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.
I wish I had an old Schrade, nice.
haven't been on that river for years. used to raft that one and the Chattooga and Ocoee and another i can't remember the name of.![]()
Taking these rafting on the Nantahala today
You touched on another part of the problem - how it actually feels, besides how it looks and performs. There aren’t many places around here where I can go and put hands on the nicer stuff. There’s one in NH that I might get to once a year, but nothing nearby. $100 on something that doesn’t feel quite right is one thing - that would be easy to unload. But I’d have a really hard time plunking down $500 or more on something sight unseen. Maybe as I get more into this and get to see and feel a lot more than I have up to this point, my limits will broaden. I’ve had pocket SAKs and the like for as long as I can remember, but it’s only very recently I’ve gotten more serious about blades. No question I’ve caught the bug, and I’ve seen tons of stuff here in just the last few weeks that I really like, but at this moment I have no idea what I want next or what that special piece is that I’d be willing to pay more serious $$$ on.