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.
As an update, I just made a trade for a Cold Steel Rajah 2 to go with my 6" blade Ti-Lite. The Rajah 2 has a 6 inch blade, but opened, the total length of the knife is 14 inches! The Rajah 2 is a massive folder.
The Darrel Ralph/ Camillus CUDA MAXX and MADD MAXX patterns were offered with 5.5", 7", and 9" blades. I still need the 9" model. It is 1/2 yd. long when opened.
i've had a buck 317 trailblazer in my toolbox for 25 years and fortunately
because it looked so nice i hardly ever used it and instead used
a bunch of cheapo chinese knives to do a lot of nasty dirty work.
My nephew had seen it and mentioned he would like one like it
and i went online only to find that six or eight of the biggest knife
makers that i knew of dont make any folding knives that large anymore.
I just assumed i would have dozens to choose from.
Now what i'd like to know is does any quality brand name mfg make
folding knives as large as 5.25 inches or larger (closed)?
What happened to the concept of folding to make more compact
and safe ? If i had had an open knife in my tool box for 25 years
i would be all cut up when digging around for stuff.
Way back when i thought there were some folding knives bigger
than the one i bought. ? ? ?