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.
Not all EU countries are the same....JP get's it easy at 20% here it's 24% of the invoice value and delivery costs, then Finnish Posti charges you a further 3.50€ for allowing you to (eventually) get your parcel
So, these considerations are important to us European buyers, even gifts get taxed now!
The Keychain knife is interesting, good to have a choice of blades, the idea is nice but it would have to be pretty inexpensive to make it credible. Plus I have to say that most of the Sambar seen so far, is not looking very distinguished at all. Then, 96 USD plus about 20 shipping plus the tax, plus the Posti fee comes to 147 USD / c.125 € for a 2.5" inch novelty type? Not on.
Old Engineer
you got a beauty!!! 
takokato
I hope you like your stag! It's a slippery slope. Personally, my favorite is super thin and really gnarly.
At least we shall have no regret when reading "CONUS only"!Not all EU countries are the same....JP get's it easy at 20% here it's 24% of the invoice value and delivery costs, then Finnish Posti charges you a further 3.50€ for allowing you to (eventually) get your parcel
So, these considerations are important to us European buyers, even gifts get taxed now!
The Keychain knife is interesting, good to have a choice of blades, the idea is nice but it would have to be pretty inexpensive to make it credible. Plus I have to say that most of the Sambar seen so far, is not looking very distinguished at all. Then, 96 USD plus about 20 shipping plus the tax, plus the Posti fee comes to 147 USD / c.125 € for a 2.5" inch novelty type? Not on.
I'm with ya' brother. I am priced out of the market now, i finally could have purchased a GEC, because they are normally well and truly gone before i get a chance, time zone difference, but the cost of buying one of these with converting the dollar and shipping, well out of my league now with our falling dollar.. Sadly i had to let it go, and i collect sheepsfoot knives. But reading your post, you really cop it where you don't want too, hip pocket.Not on.
You're the club house leader by that far.
Well now you must post pics…
Now I gotta see it! Pics?
I think on the larger knives, the more gnarly the stag, the better. But on smaller knives, I think smoother might be better.
There's nothing wrong with smooth polished stag... in the right curcumstance, I like it myself, but I have to disagree here. Gnarly stag is ALWAYS good!
Thanks, I thought this would be a good way to get my feet wet. From pictures, I’ve always been drawn to the stag with a bit of yellow. We shall see what we see.Cripes! I thought we had it bad here with our 9.75% sales tax! I did see the knife for slightly less at the vendor who had a few available, but I agree that is a lot for basically what is a novelty knife.
The stag does look hit or miss, but
This is probably because the blades are the secondary blades from the 38 whittler.
I was expecting to see a terrible knife and have been pleasantly surprised . As for the Proud Tip , and from looking at the Nail Nick location , it is probably an easy and quick fix by filing the Kick very carefully and watching what you are doing . It is very easy to over do it .Ok then. Someone will probably say this stag is awesome. I was disappointed that the stag didn't match in color or pattern. Also, the proud tip.
That’s not bad. From what I’ve seen, the majority of these knives have smooth stag, which I think works well on these small knives. The proud blade is a bit disappointing, but an easy fix.Ok then. Someone will probably say this stag is awesome. I was disappointed that the stag didn't match in color or pattern. Also, the proud tip.
I would give filing the kick a try like Harry suggested, I have done it before successfully