A forum knife? We in the Schrade forum are now recieving our second annual forum knives. While trying to decide what knife and how and all of the details, one of our members talked to Bill Horn at Cumberland about Canal Street Cutlery knives. He was ready and willing to handle everything; no forum member would have had to do anything. He quoted us an excellent price for some great CS knives. It was necessary for us to through a second party like Cumberland, as we were going to have the SCHRADE name put on our knives. CSC might have gotten into trouble with Taylor Cutlery if they had done it for us. This would not be a problem for a 'blade forum dot com' knife.
As it turned out, we were lucky enough to get the famous Schrade Scrimshaw artist, Frank Giorgianni, to do our annual knife. Real, hand scrim on USA made, Schrade ivory delrin stockmans. Blade etches as well. We are thrilled with the result, shown in this thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=406854
We're proud of our Schrade forum here at bfc, which continues to thrive, despite the fact we celebrate, collect, learn and educate about a brand that no longer exisits (USA made).
My experience with club knives, which this would in effect be, is this: Everyone will have their own idea of what pattern, steel, handle, engraving, etching, ect. On the first Schrade forum knife, I acted unilaterally with input from two senior and very active forum members. I presented it to the forum as a fait accompli or whatever. A done deal, so to speak.
Best way to do a club or forum knife is for two or three members-- like the board of directors of a real knife club-- making those decisions and arranging for the run. Have each member that wants a knife to have his money in to the producer of the knife before production starts. Remember, a camel is a horse built by committee.
