Help Us Build a Vantage! (Knife Giveaway)

[Badhammer]

prefer full serrated. much more useful.

I thought about that but didn't want to ask for too much too soon. I've been hunting for the elusive, fully serrated Nighthawk for years. I'd love a FS Vantage.

 

[jstrange]

Always Nickel Silver, NEVER brass. Can't stand the brass....

How bout an aluminum version?

 

[ohen cepel]

Bummer about the plastic border on the ironwood, glad you didn't opt to do that as it would almost be a waste of good ironwood. May need to have a custom maker put wood on an earlier model I have that takes down.

Stoked about this project. How soon can you take my money?!?!?!

 

[Skeptic13]

So here are my suggestion on construction. I have a Vantage Force Pro now. I love this knife but it is to heavy. Put lightning cut in the liners and use post construction instead of that spacer that runs along the spine. This will mean that you have to rethink the pocket clip but it will be well worth it. If you could shave an ounce off of that knife and build it in the steels that you are talking about it would be an exceptional knife.

 

[2TONYB]

Flat grind please.

 

[skblades]

How bout an aluminum version?

How did I know this would be the next question! If Buck will ever let me, we'll definitely do aluminum.

 

[skblades]

So here are my suggestion on construction. I have a Vantage Force Pro now. I love this knife but it is to heavy. Put lightning cut in the liners and use post construction instead of that spacer that runs along the spine. This will mean that you have to rethink the pocket clip but it will be well worth it. If you could shave an ounce off of that knife and build it in the steels that you are talking about it would be an exceptional knife.

This is the type of stuff I'm always trying to push Buck to do, but as of yet, I haven't budged them an inch. Well maybe an inch on our Marksman scales.

 

[skblades]

Flat grind please.

If only you knew my nightmares from the last time we did a flat ground blade..(*cough Marksman "Operator" *cough)...... hollow this time, but maybe we'll walk that road again someday.

 

[skblades]

Here is a rendition of the "Natural" Micarta. Thoughts?

 

[skblades]

Bummer about the plastic border on the ironwood, glad you didn't opt to do that as it would almost be a waste of good ironwood. May need to have a custom maker put wood on an earlier model I have that takes down.

Stoked about this project. How soon can you take my money?!?!?!

Well, money is fantastic! But realistically we have a few months and a couple more phases to go through. Once the color is finalized, I'm hoping for an 8 week turnaround.

 

[K-Lastima]

Make the two scales each a different color.
Fully serrated blade, yeah I would buy a couple of them!
Not a big fan of the sandwich knives but what ever you make, I am in for one.

 

[Christiantrevor]

I like the satin finish blade in the Burgundy rendering above much more than I think I would like the stonewash finish.

 

[MT_Pokt]

Make the two scales each a different color.

I don’t know about this. Some people get pretty worked up about mismatched scales. I don’t understand why, you can only see one side at a time...

 

[MT_Pokt]

Here is a rendition of the "Natural" Micarta. Thoughts?View attachment 827257

I like it better than the burgundy, but it’s not close to the natural canvas I’m used to.

 

[jbmonkey]

i dont like mismatched scales. too clownish. prefer simplicity. less is more routine

 

[Xr6x]

So here are my suggestion on construction. I have a Vantage Force Pro now. I love this knife but it is to heavy. Put lightning cut in the liners and use post construction instead of that spacer that runs along the spine. This will mean that you have to rethink the pocket clip but it will be well worth it. If you could shave an ounce off of that knife and build it in the steels that you are talking about it would be an exceptional knife.

The Vantage Pro 347 is the lighter version no full length spacer and sill has the clip

 

[Roamad]

Dunno if the color is really accurate. But based on these renderings, I prefer the natural micarta.

And again, I'll join in the call for lightening the knife, if at all possible. What about simply drilling the liners?

 

[skblades]

And the Black.

 

[jbmonkey]

don't care for the black. its a good looker but common. id prefer the other two colors. i realize im likely the minority on this. no od green version possible?

 

[BuckShack]

I always like black, but the natural looks really nice and it would be more memorable.