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 believe Paul retired a year ago this month.
My Folding Alpha Hunter has the BOS stamp. It's box shows a mid August 2010 date on it. I hadn't considered the 12C27M (can't hardly see the 1 in this photo) a "premium steel" but I guess since 420HC is standard anything else is considered an "upgrade" at the least.
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These D2 blades have been sitting around for a long time. My recollections is that these blades were made before we started using the BOS flame, however I can't remember for sure..
These D2 blades have been sitting around for a long time. My recollections is that these blades were made before we started using the BOS flame, however I can't remember for sure..
I thought the Anvil stamp began to appear in 2002 or shortly after. DM