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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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Sam Wilson
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Ok Sam. OD green canvas!!! I luv it.. What's this model.... Thanks and have a safe weekend!!!
Sam Wilson
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Thank you, James! That is my mid-tech Kephart. Very pleased with them!
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Thank you, James! That is my mid-tech Kephart. Very pleased with them!
Sam
Fantastic job!!!! Very happy for you!!!!! Wonderful when all your sweat turns sweet....
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Thank you!
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Gary W. Graley
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Thanks to a trade with
Monofletch
I was able to get this nice small fixed blade made by
Joseph Bandeko
the blade is forged and ground quite thin and from testing it against my diamond stones it is CruForgeV quite hard at around 61rc. The knife is just under 7" long overall with a 3 1/2" blade that ends with a tapered tang. I added my bobtail fob to the handle and the sheath, also made by him, I glued in a thin layer of soft leather that compresses around the handle and helps to retain the knife a bit better, now it is quite snug with no worries that it could fall out and with that sharp of a blade, you do NOT want that to fall out 
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Thin layer of soft leather glued in the opening of the sheath, it's about an inch and a half long going into the sheath
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
I used my diamond stones to set the sharpening notch at a slight angle so that material doesn't catch, my preference would be for no notch at all but I like that it's close to the handle so you have a lot of cutting edge.
Very nice work, I would recommend getting one when you can!
G2
Monofletch
I was able to get this nice small fixed blade made by
Joseph Bandeko
the blade is forged and ground quite thin and from testing it against my diamond stones it is CruForgeV quite hard at around 61rc. The knife is just under 7" long overall with a 3 1/2" blade that ends with a tapered tang. I added my bobtail fob to the handle and the sheath, also made by him, I glued in a thin layer of soft leather that compresses around the handle and helps to retain the knife a bit better, now it is quite snug with no worries that it could fall out and with that sharp of a blade, you do NOT want that to fall out Untitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrUntitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrUntitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrUntitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrThin layer of soft leather glued in the opening of the sheath, it's about an inch and a half long going into the sheath
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrUntitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrI used my diamond stones to set the sharpening notch at a slight angle so that material doesn't catch, my preference would be for no notch at all but I like that it's close to the handle so you have a lot of cutting edge.
Very nice work, I would recommend getting one when you can!
G2
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Horsewright
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A large group, all one order. These are gifts for the customer's grandkids. He supplied the bone for the handles from an antelope he shot:
As the bones were hollow it took quite a bit of filling with white epoxy to get them usable. If I'd of cut the scales flat there wouldn't have been enough width in the scale to cover most of the tangs.
As the bones were hollow it took quite a bit of filling with white epoxy to get them usable. If I'd of cut the scales flat there wouldn't have been enough width in the scale to cover most of the tangs.
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Beautiful work.A large group, all one order. These are gifts for the customer's grandkids. He supplied the bone for the handles from an antelope he shot:
As the bones were hollow it took quite a bit of filling with white epoxy to get them usable. If I'd of cut the scales flat there wouldn't have been enough width in the scale to cover most of the tangs.
The bone coming from an animal he harvested should make the knives more special to his grandkids.
Gary W. Graley
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Horsewright
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Yep I think so too. The bone handled knife on the antelope, I made him many years ago from the shin bone of his first buffalo. Made him wooly chaps from his second buffalo:
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Impressive!
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Gonna be some happy grandkids! Beautiful group of knives with a great piece of family history attached to each.A large group, all one order. These are gifts for the customer's grandkids. He supplied the bone for the handles from an antelope he shot:
As the bones were hollow it took quite a bit of filling with white epoxy to get them usable. If I'd of cut the scales flat there wouldn't have been enough width in the scale to cover most of the tangs.
Horsewright
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Thanks guys!!!
Yep I think so too. The bone handled knife on the antelope, I made him many years ago from the shin bone of his first buffalo. Made him wooly chaps from his second buffalo:
Some beautiful work....Steel, leather and fuzzies!
. Nice.job
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Thank you sir! Ya have no ideal how many fuzzies are all over the shop when ya go to cutting up a hide like that! Ya keep finding em for weeks.Some beautiful work....Steel, leather and fuzzies!