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.
Tanker 1/66 , don't limit yourself to x, y or z brand...start to explore knives by country, it is a lot of fun. I'm a junkie for blades from Spain, even tho the steel selection is limited, (I'm not much of a steel snob) and stray now and then to Russia and Italy. Thanks
zzyzzogeton , I don't feel that bad now about the ever growing pile of steel in my house
and I finally yielded to temptation, after many years avoiding them - ordered 2 swords, a katana and a medieval one-hander. Hope that rabbit hole has a short end.
My budget is always kinda limited, so condor seems affordable...View attachment 821723
[/QUOTE]I would buy that right now. I love the design. Is that a push button lock?
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Per Elmer= "Be afwaid, be vewwy, vewwy afwaid."
The sword black hole will suck you in and never spit you out.
For years, the only swords/sword-like objects that I possessed were ::
- a 1866 Chassepot sword bayonet, an M1898 Argentinian sword bayonet from around 1900 based on serial number I acquired in 1980 out in San Diego via one of my "pawn shop crawlers",
- my 1975 TAMU ROTC M1902 saber
and
- my "official" USN Officer's sword, bought new in 1977.
Then around 2005, I started down the rabbit hole and currently have multiple briquets, cutlasses, klewangs, shashkas, sabers, artillery swords, infantry swords and a Texian war sword.
The most recent acquisition is a 1950s named USMC mameluke.
And you, my fine Inet friend/fiend are the reason I have a Sterlite tub full of Muelas.![]()
Beckers and KaBars are my favorites with fixed blades. I truly like 1095It's possible I've replied to this thread before.
Beckers and Ka-bars are pretty much the only fixed blades I buy. The rest of the fixies are my own make.
Folders, OTOH, well... I like Benchmade, Spyderco, Kershaw. And a couple good slip-joints. I like those Buck Vantage Pros above, but don't have/need one.
The Warrior PM me your address I'm going to gift ya a condor that I've really truly tried to like. Most I do this one ehhhhhh NO!!! I dont even know what its called but its shaped like a kabar 1246 but small and no sheath.
How does one become a “Beckerhead?” Is it like a knighthood, where you pay all your taxes, donate to charity, etc?—or is it a simple application and interview process?
Anyway, I’m obviously not a head but a fan of many Becker knives; I couldn’t stick to one brand ever exclusively, as there are just too many unique designs out there. I have Ontario knives, a few Busse blades, at least one of dozens of small batch and/or older collectibles which I never just oil and immediately put away every few months. And of course folders!