8,000 posts! The Winners have been Chosen!!

Above all else I love the diversity in knives. Traditionals provide diversity in knives more than any else. Blade shapes, combinations, shields, handle materials all combine to lead to endless diversity. The value of a good working class slipjoint is in line with Opinels and Moras, and can climb as high as your wallet can imagine. Plus the fact that so many have been used hard means there is an almost endless supply of cheap knives to take apart and learn how to modify. Earlier today I carried a knife that had a Wharncliffe that I modified out of a badly recurved main clip blade, combined with a small clip blade and a punch (giving a straight blade and a blade with belly and a tool for boring and non-cutting uses) in brown jigged bone and currently I have a Hawskbill/spey combo (concave and convex blades) in stag with pinched and grooved bolsters. I've learned a lot so far, and love that there is a lot more to learn.

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I was very surprised to find out that I qualified for the contest, thank you for the opportunity.
Kris
 
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Oh my...

Favorite fact/dumbest business move: The death of LF&C as an independent company began when they tried to sell an entire year's production at auction as a single lot.
 
Thank you for your 8000 posts! The forum is richer for your presence!

My first pocket knives were traditional knives. I grew away from them as I grew up, though, turning towards fixed blades and "modern" folders. Recently I have rekindled my romance with traditionals. (I blame this forum!) I spend hours surfing the net looking at the patterns that I've been lusting after, examining all the different interpretations the various makers have. I still carry a modern folder, but to me it is just a tool. When I cut something with a traditional knife, I feel classier just for using it!

Thanks for the chance and a very generous giveaway!

Here's a picture of a grinder that was in an old belt-driven machine shop in my home town, and some of the belt shafts, just for a little visual stimulai.

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These photos of the older buildings are just sooo great, and they go hand in hand with what Charlie is trying to tell us.
If you steal something as a kid... the chances are, the next month, hey - possibly year, you arent going to own that item that you stole, but you still carry that shame forever with you.
If you work so hard to earn something..as in a paper round in the mornings, doing lawns and weeding for the older folk -( who paid you like they were still back in their hey-days - sound familiar? ) and you get something that you aimed for..well you treasure that thing like nothing else, and you look after it - no matter what... This is what the Traditional mannerism is all about.
I pick up my old Cattle knives, or Easy openers, and then I look up after being spell bound for some time and see my lovely Lady just looking at me studying this wonderfull knife.... how do you explain what Traditionals do for you?....but at that moment my Lady can actually SEE what they do to me.
I just dont want to leave the world of Traditional knives.
 
I've said this before, but I'll say it again, as the reasons haven't changed.

I like traditional knives, especially ones like the stockman and congress, because you get so much usefulness in such a small package. The variety lets you handle almost any cutting task expertly, without having to "make do" with a less appropriate knife.

I like traditional knives because they feel more "honest" than the modern "tactical" knives. I feel foolish whipping out a 4" blacked-out blade to cut a loose thread or clean my fingernails.

I like traditional knives because I feel they connect me with a disappearing generation of people who had it harder than I do and didn't complain about it.

Thanks for the chance.
 
Congrats on 8,000, Charlie! Your contributions to this and other forums are what makes BF a great place.

I would be honored to participate in your giveaway.

A cool fact that I had heard from a former BF member in the schrade forum: He was talking about the building where they did celluloid handles, and said the roof was designed to be not fully attached, so in the event of an explosion, the blast would be able to escape upward. That celluloid was crazy stuff...

Thanks for the chance.

Glenn
 
This past year i got the traditional bug i've always had them sense age 5 but strayed away for the super steels and locks but i got my head right and hungry so eventually i'll have 100 posts here. cheers
 
I was wrong, I have been posting in the traditional section since 2009. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/609717-Richard-Rogers-Sowbelly-Stockman Just look at the guys who helped me out when I was such a newbie :) How quickly people can forget.

Just funny to go back and look at that thread. One of the first threads I made. Wow, things changed a lot in the last three years. Now I actually know a TINY bit about traditionals and their history :)

There is a lot that I like about traditionals. One thing that I think is first and foremost would be the simple no BS design. For the most part I can see how most traditional designs had a certain purpose. The more utilitarian a pattern the better! I really like the endless amount of history the traditional knife world brings into my life. Its a lot different then other sections of the knife world.

While I have to say I have met some people that I call friends, (not just on my buddy list), in other areas then the traditional section, there is no lack of good people here. That would be another reason I love traditionals. Whether its an old timer showing his constant companion for 30+ years or a younger guy just getting into it, there always seems to be one thing in common, passion and good ole' boys for the lack of a better word.

