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.
Not on the flat, you want to lay the edge down where the blade grind starts, not butting the handle up against the edge of the table. That will cause some erradic movement when the stones start removing metal and it's a pain to keep the knife still. If you start where the grind starts, you end up locking or supporting the knife and it sits still.
I did not want to take the angle much less than factory. as stated since it is a hollow grind, if it gets too thin, it may roll the edge orworse. It cuts real;ly well with the factory bevel.
Not on the flat, you want to lay the edge down where the blade grind starts, not butting the handle up against the edge of the table. That will cause some erradic movement when the stones start removing metal and it's a pain to keep the knife still. If you start where the grind starts, you end up locking or supporting the knife and it sits still.
I did not want to take the angle much less than factory. as stated since it is a hollow grind, if it gets too thin, it may roll the edge orworse. It cuts real;ly well with the factory bevel.
Well said.:thumbup:
From the very first opening, I knew I had a winner. One of the smoothest opening knives I've ever held. I can easily compare it to my old Large Sebenza in terms of fit and finish. Perfect grind, perfectly centered blade, and an action like butter. The knife locks up solidly and the liner lock is robust, I have no fear of the lock failing, although I don't generally hammer anything with the spine of the knife and for the most part, only use the cutting edge to cut.
The CF handles are slick, but not to the point where I have felt as if it hampered the knifes performance. I even don't mind the lock placement. I find the liner lock to still be accessible with little problem. Initial sharpness was more than adequate and this is coming from someone who usually reprofiles a knife the day he gets it. I've been using it for a couple days now and it has NOT remotely lost any of its sharpness. I plan on taking the edge down to probably 15 degree per side and finishing it up with .5 micron diamond compound when this dulls, which doesn't seem like it'll be any time soon.
This knife IMO rivals many of the big hitters, and easily rivals 400 dollar semi production knives. If you don't have one, get one.
Edited to add some macro shots I took. They're my first with a new lens and no tripod so they aren't as clear as they should be, but theres a close up of the CF
