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.
There are zero tension and compression forces along the centerline of a structural member, or in this case, knife blade. All fullers have been designed to reduce weight while not compromising linear strength.
When you get ready to release them just go ahead and add my name to the order list right away.
Kinda looks like a Busse improved USMC K-Bar, it even has BUSSE were the USMC logo would be......:thumbup:
No wait a minute where did I see that idea before?
We didn't have much choice on that one. . . . The fuller kinda pushed us off of the blade and left us with little choice. . . .
Snow's a comin' . . . . . . . I'm a drinkin'. . . . . :thumbup:
Jerry
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I've read that fuller's do have a structural purpose but it really doesn't make that big of a difference until you get to sword lengths. True, it does take off weight, but it also gives it a bit more lateral strength. From what I've read, the way it works is, the profile of the blade is now like an I beam, instead of just flat. So, I guess something shaped like this H, if you imagine the pressure coming from the top or bottom of the H, it would be much harder to bend that something shaped like -
anyways that what I've read, anyone compared difference in fuller/ non-fuller before? I'd like to know for sure
It wouldn't look right without the choil. The finger guard would look too short. If the whole blade were only as wide as the ricasso it would work. But then it would be a narrow blade like the Glock field knive. I think it looks right the way it is.
I thought that some of you might like to take a look at an old school special military blade that we have been making quite a few of lately :thumbup:. . .
Don't expect to to see this anytime too soon. . . . but it will make it to the trough sometime this year!!!!!. . . . .:thumbup:
Check it out. . . . .
Let's Drink!!!! :thumbup:
Jerry
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I certainly wouldn't remove the choil to make it look better, my only purpose in doing so is functional. and, having photoshopped it to have such a mod, it looks very pretty without it.
Five pages and SOMEONE hasn't asked if this blade will be avaliable in
BAMACLAY!
I can't wait for this one.