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.
True trueUntill you post EDC and Behemother on the Exchange ... see which one sells first.
No comment on the pricing, just to mention that the DEK3 is a pretty thin hollow grind also.Mat, the DEK3 doesn’t require any hand grinding, outside of basic tool mark removal. The skinners are hollow ground, and it’s a very thin hollow grind. There’s no way to accelerate that process, or automate it outside of buying a hollow grinding machine, which likely still won’t work because of the temperature sensitivity issues with the alloys used. That means monkey meat powered grinding, which means time, and increased use of obscenely expensive belts. It’s not a fair comparison, and why I was pointing out that despite it appearing similar or ‘simple’, it isn’t, and those parallels can’t really be drawn.
I stand by my number - once you take into account the additional variables, there’s no way it can be done under $700 without CPK losing their asses in the venture.
It was a struggle, but I bowed to the Kukri
Matt do you always chit on the floor every where you go?
No comment on the pricing, just to mention that the DEK3 is a pretty thin hollow grind also.
I think the boot dagger has 4 machined twisted hollow grinds
Well, that can be taken two ways.I just voted kukri, because I’m a large knife guy.
For you, you can take it any way you want to!Well, that can be taken two ways.![]()
Hey, hey, hey!!! Put that middle finger away. LOLFor you, you can take it any way you want to!
Agreed and this is what I would love to see!My vote's for a Skinner because I like EDCable fix blades (sure, one CAN EDC a K18, but I don't have one of those, unfortunately).
Seems like CPM-MagnaMax with an optimized HT would be perfect for something in a skinner-format knife.
My vote's for a Skinner because I like EDCable fix blades (sure, one CAN EDC a K18, but I don't have one of those, unfortunately).
Seems like CPM-MagnaMax with an optimized HT would be perfect for something in a skinner-format knife.
I'd be happy to use any steel Nathan recommends for the knife!
We need more fodder for the folder.In particular if it would be a folder !
Cause it would break the list lolWait a dang minute….why isn’t the folder on this list!!!?????