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.
Mine just arrived today, I purchased it directly from Grayman. It’s a tank of a knife, seriously thick blade stock, oversized stop pin, and huge thumb studs. It’s a beast. I’m sure they’re not for everyone, but if you’re into the big, tough folder scene, this is one to have for sure.
I haven’t noticed the scales being sharp, but I’m also used to edc-ing a Strider DGG SnG. Ergonomically speaking, I have no issues with it. It is quite heavy, but that comes with the design, and I’m ok with that.I like the blade shape. Is this going to be a user for you? or an addition to the collection?
What about other comments that the scales are "too sharp"?
I know a lot of people who love the titanium scales, and other all-metal scales, are buying them for collections and not for actual use. Except for those few all-metal knives that manage to be both ergonomic and non-slippery in use, it would have to be a "safe queen" for me, because I'm done trying to actually use knives that slip around if my hand gets sweaty, or damp for any other reason.
Well, 7.2 oz is heavy, but for those that need to carry a 5"+ blade for heavy duty work...7.2 Ounces! Nope.
Well, 7.2 oz is heavy, but for those that need to carry a 5"+ blade for heavy duty work...
What? It's a 3" blade? Oh. Lol?
Just a little background, I work in Navy aviation and my command has been preparing for deployment. I've been carrying this knife for the past week as we've been transferring pallets of assets, consolidating supplies, clearing out tri-wall boxes of unused materials. It's times like this that a sharpened, folding prybar comes in very handy. In aviation every single tool has to be checked out in a log, so a simple task becomes time consuming when you just need a flathead to open the metal clips on a crate. That complication is avoided when you have something to pry with (yeah, I know most knives are purely for cutting and not prying). The sharp edge comes in very handy when there are tri-walls that need to be broken down. If you're not familiar with a tri-wall box, they are massive triple-thick cardboard boxes used to ship heavy tools and gear. After all that, I used the knife to trim a little window in some bubble wrap to view the part-number/serial-number on a piece of sensitive electronic equipment. The Tiga handled all these tasks without issue.
Could thinner-bladed knives have handled these tasks? Probably. My Spyderco Shaman is usually my go-to work knife but I would have been hesitant to pry metal clips with it. Most of my shipmates have their own pocket knives but most have the tips broken off and dulled from prying. The Tiga's blade shape and thickness gives me confidence that few other knives provide.