Bladeforums Knife 2015 - Which knife??

Which knife would you like for our 2015 Bladeforums Knife?

  • Great Eastern Cutlery's proposal.

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  • Canal Street Cutlery's proposal.

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Thank you Jake, I've never had bocote as a scale material, is it a stabilized wood or just naturally hard and stable?
 
Canal street for me. Always been very happy with their offerings. The blade combo on this one looks perfect!
 
Right now I'm leaning towards the csc. Is bocote set in stone, or will there be a vote for handle material? Bocote has honestly never really tripped my trigger, so this could be a deal breaker for me.
Either way I'm getting one.
Thanks again for taking this on, Charlie.
 
I like the knife shape and blades shown for the CSC. I like jigged bone much more than wood, and I prefer bolsters, like the GEC. I don't like the secondary blade on the GEC but there is apparently an option to change it. However, I know I will never carry a 4" knife with square bolsters as a regular thing, so it would sit in the tube until my estate sale. The CSC I would probably carry and use, even though I don't really like the looks of it as much.

Decisions, decisions...
 
Bill510c said:
I would love for someone to explain why the CSC. I just don't , see it...
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I can try. It's a shadow pattern based loosely on their serpentine stock knife. Although shadow pattern stock knives do exist, they aren't particularly common. The two blades operate on a single spring which makes the knife thinner than a 3-blade. Typically a 2-blade would have a spey secondary. The combination of a clip and sheepfoot is uncommon. But many, including myself, prefer a straight edge blade instead of a spey and there aren't many of those around. Now there are a handful of 2-blade stock knives with a similar combination of blades. But it's not nearly as common as clip blade and spey blade. And I can't think of any at all that are shadow patterns.

I have a hard time understanding why 1-blade knives are so popular on the forum. I suspect it might have something to do with people being familiar with modern tactical-type folders which are typically 1-blade knives. Now I do like single blade knives for some jobs, but I prefer a multi-blade for regular everyday use. In my opinion, the 1-blade traditional knives are the simplest and have the least amount of engineering. If you're making your 1st knife, you'd make a 1-blade. To me, it seems there is a lot more utility in a knife with at least two different types of blades like a clip blade and a sheepfoot (the proposal from CSC). A clip blade and spey blade both have belly. One just isn't as pointy. A clip blade and sheepfoot is not as redundant.

For me, the forum knife is particularly interesting because it's an opportunity to come up with something that is not already readily available. The knife proposed by CSC is the most interesting to me for this reason. Just putting the Bladeforums stamp on a pattern that is readily available is not particularly interesting to me.
 
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Bill510c said:
I would love for someone to explain why the CSC. I just don't , see it...
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Thin in the pocket, but with a full size handle and with the two most useful blades you will ever find.
 
Another vote for GEC here. I'm just not a fan of the barehead or shadow knife. The CSC knife would appeal more to me if we got to vote on the type of wood, and if one of the types of wood was Micarta. :rolleyes:
 
I bolded, underlined, and italicized the line that made me vote for the GEC. I would be fine with the Canal Street as well, but if we can put a sheepfoot on the GEC I'd be cool with that for sure.


waynorth said:
OK folks, here we go!
Which knife will have the honor of representing our enjoyment of this place where we hang out??
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There have been some nice ones in the past, as you can see above!:thumbup:
We are starting out with Stainless Steel this year, 440C.
Our knife will have single spring construction with two blades, in a serpentine pattern at approximately 4" long.

Great Eastern's proposal has bolsters, and jigged bone handles.
Option:The secondary blade can be changed if we choose this knife.

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Canal Street's proposal has no bolsters (Barehead), and fancy wood handles.
Option: We can have a different shield if we choose this knife.

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SadSappySucker said:
Right now I'm leaning towards the csc. Is bocote set in stone, or will there be a vote for handle material? Bocote has honestly never really tripped my trigger, so this could be a deal breaker for me.
Either way I'm getting one.
Thanks again for taking this on, Charlie.
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It's a good question. I'm okay with bocote, but there are woods that I like a lot more.
 
Gaaah, tough call. Let's see I do love GEC's in 440C but then my new pocket rider is my CSC lockback. Both look great and seem pocketable. Wellllll... what the hell I don't have any shadow patterns CSC FTW!
 
supratentorial said:
I can try. It's a shadow pattern based loosely on their serpentine stock knife. Although shadow pattern stock knives do exist, they aren't particularly common. The two blades operate on a single spring which makes the knife thinner than a 3-blade. Typically a 2-blade would have a spey secondary. The combination of a clip and sheepfoot is uncommon. But many, including myself, prefer a straight edge blade instead of a spey and there aren't many of those around. Now there are a handful of 2-blade stock knives with a similar combination of blades. But it's not nearly as common as clip blade and spey blade. And I can't think of any at all that are shadow patterns...

...For me, the forum knife is particularly interesting because it's an opportunity to come up with something that is not already readily available. The knife proposed by CSC is the most interesting to me for this reason. Just putting the Bladeforums stamp on a pattern that is readily available is not particularly interesting to me.
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I'm still on the fence but tending toward the CSC. The GEC looks like right off the shelf, not necessarily special to me but does carry great credentials in fit and finish, pride of workmanship and the awareness of family comes through. The CSC has a special uniqueness as Jake in the above quote addresses rather well. Bocote has a variety of colors & grain patterns. Visually very nice.
My question matches others...will we have a choice of woods to choose from or has bocote been chosen?
 
Biggie_Robs said:
It's a good question. I'm okay with bocote, but there are woods that I like a lot more.
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Micarta wood is awful nice! :p

If the vote continues to go towards CSC, I sure hope GEC will put their proposed knife into production. I really like their proposal better. Like the bolsters, the blades, the jigging...

Charlie, would CSC give us any input on wood vs. Micarta, or what kind of wood to use?
 
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