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Was hoping to see a folder pic at knob creek ... guess not this year 
Maybe next year there will be a folder at knob creek

Maybe next year there will be a folder at knob creek
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.
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I wonder if the knife will have a thumb stud or will hole in the blade.
Tim, you make some good points but your closing remark "I could also easily go for a Micarta main side with a titanium frame lock side like a Strider, ZT300 or Hinderer, that would make it a little more economically priced." speaks volumes.
I'm in folder acquisition mode, offloaded all but one fixed blade. I tell ya, everything I have coming in is exactly what you describe. I would want the Busse to be something different.
-No flipper action, how about a grippy thumbstud with a geared sort of pattern, just enough to enhance the grip, not enough to kill your thumb.
-Two blade lengths, 3 3/8 and 4 inch models so that you and I could carry in Seattle and the other dudes could carry their folding hatchets everywhere else
-Blade style, modified bowie with an almost full height hollow grind and false swedge. Similar to Darrel Ralphs HTM DDR Gun Hammer bowie but again I'd like a hollow grind.
-Handle would be titanium on both sides and I'd like a handle that has more curve than a Sebenza, less curve than say an RJ Martin Overkill. Then offer choices on insets, nothing small like CRKs or any other but I think it would be cool to mill out the non locking side up to about 2mm from the edge and then you could have your choice of inset material be it micarta, G10, wood, bone, etc. The inset would go around the pivot and everything. This would give Busse a ton of show and Ganza options.
Being a left coast kind of guy....
Now I'm thinking economic boycott.... rather than an Ohio invasion.
I wouldn't want that to be my Vietnam.