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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.
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Peviously discussed last year - Link: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498825
A copy of the Randall Attack Model 14. Made from D2, RC~57, FRN handle. There's a writeup from a knife mag last year, the sniper beat it until the tip broke doing extreme testing - ammo cans, concrete blocks, vice.
1) the only price I've seen so far is $250US, which is not far off a used Randall - if you can find one, which will be O1 or stainless, not D2. You can also spec a Black Ti coating which is by reputation and test extremely scratch resistant. D2 itself has high abrasion resistance and chip resistance - -its the most used steel for wood working in planer blades, etc. It's also very corrosion resistant, and with Ti, becomes a better combination for the price than S30V, IMHO.
2) If you've handled a Model 14, you know it's big and heavy. For a sniper or rural area, that can be ok. Foot patrol, not so much. Camping, well, you don't really use them that much. Saws and axes are the general kit. But, again, if you have the constant need for such a tool, it will do.
I don't see anybody getting hurt from the price, quality of materials, or performance. The buyer alone needs to judge whether they need the superior performance of D2 rather than spend $100 or less for a carbon steel chopper. Risk of loss should figure in, too, and availability of replacement. I'm afraid it's going to be another safe queen for most buyers as the price point will stop owners from really using it to the full.
And, if you own a Randall 14, it's just a little much to see the style copied, but that's life in the knife world. Just like 1911's and pocket pistols, the public is always willing to spend for a cheaper lookalike rather than the real thing.
I've got a Cobra kit car on my retirement gift list, I'm no better. (Register here to give this to me in four years.)
A copy of the Randall Attack Model 14. Made from D2, RC~57, FRN handle. There's a writeup from a knife mag last year, the sniper beat it until the tip broke doing extreme testing - ammo cans, concrete blocks, vice.
1) the only price I've seen so far is $250US, which is not far off a used Randall - if you can find one, which will be O1 or stainless, not D2. You can also spec a Black Ti coating which is by reputation and test extremely scratch resistant. D2 itself has high abrasion resistance and chip resistance - -its the most used steel for wood working in planer blades, etc. It's also very corrosion resistant, and with Ti, becomes a better combination for the price than S30V, IMHO.
2) If you've handled a Model 14, you know it's big and heavy. For a sniper or rural area, that can be ok. Foot patrol, not so much. Camping, well, you don't really use them that much. Saws and axes are the general kit. But, again, if you have the constant need for such a tool, it will do.
I don't see anybody getting hurt from the price, quality of materials, or performance. The buyer alone needs to judge whether they need the superior performance of D2 rather than spend $100 or less for a carbon steel chopper. Risk of loss should figure in, too, and availability of replacement. I'm afraid it's going to be another safe queen for most buyers as the price point will stop owners from really using it to the full.
And, if you own a Randall 14, it's just a little much to see the style copied, but that's life in the knife world. Just like 1911's and pocket pistols, the public is always willing to spend for a cheaper lookalike rather than the real thing.
I've got a Cobra kit car on my retirement gift list, I'm no better. (Register here to give this to me in four years.)