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.
Recently, I had the good fortune of giving up my opportunity to add to my collection of Ken's wonderful knives by deferring to Charlie for whom the particular knife was a perfect match.
(It is the season, after all.)
During a subsequent telephone conversation with Ken he asked me what I might be interested in if he were to find the time to build something before the holidays.
(Believe me, the decision is not as easy as one might think.)
After giving it some thought I decided that I'd opt for a full size stockman (4 1/4" closed) and since Ken had never done so previously, I thought it would be neat to have a "shadow".
(As it turns out, this is the first three blade shadow that Ken has built.)
While discussing scale material Ken mentioned that he had some yellow micarta which is purported to have come from the Randall shop in FL. When he showed me images of the material I agreed that it would be just right for this project.
For steel we were both on the same wavelength and opted for CPM-D2. (A steel I've been hot to try for some time now.) Ken told me about a shield that he found interesting and when I looked it up in my references we were both on the same page once again. (Not surprisingly.)
Ken and I spent a lot of time together working out the details of the blades, their profiles and how I wanted them to lay in the frame. Looks like Ken nailed it.
I won't have the opportunity to pocket this knife until Christmas (as it will be a gift from my wife) but I do have some images I can share now while I wait.
The Details:
"Shadow" Stockman @ 4.25" closed
3 5/8 oz.
CPM-D2 @ 60 Rc
"Yellow" Linen Micarta (from Randall Shop)
Bonus: Filed Center Liner (A very nice touch and surprise.)
Needless to say, I can't wait. Hope you enjoy the images. Your comments are welcome, as always.
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I call it........Singing in the rain with my Erickson!:thumbup:
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I love, carry and use this knife![]()
That micarta is to die for. Just the right hue, not stare-at-the-sun yellow, but so-mellow yellow.
The subtle class this knife portrays is simply astounding!
A plastic handled shadow birdseye-rivet knife was designed to be a budget user, but the grade of materials and execution of this one brings this baby right to the top of traditional aesthetics, and downright drop-dead gorgeousness!