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.
Hey, last night I placed an order for one of these inadvertently. Had multiple tabs open and maybe a whiskey or two.Added static order link in FAQ section since people keep dismissing the notices and then ask how to restore them - https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/
UPDATE 12/6: GEC has shipped first two batches to me, expected to arrive here next week. Orders are now back open, if you don't see the announcement at the top go to your profile and reset notices
Pic of finished knife:
UPDATE 8/29 pt 2:
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We now have a render with handle material AND nail nicks for the people who demanded them (some of you are so unreasonable, psh not wanting to pinch the knife open). Shield design is not final.
Almost 200 knives sold. Preorders will stay open until all are sold or the knives arrive, whichever comes first
UPDATE 8/29 - PREODERS ARE LIVE, SEE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TOP OF THE FORUMS.
If you accidentally closed the announcement, go to https://www.bladeforums.com/account/preferences and click "Restore dismissed notices"
edit - Well I'm friggin incompetent and 50 of you got your orders in for the knives when they were worded 2023 instead of 2024. That's too many to refund immediately so I am just going to cross my fingers and hope you guys understand that clicking on the announcement for the 2024 knife with it being 250 and a preorder is for the 2024 knife and not the 2023 version
We've gotten word back from Bill & crew at GEC about the 2024 Traditional Forum Knife
This is a RENDERING of the SHAPE of the knife. Handle material color, stamp, shield will be determined ASAP.
Thanks to inflation, my cost on these has increased by over 50%. I will eat as much of that as I can for preorders but we are looking at a substantial increase in price. Non-preorder pricing will be $300 ea or more.
Pre order pricing will be around $250, shipped to CONUS. International was a mess last year, we'll see how that plays out this year.
I will put pre order buttons up ASAP.
Sorry to be a bother but is there any way to cancel that pre-order? Woke up this morning seeing the transaction and was very confused. Thanks.
Modoc ED
Ed I was referencing the Titanic /Porch knife analogy not
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EldestFreeman
s post....Don't get me wrong..whilst I find drunken internet accidental purchases most amusing and always a good idea at the time...I see a reflection of myself there. 
You came back 7 years after your last post and drunk purchased a 250 dollar knife. Brother thats……something. Hahaha welcome backHey, last night I placed an order for one of these inadvertently. Had multiple tabs open and maybe a whiskey or two.
Ya forgot the Dog Ate My Homework.
Let me try to help. Unfortunately this isnt a preorder.Hey, last night I placed an order for one of these inadvertently. Had multiple tabs open and maybe a whiskey or two.
Spark
Yep.
www.bladeforums.com
Yes, it's up there.
New pic of today's carry, #133.
Nice job, Dave!! Can you show us a pic after some use/pocket time??I've always like big stock knives. A Clip big enough to handle anything that comes along and the combination of secondaries for every situation.
I bought this Case in 1970 and carried it alone, everyday for at least 25 years.
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Seems to me that with a lot of folks as they get a little age, their pocketknives get smaller. While I do appreciate even a small peanut, the big Stockman is where my hearts at. So I was excited when last years forum knife was announced. Since Spark decided to have the Forum knife numbered I've requested # 406 as it is the area code where I live. When it arrived I wasn't real thrilled with the coloring of the bone. Mine was really light even in the jigging, so I figured oh well just keep it as a safe queen like my other Forum knives. Then when Spark went back to the $250 price and still had a bunch left over I decided to order a second one and try my hand with the leather dying process I've been read about here on BF. Some of the Forum knives that people likeTravman have posted look just Great! Not that Travman uses leather dye.
Anyway when the new one arrived it had really good color so I decided to dye the #406. Unfortunately I neglected to take a before dye pic but I did take a couple of the replacement #306.
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So here is my dye job, the pile could use a little more but it's good enough to go to work!
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I used this 300 year old leather dye!
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Dave
