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.
I was reading a list of obscure words the other day and appreciated this one:
ultracrepidarian — a person who expresses opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise.
Thank goodness we don’t ever get any of those here on BladeForums…
Looks good Steve, that's a nice pic
Hope you're doing OK Daniel
Cool pic there Thinking of taking my Eric's Lamb over with me 
Wishing everyone a fantastic weekend 
Looks good Steve, that's a nice pic
Hope you're doing OK Daniel
I'm thinking of heading over to York tomorrow. I used to go over all the time, but I've kind of got out of the habit. There's nothing specific on over there, so far as I know, but it's always a nice place to visit, and the weather forecast is good for tomorrow
Nice Daniel...hope your other knife is progressing to your liking.
Thank you Jack!Thanks David, great to see that lovely Rodgers
Lot of nice horn. HHB lookin good!Thank you Dwight, when I was doing my SFOs, and commissioning a follow-up to the 2017 Guardians knives, I wanted, what I called a 'Peaches & Cream' horn, like this:
Wright's said they had that horn, so I put the word out. However, when I visited the factory, to see how they were getting on, which it was always necessary to do several times, the horn they had started to use was nothing like what I had been promised. I asked them to stop production, and was told that they would get it right. Numerous phone calls were exchanged, and I was eventually told they had sourced some more horn. The clock was ticking, but I asked to see some samples, which I didn't receive until much later, because the two knives had simply been put in a paper envelope, and dropped in a post box, without any stamps! When they hadn't arrived after a few days, I asked for two more to be sent, and eventually received these two:
Nice horn, but not quite what I had been promised. I was assured that they had some horn, which was more like what I wanted, but I decided to go over, and have a look myself. In fact the two samples were not representative at all, and the rest of the horn was very much like we had had for the 2018 Guardians run. That year, I had split the run between ebony and horn, and the problems getting the right ebony, were even greater than getting the right horn. I was inclined to cancel the horn altogether, but asked for opinions on the email list, and a number of folks still wanted horn, so horn they got:
The samples I had been sent were completely different, so knowing Charlie's predilection for redheads (or at least ONE redhead), I sent him the red knife, and kept Marilyn. Unfortunately, I neglected to take a pic of them together
A fine photo my friend
Apparently he had it on his wall for some years!Gordon might be the brightest of the Leeds market traders, but he doesn't have much competition!
Thanks Charlie, it's a shame I couldn't get hold of more of it
For the first few years I lived in Leeds, I used to have bats flying round, right outside my windows at night, but I haven't seen them for many years now, I'm not sure what happened
Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone's week hasn't been too punishing, but I dare say most folks will be ready for the weekend, and hope you all have a good one. And a good Friday of course!
Some real dandy's there Charlie!Oh My!!!
BTW, I have some nice Horn, including that lovely Redhead!!View attachment 2205406
And, Rita and the Stag!!!View attachment 2205408
I was reading a list of obscure words the other day and appreciated this one:
ultracrepidarian — a person who expresses opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise.
Thank goodness we don’t ever get any of those here on BladeForums…
That is a standard stag A Wright that my buddy
bigfish64
sanded down and polished up. Todd did a great job on it. A wonderful gift from a great guy!!!
Thanks a lot Steve
Looking forward to seeing that oneIt’s coming along I messed up on the liners so I had to back up a few steps so fingers crossed I don’t screw it up.
Thanks a lot buddyThank you Jack!
Lot of nice horn. HHB lookin good!
Some real dandy's there Charlie!
Real nice
Maybe if I get time over the weekend, I'll drag all my horn out for some pics
That would be a real treat!Real nice
Maybe if I get time over the weekend, I'll drag all my horn out for some pics
Thanks DavidThat would be a real treat!
It looks good doesn't it Charlie? That Pere David stag can look very lacklustre, whereas Todd made the knife into something special
Nice way to end the day Paul
LOL!Here’s mine.
I may have misunderstood the topic of discussion…
At least it’s a Lambsfoot pic (just slightly camouflaged).
Cool pic Barrett
Sorry your trip to York didnt work out.Good morning Guardians, I'm afraid that my planned trip to York has not gone well. I got up early, and was down at the central bus station before 9.00am. As the bus I was on came into the station, I could see the York bus waiting, but as I stepped off my bus, I saw a huge line snaking from the front of the York bus, right through the bus station, out the door, and going out of sight up the road! I wondered if there was some festival or special event in York, but it turns out that the trains are on strike today. There must have been 200 people in the line, and since the buses are only every 30 minutes, some of those folks are going to be waiting a while! I can go to York another day, so for now, I'm just headed to Charlie's cafe, in need of coffee. Have a great day Guardians
Charlies coffee and your Lamb sure look good!
