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.
As most, I would have to say, "Ideal for what?" I have a half dozen kitchen knives alone, to say nothing of fishing, hunting, utility, multitool, and camp/bushcraft knives. Each is wonderful, none does what another can.
But let's play anyway!!I've posted in the past about my "grail knife," the "Joe Place Sword", a 17th-18th century Spanish Belduque, much in the style of a Mediterranean dirk. I would love it in a modern steel, anywhere from 1095 to a super stainless (though I lean to a non-stainless carbon steel). I could baton wood, skin game, prep food, and defend myself with it. Blade of about 12 to 16", full tang, forged flat pommel, brass or bronze or silver inlays, unsharpened swedge, hardwood scales, it is said by some to be the precursor to the Bowie knife. No matter, it covers a lot of ground for me. It does not do everything, but then no tool does. What it does is make me feel well equipped. Someday I'll have one custom made for me.
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Zieg
Mine would be
3in stonewashed drop point blade in CPM S35V.
4in handle with G10 scales and finger grooves and lanyard hole.
Spring assisted opening with steel liner lock, with the flipper doubling as a finger guard when blade is open.
Gimping on spine of the handle.
Four way deep carry titanium pocket clip in satin bronze with matching torx screws.
The back spacer would be removable and have a small ferro rod concealed within for fire starting.
I would like a Sebenza that flips like a Shiro
I think a really good bar b mate style tool would be a fun custom knife.
David, the Prevail looks great ! Seems to be very capable knife. About your choice of the steel - I’m curious what made you pick the lc200n instead the new trendy Magnacut ?
‘Never had knife with LC200N, seems like a very good steel, what’s the hardness of it ?
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One of these? What an funny but interesting idea! I'd be curious to know how you'd set it up.
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One of these? What an funny but interesting idea! I'd be curious to know how you'd set it up.
D Drop bear
David Mary
I've been trying to get Becker to make these for a couple years....haha
I'm on my second prototype.
Spatula, Spatula! wherefore art thou Spatula?
I've been dreaming of a good spatula for over 5 years. I feel that I've been needing a real good one for a long time now, without any end in sight..... So.... I decided to make one.... I'm probably 75% finished. I still need to clean up the grind lines, remove some milling marks, touch up the...www.bladeforums.com