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.
The #35 churchill looks to be my perfect edc knife. Hopefully its paired with great scales/ shield options. GEC has did a get job with their latest offerings.
And I didn't preoder on the Churchill. None of the cover options were doing it for me. Maybe I'll feel differently when I see production photos, but my wallet is safe for now.
Same here, buzz. The options kinda left me flat.
I was hoping for a jigged bone. I'll hold onto hope for a cool SFO or try to grab a well matched Stag when it comes out.
I was hoping for a jigged bone.
There was a notation saying NO sfo's on the Churchill.
Christine said no sfo's on the Churchill run, no jig bone , bummer
That would be a great frame for a scout knife for sure.Funny, since they use jigged bone for their concept picture. I'll just hold off and pick out a Stag I like. I'm still holding out hope for a surprise scout knife.
^^^ This ^^^If only there was a GEC version, it's so perfect otherwise! What a great blade/size combo.
Thank you very much for the great info Jake! I have a lot to learn, but not as much as I did before this.It's a similar blade combination. A "Carpenter's knife" was a jack with two full length blades. The handles varied a bit... straight jacks, curved jacks, bullet end, etc. And the main blade can be either a clip or spear. The secondary blade is always a full length sheepfoot.
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The Churchill is a "double-end jack". Typically, stockman and cattle knife type double-end jacks have a spey blade or sometimes a pen blade. But there are rare examples with a sheepfoot. Here's one with spear main blade and sheepfoot secondary using the parts of a Eureka (fancy cattle knife handle/die).
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On the oldies, the spine of the sheepfoot was usually parallel to the handle. But it looks like it will be angled up when closed on GEC's knife (like on a knife with 3 blades). I might tinker with the kick if there's room. I'm looking forward to seeing the inside of the well.
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Years ago, I had suggested something similar for the forum knife... and a couple years later we did get one made by CSC before they closed their doors. One of the nice things about the double-end jack is that a catch bit can allow the main blade to be full length. Whoever invented the catch bit is in my personal cutlery hall of fame!
Here's a comparison of two pen knives. The knife on the right has a catch bit and the main blade is longer than the knife on the left that lacks a catch bit.
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That would be a great frame for a scout knife for sure.