FYI. Slipjoint Complement for Your Busse Fixed Blade? BFC 2007 Forum Knife.

[Guyon]

I don't know how many of the Busse folks follow the Traditional forum, but I just thought I'd alert ya'll to an opportunity to get in on the 2007 BFC slipjoint. Voting for patterns and materials has already taken place, and sign-up for the knives is currently underway. Sign-up has been going on for almost two weeks, so it'll probably last about another week or so.

The knife chosen is a "Cannitler" (sort of a cross between a Canoe and a Whittler) made by Canal Street Cutlery (company that took shape from the craftsmen who used to make Schrade knives). The knife will have some nice features: D2 steel, interior mammoth ivory handles, scrolled bolsters, and a blade etch identifying it as the 2007 Bladeforums knife. Price will be $109. Here's a mock up that Canal Street did for another group:

And here's the link to the sign-up thread: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470718

If you sign up, that's considered a commitment to buy, and you have to pay in advance. Since these are being custom made for BF, they'll take a while, but they'll be well worth the wait. There was a 2006 BFC ring knife from Canal Street, and the folks who got one gave it glowing reports.

 

[MD13]

Thanks for the info Guyon. I have their ring turn sleeveboard (missed out on the forum version) and the f&f on it is fantastic. :thumbup:

Anybody here that's into slippies should definitely check this one out!

 

[Guyon]

Oh yeah... site link for Canal Street Cutlery: http://www.canalstreetcutlery.com/

Yeah, I've meant for a while to pick up a stockman from Canal Street. I've heard similar things about their fit and finish as well as their walk and talk.

 

[Guyon]

Anybody here that's into slippies should definitely check this one out!

Well, I only saw a couple of signed-up folks whom I recognized as regulars on the Busse forum: Old Physics and rbmcmjr

Figured a lot of the crowd over here didn't know much about it.

 

[rbmcmjr]

Well, I only saw a couple of signed-up folks whom I recognized as regulars on the Busse forum: Old Physics and rbmcmjr

We physicists have similar tastes.

 

[Guyon]

We physicists have similar tastes.

Springs and half stops and moving mechanisms.... figures.

 

[OldPhysics]

Already there, colleague. It was fun helping decide...

 

[OldPhysics]

We physicists have similar tastes.

But -- some say 'to-ma-to' and some say 'to-mah-toh.'

BTW, which flavors are you? I mean, after that initial large dollop of Theoretical? [Southern Idaho = DoE??]

Personally, it's Laser/Optics on the light side and Solid State/Quantum Mech on the heavy side.

Have to admit, I've done precious little physicking since the mid-90s. Too much management, advocacy, policy, and 'issues'.

 

[rbmcmjr]

BTW, which flavors are you? I mean, after that initial large dollop of Theoretical? [Southern Idaho = DoE??]

DoE/DoD = Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program civilian contractor

My degree focused on optics/light and a heavy dose of thermodynamics (Trinity had a serious solar engineering program before the bottom fell out of that specialty), but my post-naval service professional experience is all nuclear: core design and performance.

Your mention of lasers brings back fond memories. One of our junior professors had studied with Gabor and started a holography program there at Trinity. We spent many hours making white-light holograms and generally fooling around with the technology.

Here in Idaho, I am more involved with emergency response modeling (using the NARAC model from Lawrence-Livermore), radiological engineering, and 49 CFR compliance.