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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.
The biggest problem I am seeing is that many of the comments that are against it is because they are comparing it to a Sebenza. The Impinda is not meant to perform and act like a Sebenza. It’s not meant for one handed opening and thumbstuds. It’s a slipjoint. Compare it to a Slipjoint, any slipjoint and it will be superior. As for the price point, it’s right on. Quality materials and precision come at a cost. I like that it’s built similar to a Sebenza as far as materials go, that will speak to its quality. So many fancy slip joints are expensive because they have fancy bone handles and if dropped, will shatter like glass or crack. Most slip joints are carbon steel and rust. Just a fact. This is S35VN, Titanium, Stainless throughout. It’s built like a tank. If dropped, it may scuff, but will get back up for many more. It’s an exciting design that was never supposed to be. Now that it’s here, enjoy it for what it is. A slipjoint with CRK quality...!!! I can’t wait to get one...
I'm pretty sure in NYC the restriction is 4". And while I sympathize with our friends in the UK, I wouldn't design any knife with that market in mind. As of right now you have to have a "good reason" to even carry and you don't know where they are going with knife laws in the future. In most countries where a locking mechanism is illegal, they do not measure in inches, they use metric (this knife is just under 8cm). But they all have different requirements. 3" is a nice cut off because you can be reasonably sure that in most places you'll be OK as long as it doesn't have a lock, but it's just a rough guideline. The only way to maximize the number jurisdictions would be the make the knife tiny but by then you'd have to consider how many people you'd turnoff by making a tiny little knife.3) People living under oppressive government laws that have high disposable income and enjoy high quality knives but are legally not allowed to carry a sebenza -- I bet this market is potentially huge. Offhand, I think there's 10 million people in NYC every day. Millions more in England. This could be a huge new market of possibilities... **if** the knife was under 3" blade length and met the requirements for their knife laws. Which this knife is not.
Nice spot on the pivot being decorated too! I am not liking the “fancy” versions as much as the regular, but I would change my mind if they did inlays...
And Chicago is 2.5". I believe Delaware and Rhode Island are two US states I know of where 3" is the cutoff.The blade length isn't really an issue as most places are under 3.5" to 4". Chicago and the UK are the only ones that come to mind where these would be illegal.
And Chicago is 2.5". I believe Delaware and Rhode Island are two US states I know of where 3" is the cutoff.
I'm pretty sure in NYC the restriction is 4". And while I sympathize with our friends in the UK, I wouldn't design any knife with that market in mind. As of right now you have to have a "good reason" to even carry and you don't know where they are going with knife laws in the future. In most countries where a locking mechanism is illegal, they do not measure in inches, they use metric (this knife is just under 8cm). But they all have different requirements. 3" is a nice cut off because you can be reasonably sure that in most places you'll be OK as long as it doesn't have a lock, but it's just a rough guideline. The only way to maximize the number jurisdictions would be the make the knife tiny but by then you'd have to consider how many people you'd turnoff by making a tiny little knife.