It is not to say that modern folders do not have pride behind them, they can and do. But the pride that really gets me is the builders of the slipjoints. Hand fitting everything and taking pride in the work they do. Its one thing to take pride in the work that your $$$$$$$ CNC machine does, and its another to take pride in the work you do with your own two hands.

I like how traditionals are to me timeless. Like the 1911 is to me. Seems to me the majority of men and women of my generation don't work like the men and women of the generations before. I will take time proven designs that may be humble, yet work. I like humble and I like designs that just make sense.

Thanks for the chance.

This is a topic I could write pages on and I am not a great writer so I am clicking "post quick reply" now :)
 
Charlie thanks for the chance.
I love traditional's for many reasons. They harken back to a time when a knife was considered a tool and not a weapon. They come in all shapes and sizes that you can never get bored with. They just feel great in the hand when being used. I'll stop now because I'm not a wordsmith, but I'll end with I just like em.
 
First I would like to say what a fantastic giveaway Charlie, uncommonly generous. I was a few posts short of the 100, so I got crackin' and upped my posting to 3 a day for the last 4 days, huge undertaking for me. I knew next to nothing about traditional cutlery when I stumbled into this, my favourite sub-forum a year and a half ago. And as I was taught, kindly of course, "Boy, you don't know nothing, so don't say nothing. Sit and learn" and I like to think I now know twice as much as next to nothing.
What I find most impressive about these fine tools, is just how precise everything is made to fit. I have maybe 3 really terribly made old slippies and holding one of them up to a good one shows me the difference between doing the best you can, and doing enough to slide through. Kind of a slice of life I guess.
Rob
 
I'm just checking in to congratulate you on 8000 and say that you are a cornerstone of the traditional forum and a wealth of knowledge and personality.
Edited to change to checking in from lurking, as I'm not around here much. Nice watch slider........
Charlie, I guess I will jump in. Here's the daily user that has been my edc now since I've had it. Nothing like ebony.Ebony is one of the first handle materials because of it's durability. When youlook at old knives, the ebony handled ones seem to be the ones most intact.
Good luck to everyone.
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Amazingly Generous, wow, I feel humbled to be here.

I love how the natural materials used in the traditional knives show their history. This knife has a very nice Ivory, that when new was a pure milky white, not it displays proudly my use, not to mention how the blade displays it's history. The fruitport is side by side with my Grand Fathers watch, a Vintage Vacheron from the 1950s (Band is not original).


Thank you so much for the Chance
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Calling all you old hands around here!
Get an entry in and win a knife!! It's easy! Anyone of any gender can do it!!:D
(A tip of the hat to a famous Wilfredian;))
 
Charlie - this is very cool and generous giveaway. Congratulations on 8,000! I'm sure that I'm not alone in saying that your presence on these forums has enriched and benefited all of us here in knifeland.

On any given day, I might be a tactical guy or a traditional sort of fellow. For me, good quality slipjoint knives have a "soul" that most non-custom production knives can't begin to match. Sure, I like to explore the newest steels and designs, but I get just as giddy when I'm able to grab hold of a special slipjoint. For example, I just picked up this '77 vintage jewel on our favorite auction site. It's from the time AG Russell owned the Hen & Rooster shop in Germany. Now this little guy has character! I couldn't be happier if I had a Sebenza on the way.

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Traditional knives…tradition - the bonding of people through what they imagine, create, form and make. The many patterns, hold in their essence, a lesson and a link to our collectiveness. A tangible reminder of knowledge gained and yet to be understood. Then, after, and being, leads to wisdom. Wisdom that then can and must be shared.
To offer ones wisdom is said, to be divine. And only then really expresses itself fully. Thank you for the kindness that you do so and the tone that you set here on this forum.
 
congrats on awesome post count. Thank you for chance. What I like traditionals is the spirit and feeling of the knife which can be described with one word: character. Modern knives are made same specs and same materials. Very little variation among knives but in traditionals dye, materials, grain and jigging makes all knives unique as does most traditional knives are partly or whole hand assembled and finished. Each traditional knife has their character and behavior which modern knives lack.
 
Charlie congrats on 8000 and thank you for all you do for the "Traditional" community. One of my favorite things about traditional knives is that I feel they have a personality, much more so than "modern" folders. There is just something about a traditional knife when it calls to you, it becomes your companion. Thank you for the giveaway and keep those HJ's coming! :D

Nathan
 
Just bumping the thread up. Go to the first post for the announcement of the winners!!
 
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