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.
We don't need a secret Handshake my friend, there's a special look in a mans eyes when he owns a HHB!
I guess what you can do is place a "wanted" in your signature in the hope that if? anyone should let go of theirs- then they may remember you- it has happened many times here with other knives , but I am sure Bill will simply post his to me when he tires of his- which I am sure will happen this year - I'm sure of it !!
Hey Joe! The name's Will - I'm not sure I could survive Mitch's Down-Under Land of Kookaburras and Huntsman Spiders - the salties I'd get on fine with, though!
My apologies Will! Trying to remember real names to match usernamesThat's a mighty fine idea! I'm thinking something along the lines of:
Hey Joe! The name's Will - I'm not sure I could survive Mitch's Down-Under Land of Kookaburras and Huntsman Spiders - the salties I'd get on fine with, though!
Jack seems like a wonderful dude, and I'm sure if he could, he would, but as I understand the situation - that ship has unfortunately sailed.
By the way- my name is actually Ken
My apologies Will! Trying to remember real names to match usernames
And thank you for the insight and history. I’ve been trying to go back and read this thread from the beginning, but it’s going to take a while- it’s looong!
Likewise Will!
I have a few and the F&F on them are fine. I like them. That catalina wine bone lambsfoot is just right to me.
Thank you Leon!
Gracias Bob!
Many thanks Steve!
Super cool acquisition my friend!Hello Guardians. Another lamb joins the flock. I’m very impressed with everything about this knife. Fit and finish are outstanding and the jigging is
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Two wonderful images Paul!
I can only imagine how thrilled those two little men were!
Great story Duncan & true here to mateMitch, if there is ever something that gives a Knife a awesome Patina - Red Meat!
I always carry a certain Knife with me over the last few years when I go out to Dinner with Sue- this usually is on a Wednesday night - because that's my cooking night
The Staff see me with my own Knife as I don't use their Knife and they are always impressed.
One girl said the typical uneducated thing of " Oh dangerous - dangerous man carrying a Knife, so I said to her ( nicely as she said it nicely ) "no not really, If I tried to hurt you with this Knife it would fold up on my own fingers and cut me really badly, and see that Kitchen over there- the people working in there are actually the ones using the kind of Knife that 99% of Knife attacks and murders are committed with - that's right - Kitchen Knives, so when you go home - you have a lot of murderous utensils in your kitchen or sitting on a Knife block on your counter".
She looked at me and said " Wow... your right - I never looked at it like that", so now when she see's me she smiles and say's " Packin your Blade?"
I answer " Always " Its created a good hard case relationship!
Gracias amigo.
Fantastic specimens!All of my... numerous... examples are fantastic.
No gaps, no blade wobble, smooth cover-to-bolster/endcap transitions, consistent pull weights, solid, everything lines up just like it's supposed to, plus - generally stunning cover materials.
One of the few criticisms I've heard is that some folks are opposed to super-chunky stag - that said, only the sambar stag options seem to be cut this way, their American elk covers are very trim. Personally, I love obnoxiously thick stag - put the whole darn antler on there says I! Some have commented that earlier releases from the company had 'nail-breaking' pull weights, however, while stout indeed - I find the lambfoot models to be very pinchable due to their very well executed nail nicks.
Here are some of mine:
Hope that helps!
Totally agree Duncan. Bill's has a really really rich golden (butterscotch) cure that just gets better and better.
With all the postings of the barlow's, they are all examples of the vagaries of Stag. And you can apply that to any natural covers, everyone is different. One of the attractions of collecting knives.
Thank you, Dwight. They had fun. As always…..sweet lambs, buddy.Two wonderful images Paul!
Don't sell yourself short, you talk as much nonsense & gibberish as the rest of us. As we understand you, guess you belongJust skip over everything I say. It’s utter nonsense and gibberish
That.........................................................................is downright gorgeous!Knife content for relevance.
I believe it has to do with the lower standards of quality associated with the craftsmen available now.
Bob
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