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 In One: Traditional, horn,stag,jigged bone. Sandvik 14,Carbon,5200. France, England,America. Turkish Clip, Lambfoot,Sheepfoot. Swayback, Lockback. Pleased.
Made in Italy as is Ferrari & Lamborghini
Me toI sure do miss Stevie Ray
so sad and such a tragedy .
Nice looking pairMade in Italy as is Ferrari & Lamborghini
That Rams horn is purty.
Very nice Paul and good job on not taking away it’s wisdom and CharacterA new rescue arrival. A Kabar dogs head Stag KA-BAR-LO. It wasn't abused just well used. I non aggresively cleaned it up a bit and I feel it turned out really well. She has BEAUTIFUL mellow stag and just right thickness
Thanks guys!Nice looking pair
Paul, it's a decorative box my wife bought me.- great composition
- great lighting
(- err, may I ask what kind of surface (floor..?) that is please......?)
Thanks guys!
Paul, it's a decorative box my wife bought me.
Chui
Thanks Paul, I hope you are feeling better. The cattle were very cooperative the other day and took their time walking by. I was able to get several nice photographs which I will post over the coming days. 
Beautiful pictures Leslie ! My Dad was a cattle man! I grew up with livestock and row crops. I sure miss the farm lifeView attachment 851546
We do have a big sky here and open land which is not typical for where I live. Years ago this area was used to farm Tongue Oil Trees until the invention of poly urethane ended that industry. The land was then cleared for cattle pastures; thus the openness and abundance of ponds. Usually I have to crop out the sky to showcase the knife, but I will try to add more sky for you.
You and I share a passion for Africa, and there are moments when I get that Africa feeling here. In fact, I have thought of adding a few Zebra and Ankole Cattle to complete the picture. And didn’t I choose the perfect knife for this post, a Case Tribal Lock in Zebra Wood.
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We do have a big sky here and open land which is not typical for where I live. Years ago this area was used to farm Tongue Oil Trees until the invention of poly urethane ended that industry. The land was then cleared for cattle pastures; thus the openness and abundance of ponds. Usually I have to crop out the sky to showcase the knife, but I will try to add more sky for you.
You and I share a passion for Africa, and there are moments when I get that Africa feeling here. In fact, I have thought of adding a few Zebra and Ankole Cattle to complete the picture. And didn’t I choose the perfect knife for this post, a Case Tribal Lock in Zebra Wood.
The salmon was to die for!! The tuna and cod was great too! Hope everyone is having a relaxing Sunday afternoon
.....and a wonderful way to braai
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You and I share a passion for Africa, and there are moments when I get that Africa feeling here. In fact, I have thought of adding a few Zebra and Ankole Cattle to complete the picture. And didn’t I choose the perfect knife for this post, a Case Tribal Lock in Zebra Wood.
Chui
I will switch to Nguni Cattle and Sambar Deer and go into the knife handle business! I am not aware of Nguni in the US, but they might be here. I am sure it will be more profitable than beef cattle.
What a treasure trove of knives from South Africa! I do not know much about those makers, and I am afraid to open another vein of collecting (and spending). But a small Sebenza is my favorite knife of them all!
Thanks Paul!- wonderful LC, Rob
- there are more SA knife makers than you could ever imagine.........their skill is unreal, a few holding the American MS too.
Their Guild has been going for around 36 years and is very well run.
Here's a sprinkling...
O.K. , you don't get to show something that perfect and not say who the maker is........?????????
I really like that one Paul !!! I have seen others like it and they all have had really nice Stag , just as your's certainly does . It is one that is on my list to look for at the Badger Blade Show in March . You are really latching on to some great Stag my friend !!!!!A new rescue arrival. A Kabar dogs head Stag KA-BAR-LO. It wasn't abused just well used. I non aggresively cleaned it up a bit and I feel it turned out really well. She has BEAUTIFUL mellow stag and just right thickness
- ahh, you're making me truly yearn now...
Big skies make such a difference, big time......when you have to turn on your feet to see the full horizon, that's living.
Flipping your situation, many of the private game reserves I visit are previous cattle ranches with their fences taken down and joined up to make one big area for wild creatures to roam instead.
For a wee bit of a 'picture show', this haul came back with me one year from visiting Africa's premier knife show and stopping off to see some SA knife-maker friends
8 out of 12 being trad patterns/styles
And if Gary and Frank don't mind too much, the only pic I have of my usual carry in the African bundu...
- there are more SA knife makers than you could ever imagine.........their skill is unreal, a few holding the American MS too.
Their Guild has been going for around 36 years and is very well run.
Here's a sprinkling...