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Great contest! I'm a long time lurker and admirer of your blades. I typically carry Busses when I'm hiking or camping, but your blades are very high on my "must have" list, if I can score one!
As for the naming of the blade:
The Latinized version of my BF moniker is a possibility: "Ajax"; he is the exemplar stoic-type warrior, unbreakable and ready for anything... just like the looks of that blade! Another name that cam to mind, from the Latin, "Sicarius" (which translates as dagger-man); there is a modern (and nasty) spider that goes by that name, but the ancient derivation is more like a lone survivor/ highwayman type guy... and since societies feared these types, the word came to be synonymous with assassin, killer, etc. There is a Hebrew version associated with he Zealots-- "Sicarii". Any of which sounds classical, somewhat dangerous, and is relatively easy to pronounce/ say. I think the names strike a good balance between ancient blade lore and modern appeal, with ease of speech.
The survival blade seems pretty bada$$, but at the same time totally utilitarian... not to big for belt carry and big enough to do camp stuff and use as a weapon if necessary. It looks like a simple, functional, no no-nonsense and, in my eyes, a beautiful knife.
As for the naming of the blade:
The Latinized version of my BF moniker is a possibility: "Ajax"; he is the exemplar stoic-type warrior, unbreakable and ready for anything... just like the looks of that blade! Another name that cam to mind, from the Latin, "Sicarius" (which translates as dagger-man); there is a modern (and nasty) spider that goes by that name, but the ancient derivation is more like a lone survivor/ highwayman type guy... and since societies feared these types, the word came to be synonymous with assassin, killer, etc. There is a Hebrew version associated with he Zealots-- "Sicarii". Any of which sounds classical, somewhat dangerous, and is relatively easy to pronounce/ say. I think the names strike a good balance between ancient blade lore and modern appeal, with ease of speech.
The survival blade seems pretty bada$$, but at the same time totally utilitarian... not to big for belt carry and big enough to do camp stuff and use as a weapon if necessary. It looks like a simple, functional, no no-nonsense and, in my eyes, a beautiful knife.
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