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.
my pleasureThanks Vance!! Looks like the handles a little thicker and shorter?
You’re killing me! All these models are right in my favorite size range.I'm very excited about these! I'm excited to use that Bushtasker. The Gnome is my best tiny knife I think. The Elf feels differently in the hand than any knife I've made. Nimble is the word. That one with a tapered tang is so light it isn't there almost. I'm interested to see what y'all think of it in use.
+1 ^ThisYou’re killing me! All these models are right in my favorite size range.
+1 ^This
I’m new to Fiddlebacks - only discovered a few months ago. Now I have three and the list of “want-to-haves” (maybe make that “must-haves”) keeps growing - esp. in the 3” - 4” blade range (3.5” hits the sweet spot for me). It’s become a distraction at work, my gf is showing signs of jealousy... It’s a problem![]()
Here's a comparison of a Gnome in a Diomedes Industries APS Gent (on the left) and APS Baron.
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I received the Gent last week and the Baron back in July/August 2017. I've used the Baron to carry various Esquires, and have applied Sno-Seal to it once. In my experience, that darkens the leather a bit more than the Montana Pitch Blend Jason uses, although I'm experimenting with MPB now to see which I prefer.Are you able to say when your sheaths were made (ballpark)?