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.
Yeah, I think I’m going to get one. Tough choice.I love my Ohio River Jack. I will probably pick one up. Just not sure which one!
They haven’t come on sale yet.Looks nice, they're made by QSP and already sold out though.
I was initially intrigued by the sawcut titanium as it gives a nod to a traditional cover treatment albeit in a very modern way.
Bit rich for my blood though - and I only say that because I can, from the very same site, pick up a Rosecraft, from the same country of origin, for a quarter of what's being asked. I can appreciate that m390 requires some more time and effort to work with, but super steels are lost on me in the traditional arena.
I'm still waiting for Rosecraft to "downgrade" some of their D2 offerings to 1095 or similar. Using more modern steels would be one of the quickest ways to turn me off.
Ahh when I clicked on it 20 mins ago it said sold out.They haven’t come on sale yet.
The path of least resistance. Objectively, talking about knives, both modern and traditional... well, any manufacturing these days, if you want to make some product there are two ways: you either let someone experienced make it for you (and you are most likely to get it relatively fast) or you create your own manufacturing plant, from scratch more or less, and who knows when you'll be able to see your desired product come out the way you wanted it to be, if ever. Not to mention the huge difference of the investment amounts between the two approaches. Go figure.It seems like most knife production these days just consists of people designing the look of something, then waiting in line behind all the other “cutlery companies” for a Chinese manufacturer to tool up and produce it.
The quality of these knives are probably great, but the look is not appealing to me.