Norm- am I losing my tiny remnant of a mind? I thought the BDC was originally offered in 12" and 14" size?
Always personaly thought that was a mistake.
munk
Munk, they were first offered in 10" at $100 and 14" at $125. I believe there was one or two specials in late 2003, but Dan got the ball rolling with a signup list for both sizes in February 2004 with Uncle Bill's blessing.
Lot's of people signed on for both, but I think most folks quickly realized the 14" size was much more practical, so that size took off. A few were sold at the smaller size for a while. There were several that came in at exactly today's size, in horn, at 11" and 12 oz., as well as some 10.5", but they were all technically classified as "10 inch" models. This is the first "little" BDC in close to 18 months as far as I know.
We were all getting super-discounted deals on the mid-sized BDC for a long time, as low as $70, but this recent pricing for both the larger and smaller BDC's yesterday and today is spot on, considering they are the same as when the model was first introduced.
When the 18" size came out earlier this year (I think it was the one shown below from January; BTW, don't you have the first, or one of the first?), Yangdu logically bumped the price slightly, which is very fair for a knife this large and well made. I have an 11" by Kumar and a couple of the 14"ers by Bura, but I'm not one of the fortunate folks who has one of the larger ones by Bura. (I do have one by Vim though.
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BTW, this is the one I wished I had snagged!
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=384727&highlight=bdc
Norm
