Leonardo63
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Well, this will be as close to a Gladius as I'm ever going to get - Gotta love those inner demons, rotten little bastrds 

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 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.
How on Earth are these still up???![]()
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What a deal honestly! Just over 6 bills for a 1/4" thick, 20"+ chunk of INFI?Under 7 bills for competition finish? And under 8 bills for the custom shop Nuke option???
I think Bossman done fell off the wagon.Don't let him sober up!
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My thoughts EXACTLY!Well, this will be as close to a Gladius as I'm ever going to get - Gotta love those inner demons, rotten little bastrds![]()
I'm probably alone on this, but the handle lottery on the nuke option kept me away, as my odds seemed thin for one with a micarta handle, let alone something really special, like that "dark tigerhide" ....
Thinking of going back and ordering another one for the BF. Must.......resist.....must.....re.....sist... (I can steal one of his kidneys in his sleep, right?)
Well, this will be as close to a Gladius as I'm ever going to get - Gotta love those inner demons, rotten little bastrds![]()
I'm probably alone on this, but the handle lottery on the nuke option kept me away, as my odds seemed thin for one with a micarta handle, let alone something really special, like that "dark tigerhide", which I'd have probably paid extra for lol... If, say, there was a lottery on the micarta options and another for the G-10's, I'd have chased a few micarta NOFMV14's while skipping the g-10 lottery.
Ah well, it is what it is.
He still got me, I ordered a comp finish with black canvas instead.![]()
The slight possibility of tigerhide or paper is what pulled me in for the Nuke. Plus, non of the other options were, in my opinion, bad. And I figured there will HAVE to be someone out there that will want an FMV14 if I get one that I can bear to part with. But I suspect I will get both, love both, and I'm out a bunch o' bucks. Oh well. Life goes on. And I'll have two cool FMV14's and an FMV8 to navigate it with. Ooh-RAH!
When I refreshed, the only option to order was the nuke - I didn't even see the other choices. Maybe I was just that fast or something??
That's just cruel.Yep I pulled the trigger!! And man it would be great to have the unknown option be snakeskin to match the rounded spine Moab
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Then have a custom dual/piggyback sheath for the pair..... holy mother of pig thunder!!
I'm probably alone on this, but the handle lottery on the nuke option kept me away, as my odds seemed thin for one with a micarta handle, let alone something really special, like that "dark tigerhide", which I'd have probably paid extra for lol... If, say, there was a lottery on the micarta options and another for the G-10's, I'd have chased a few micarta NOFMV14's while skipping the g-10 lottery.
Ah well, it is what it is.
He still got me, I ordered a comp finish with black canvas instead.![]()