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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.
GEC #25 on the way!
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Sweet! You're gonna love it.
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What type is the 25? I know what a few of the numbers/models are but #25 isn't one of them....Disregard....I found one, Its a barlow.
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glocktenman
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Can you post a pic of it when it arrives?
Well, my three-year-old did a number on our camera somehow . . . not that I had any idea how to post a picture anyway.
The one I ordered is like this:
http://www.shop.tsaknives.com/images/12230574475082057158691.jpeg
The one I ordered is like this:
http://www.shop.tsaknives.com/images/12230574475082057158691.jpeg
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It's here, and it's great! :thumbup:
The springs are not nearly as stiff as I had been led to believe; not flabby by any means but the blades are not hard to open and are not nail breakers.
The blades are decently sharp, but a little stropping will make them shavers. I was pleasantly surprised that the etching on the blades is far more subtle in real life than in pictures; I'm not a fan of billboard blades, so this was a relief.
The buffalo horn is ever so slightly shrunken from the liners, but not enough to warrant an exchange; this is the nature of that material, I gather. I would not have noticed if I hadn't read about this tendancy of buffalo horn. There is no shrinkage from the bolster.
I think I will be very happy for this knife to be my dressy edc; it is robust but elegant, and at the size of my thumb, it will carry almost as easily as my peanut.
The springs are not nearly as stiff as I had been led to believe; not flabby by any means but the blades are not hard to open and are not nail breakers.
The blades are decently sharp, but a little stropping will make them shavers. I was pleasantly surprised that the etching on the blades is far more subtle in real life than in pictures; I'm not a fan of billboard blades, so this was a relief.
The buffalo horn is ever so slightly shrunken from the liners, but not enough to warrant an exchange; this is the nature of that material, I gather. I would not have noticed if I hadn't read about this tendancy of buffalo horn. There is no shrinkage from the bolster.
I think I will be very happy for this knife to be my dressy edc; it is robust but elegant, and at the size of my thumb, it will carry almost as easily as my peanut.
GLad you got your new knife. I'm waiting for one as well.
Could you tell me about the buffalo horn shrinkage? I ordered smooth black buffalo horn and had no idea it was somewhat unstable. Is it affected by heat? cold? humidity? Any info would be appreciated.
Could you tell me about the buffalo horn shrinkage? I ordered smooth black buffalo horn and had no idea it was somewhat unstable. Is it affected by heat? cold? humidity? Any info would be appreciated.
From what I understand, the heat generated from working and shaping the material makes it expand, and then when it cools and contracts it might be slightly imperfect. I don't know if age/time/environment is a shrinkage factor. Time will tell; if it were to keep shrinking, I suppose I'd send it in to be rehandled. I knew this was a consideration with buffalo horn, but I was really drawn to that material and decided to take a chance.
On mine, you can barely see just a hint of brass at the edge of the scale, and you can feel its edge if you drag a nail across. It is very slight and I doubt I would have noticed if I hadn't been reading about buffalo horn shrinkage.
On mine, you can barely see just a hint of brass at the edge of the scale, and you can feel its edge if you drag a nail across. It is very slight and I doubt I would have noticed if I hadn't been reading about buffalo horn shrinkage.
Well, I got home after work and found a package in the mailbox. Oh yeah! A new knife!
I opened the tube and took a long look at my new #73 with black buffalo scales. I noticed a tiny gap between the scales and the bolster. I can slip a piece of paper in there, but to the eye you don't even notice. All around the perimiter of the handle it is nicely lined up. I've got no complaints about the horn at all. There's even a whisp of grey streaking on one side. Enough to tell you that it's not a piece of plastic. It could be sharper, but overall I'm very happy with my first (and probably not last) GEC knife.
I opened the tube and took a long look at my new #73 with black buffalo scales. I noticed a tiny gap between the scales and the bolster. I can slip a piece of paper in there, but to the eye you don't even notice. All around the perimiter of the handle it is nicely lined up. I've got no complaints about the horn at all. There's even a whisp of grey streaking on one side. Enough to tell you that it's not a piece of plastic. It could be sharper, but overall I'm very happy with my first (and probably not last) GEC knife.
