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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.
Fiddleback Friday Merry Christmas!! 12/20/13
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mbkingshane
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Is the hiking buddy still available Andy?
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The KE Bushie is $25 more. I'll ship you the other one. I'll send pics monday. Send me an e-mail that I can respond to with pics please.
It is. You want that knife?
mbkingshane
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Yes I do could I send payment Tuesday Andy?
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Andy, I'll take: 2013 1220 015 – Bushfinger, Bone white linen on natural canvas with a blue g10 pinstripe, SFT Tang, Convex on 1/8” thick 3D Spalted 01 steel - $255
Payment made for this and the Shank I ordered a few weeks ago. I thought about it and I'll pass on the Skinner for now... I am however, pretty interested in the scorpion; you had mentioned you made two this week; I almost jumped on the one listed but curiosity is killing me -- any details on the second?
thanks & happy holidays
Payment made for this and the Shank I ordered a few weeks ago. I thought about it and I'll pass on the Skinner for now... I am however, pretty interested in the scorpion; you had mentioned you made two this week; I almost jumped on the one listed but curiosity is killing me -- any details on the second?
thanks & happy holidays
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M4Super90
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Nice snag. Would have loved to have that one so my brother and I would have a matching set!
mbkingshane
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No prob thanks for the great knives!
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I already have Fiddlebacks to admire. The ones I bought this week are intended to be users, but I'm worried that the buckeye burl might be too pretty to make it.
Guess I'd better get down to the unpleasant business of paying for my purchases
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Andy my man, that's an outstanding batch of knives! The Scorpion is wicked, and the Asp is something I would have traded my eye teeth for back in the 80's. As for the Big Sneaky being a bushcraft blade with tactical temptations, if you swedged that blade, extended the guard down a hair, deepened the first finger notch just a hair and tightened the radius a little bit at the guard, then angled that pommel just a hair more for a more acute point in pommel strikes, you would have one hell of a tactical knife with some bushcraft temptations going on 
I love the look of that maple and stainless Raptor, very nice! And the Buckeye Bushfinger is simply stunning! Interestingly enough, the ones that really catch my eyes this batch...besides the Asps, are the Arete, that Arizona Desert Ironwood is gorgeous, and more and more I have wondered how that model handles, and the lacewood Bushcrafter. Thurin has been driving me nuts talking about how comfortable his is to use, and that model grows on me more and more.
I love the look of that maple and stainless Raptor, very nice! And the Buckeye Bushfinger is simply stunning! Interestingly enough, the ones that really catch my eyes this batch...besides the Asps, are the Arete, that Arizona Desert Ironwood is gorgeous, and more and more I have wondered how that model handles, and the lacewood Bushcrafter. Thurin has been driving me nuts talking about how comfortable his is to use, and that model grows on me more and more.
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I agree with Thurin. The Bushcrafter was not one of my first picks and I bought it just to test out. It's my favorite of the FF knives I have so far and I will buy another if a config that I want comes up.
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I already have Fiddlebacks to admire. The ones I bought this week are intended to be users, but I'm worried that the buckeye burl might be too pretty to make it.
Guess I'd better get down to the unpleasant business of paying for my purchases
That buckeye burl is simply gorgeous!
Lol, great, yet another driving me nuts making me want one
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Mist, anytime you want to take the Arete for a spin just drive a little east and you got it!
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Hey Brummie...You get to look at it when you use it too dang it!...LOLI already have Fiddlebacks to admire. The ones I bought this week are intended to be users, but I'm worried that the buckeye burl might be too pretty to make it.
Guess I'd better get down to the unpleasant business of paying for my purchases
Nice pixs of the collection. I'm going to do that one of these days. I keep meaning too but I can't seem to get to a spot where I'm not adding more of Andy's knives! Merry Christmas sir! Gordy
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That's not the full collection. I also have a very old model nessmuk, which is part of my nessmuk trio, and these users -
12" machete and bushboot combo
and this old-skool, extra thick woodsman, from the time when Andy still took orders and did layered wood handles
The shank in the display case is also ultimately an EDC user - it is just occupying that spot until the Dozier KS-3 I have on order is done.
12" machete and bushboot combo
and this old-skool, extra thick woodsman, from the time when Andy still took orders and did layered wood handles
The shank in the display case is also ultimately an EDC user - it is just occupying that spot until the Dozier KS-3 I have on order is done.
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Brummie...I like em all no doubt. I REALLY like that Woodsman you have. I counted up my FBF knives a couple days ago and I'm up to 20 now. I am beginning to get so many that I can't seem to stay on top of getting the sheaths made by Rick Lowe. I have come to realize that I may NEVER get caught up unless I turn the computer off and go fishing or something...LOLThat's not the full collection. I also have a very old model nessmuk, which is part of my nessmuk trio, and these users -
12" machete and bushboot combo
and this old-skool, extra thick woodsman, from the time when Andy still took orders and did layered wood handles
The shank in the display case is also ultimately an EDC user - it is just occupying that spot until the Dozier KS-3 I have on order is done.
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The designs have become more refined in a number of ways, but I do miss the old wood-on-wood handles. I guess they were a lot of work though. I also like the profile of the old woodsman - probably closer to the Duke than the current woodsman. I'm glad I got that one (bocote on blackwood with a red liner) whilst I did. I think it was only about $200 at that time.
Merry Christmas to All.
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Thanks for the info on the Old style Woodsman. Being relatively new to BF and Andy's works at FBF, I don't know much more than a hill of beans about the old works of Andy's at all. Maybe this is not the proper place to say this but if you ever decide to sell your Woodsman...Or any other FBF knives, you are welcome to look me up because I will always be interested! Take care and catch you on the next FB Friday melee!! Gordy