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.
Nice even etch on that GB2, Aryan.
Nice even etch on that GB2, Aryan.![]()
Love the grind on this together with that handle design!
Looks great w/ those standoffs in, sans backspacer! I dig the look of the black hardware too. You really did make that one your own. Very slick!I've started going back through my collection, picking out knives that I always liked and carried, but just haven't for some time as I've picked up so many more and am always falling in love with something newer. I loved these knives back when and as soon as I pocket them again I remember what great blades they are.
My wife bought me a mini-Barrage for Christmas one year and I wanted to try out the full size. I bought this 581 on the Exchange for a great price as it was a user with some blade scratches and off-centered. This was also one of the first knives that I spent some time tweaking and making my own. I hated the AO and de-assisted the knife, took out the lock and backspacer and installed standoffs, changed the bolster screws and thumb studs to black, and got the knife blade properly centered.
Guys that are big into blade-to-handle ratio probably don't care for the full-size Barrage, but I like having plenty to hang on to with my thick old carpenter's mitts.
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