesn't need them, still has nice snap opening and closing.
Normally I avoid slipjoints with blades that open from opposite ends because blade rub bothers me. Because my father was a railroad conductor the name appeals to me. Tried one, liked it, got a few more. But when the 3 blade models came out was certain there would be blade rub so passed.
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Bail gets in the way, but do prefer the coping secondary when the main is a clip.
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I'm hoping for a 33 as well, but the dealer I normally reserve with opened his reserves on the one day I didn't check for it, and apparently closed the reserves that same day. I missed it. Now, I will have to try to beat the lolly-scramble for them when they drop. My odds are not good, I imagine.
A nice acrylic would be nice.I hate to disappointment folks, but the 33’s are a result of the pandemic and shutdown this year. It’s a filler run to keep things going while they get ready for the next big run which is the “surprise”.
since the 33’s are a filler I think GEC is using what they have on hand for material. So we may only see the two cover options.
but we can all hope for a surprise acrylic cover or wood option.
I hate to disappointment folks, but the 33’s are a result of the pandemic and shutdown this year. It’s a filler run to keep things going while they get ready for the next big run which is the “surprise”.
since the 33’s are a filler I think GEC is using what they have on hand for material. So we may only see the two cover options.
I wish they would put one out with acrylic scales! I love the acrylics.Noooo, there’s going to be a lot of cover options, wicked acrylics and enough for everybody....except the flippers. Screw those guys.
That blue one.....WOWI am in for these but boy oh boy would I rather see more whittlers!
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Chocolate Almond peach-seed jigged bone was the best new GEC color of 2019.Chocolate bone wouldn't be bad. Or amber/antique autumn. Rust red, blood red, copperhead ... Lots of good posibilities.