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.
Sweet. That thing's gotta be on some kind of master fidget level.Fresh out of its mailing box, it's going to be this one for the rest of the day.I never imagined they'd make a waved PM2, but I'm so glad they did!
Visually, it has the "meanness" that every waved knife should have. Pairing that with the precision, comp lock, form factor, and ergos of the PM2 is just genius.
You won’t regret it! I got tired of buying a new tool bag every year. The Veto pro pac that I carry is truly exceptional. The best you can get for a tool bag in my opinion.So Murph, it's bad enough that this place is full of enablers that get you to spend your hard-earned dollars on knives, but every time I see your Veto bag I think about buying one. Well I'm finally giving in and heading over to my local tool supplier to pick up an XXL-F to replace the large plastic Plano box I've had forever to carry my primary mobile carpenter's hand tools. It doesn't hurt that Veto's currently running a promotion for a free side-pouch with the purchase of a Tier1 or Tier2 bag, though.
In some ways your influence has run counter to the BF mandate as I'll now be lacking two-and-a-half bills to spend on another blade.
Thanks Factor, actually glockfire posted one last week that led me on the hunt to track one down. SOLID as can be and obviously removable if the urge strikesI’m liking that spydie wave !!
Great choice man ! That’s nice it’s removable to because that even sweetens the deal.Thanks Factor, actually glockfire posted one last week that led me on the hunt to track one down. SOLID as can be and obviously removable if the urge strikes
Fresh outta the box o' peanuts.
Monster Monday.
Yup, this Vallotton Sub-Hilt is a MONSTER--thick handled, thick-bladed, and weighs in at over 6 oz. I expected it to have some size, but it sure is a chunk. It's got a three-quarter, small-radius hollow grind and doesn't feel like it's at all thin behind the edge either. I haven't put it through any cutting paces yet, but don't expect it'll be great performer in that area. OTOH, it is a Taichung Spydie, so the F&F is impeccable and it has lots of interesting design details--the compound blade grind from concave primary to convex at the tip; thumb studs as open stop pins; polished G10 scales; substantial and drilled out liners and stout lock with a prominent release; and the milling at the bolsters for the interrupted sub-hilt effect. There's lotsa nooks and crannies in this one that all resolve into a very homogenous and uniform-to-the-touch knife. The action is super smooth and wicked hydraulic too.
In many ways this is not at all my sorta knife but I really kinda like it. It deserved a fat bead and a couple fat knots for a tail too.
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I have to agree with all your points regarding the Valloton. I picked up a large user on a deal a year or so ago just 'cause they've always appealed to me aesthetically and I was curious. It's a very interesting knife, I ended up becoming enamored with it enough to recently have picked up a NIB small Sub Hilt. They are as described 'tanks' but have a nice hand filling feel and are quite solid for liner locks. Both have a smooth hydraulic action running on washers. I've taken them apart and am amazed at all the pieces in the bolsters and how well they're fitted. They aren't very good slicers but will cut pretty well and if you ever need to puncture anything that tip will penetrate pretty nicely, at least for a little waysMonster Monday.
Yup, this Vallotton Sub-Hilt is a MONSTER--thick handled, thick-bladed, and weighs in at over 6 oz. I expected it to have some size, but it sure is a chunk. It's got a three-quarter, small-radius hollow grind and doesn't feel like it's at all thin behind the edge either. I haven't put it through any cutting paces yet, but don't expect it'll be great performer in that area. OTOH, it is a Taichung Spydie, so the F&F is impeccable and it has lots of interesting design details--the compound blade grind from concave primary to convex at the tip; thumb studs as open stop pins; polished G10 scales; substantial and drilled out liners and stout lock with a prominent release; and the milling at the bolsters for the interrupted sub-hilt effect. There's lotsa nooks and crannies in this one that all resolve into a very homogenous and uniform-to-the-touch knife. The action is super smooth and wicked hydraulic too.
In many ways this is not at all my sorta knife but I really kinda like it. It deserved a fat bead and a couple fat knots for a tail too.
I can't see getting rid of them, they're pretty fidgety with plenty of opening options and I do put one in my pocket on occasion.It's a tank of a knife for sure, but the ergos and action are great...you should really check it out the way it's designed to be though (D/A auto
