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.
Interesting info on the caliber weights. I have seen all those colors you mentioned and like them all except the current pink/camo. Hopefully some of the others will rotate back into production.I remember reading the thread where you described that, and showed the sheath you made for your dad after he lost the first one. Thoughtful birthday gifts, HnS!!
The ones I have are called tan, and I don't know when they were discontinued, but I'm quite sure they were NOS at the dealer from whom I bought them last summer. In addition to the pink camo, I've seen brown/green camo models at some online vendors
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A BF member who has both a Caliber LT347 and a bone 6347 said the Zytel was much thicker than the bone. I thought the Caliber models, having no liners, might be substantially lighter than a "normal" model. But when I found a site this morning that posted weights for their knives, the Caliber stockman was listed as 2.7 oz while several different bone 6347s were listed at 2.9 oz. For the muskrat pattern, the Caliber and several bone models I checked were all listed at 2.6 oz but a yellow Delrin muskrat was 2.0 oz!
I'm one of the recipients of John's Wharncliffe mini trapper generosity, and can indeed attest that the Carhartt model he sent me is a slender slicer!
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I knew one of these would make an appearance, they seem pretty darn nice and definitely don't see much spotlight for sure.I know I've banged this drum before, and I will continue to: Klein's Japanese-made lockbacks are wonderful knives in all 3 sizes. I'm particularly fond of the smallest size, even though I haven't gotten one of my own yet. I do have my father's old large model, though. Well built, good steel, good lock, and very reasonably priced.
The 38 specials arent very popular, but they should be! I have one in my pocket right now actually.The one I'm carrying today was made around 2013, but I don't think I've ever seen another one.
Queen #40 gunstock jack in curly zebrawood
Great Eastern's .38 Special doesn't seem to be well received, they're hardly ever shown here, but they are a lovely slender carry with a very useful muskrat clip blade and beautiful covers.
Bocote
Stag
Here are some international knives I think are gems. They're not exactly "hidden", but they don't get posted as often as they deserve IMHO.
A couple of MAMs from Portugal:
A couple of Okapis from South Africa:
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I would have to agree , for some reason many people would rather just get a GEC than something vintage.I like your idea for this thread. It would behoove many to educate themselves more about traditional knives, there are more to them than what shows up on the GEC New Releases page.
The Corsican Vendetta is a certainly a gem. This one was made by Cudeman.
The Queen-made black box Winchesters are wonderful knives too. They were made twenty-five to thirty years ago, but they are still readily found. If you see a pattern you like, get to hunting, you won't be disappointed. In some ways I think they are better than GEC.
Then there are the vintage knives. These are the knives that Tony Bose and Bill Howard fell in love with. Knives like this old Miller Bros. harness jack.
Of course getting these isn't as simple as signing up for an email alert. Folks don't bother with these unless they have the love of knives gene.
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Spey blades! This one is on a very useful mini trapper. I don’t have any livestock, but use it for a variety of tasks. And it looks awesome.
