The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
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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.
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I really liked this. It definitely looks expensive with the case.
. Indestructible, crazy sharp, ergonomically perfect. lightweight, good steel, decent sheath. What a strange hobby knives areI'm not a big fan of stilettos, but watching someone modify a blade, that's what I can't say no to. But the video is not working. I can't even imagine how precious the last one is. I have a machete from my father. something cheap. I think it's a bolo. maybe that's why I love knives when I played with it as a kid.Cheapest (least expensive) knives that I own and/or I've purchased ( I'll limit myself to the ones that originally cost under $10)-
These are Rite Edge stilettos. I originally paid $8 a piece for them. I bought several to modify (the bottom two I rebuilt and rehandled, and I added thumb studs to all three). Working on these knives would lead me to make switchblades (including one made out of a Rite Edge stiletto). The wood handles on the top knife are original.
And just for the hell of it, here's a video showing how easily they can be opened with one hand. The first one I also modified to be easily closed with one hand.
And although it's no longer in my "collection" (because it was stolen last year), this was my Master Cutlery "Alpha Team". It also cost $8 on close-out sale. I carried and used this knife for a few years, including putting it to hard use in my construction business, and it served me well.
Then there's this little Maxam folder. I traded a small amount of pot for it when I was a teenager, so it's hard to say how much I actually "paid" for it. Not much, likely one bowl. Good little knife though. I don't know what the original retail price was.
And lastly, a TL-29 that my dad brought home from his work on a Navy base when I was a kid. I didn't pay anything for it, neither did dad, but I imagine the original retail value was very low, so I consider it one of my "cheapest" knives.
I have many similar knives. Mora robust, basic, Laplander, garberg, condor terrasaur, bahco 2444, 2449, a few fiskars and hultafors. From my perspective, these knives are really worth the money, rather than all the fancy and cool knives. If I had to be alone in the woods and had to choose between a robust and a Medford, my vote would definitely be robust. But we boys like pretty girls more than good girls. This is a fact. If I knew I would survive the jungle and will I come back home , I would have taken MedfordHere is my cheapest knife, my $15 Mora Robust Pro. Ironically, out of my 150 knife collection, with some knives topping out at over $400, this one may be the best one
I watched the video now. All I can say is I was speechless. At first I thought you only opened it with your finger. Then I realized it was assisted. But I don't understand how it can be closed with one hand. It seems like manual when closing. It reminded me of a Kershaw pocket knife I had. kershaw cyclone. Do you have a video on how you did it?Cheapest (least expensive) knives that I own and/or I've purchased ( I'll limit myself to the ones that originally cost under $10)-
These are Rite Edge stilettos. I originally paid $8 a piece for them. I bought several to modify (the bottom two I rebuilt and rehandled, and I added thumb studs to all three). Working on these knives would lead me to make switchblades (including one made out of a Rite Edge stiletto). The wood handles on the top knife are original.
And just for the hell of it, here's a video showing how easily they can be opened with one hand. The first one I also modified to be easily closed with one hand.
And although it's no longer in my "collection" (because it was stolen last year), this was my Master Cutlery "Alpha Team". It also cost $8 on close-out sale. I carried and used this knife for a few years, including putting it to hard use in my construction business, and it served me well.
Then there's this little Maxam folder. I traded a small amount of pot for it when I was a teenager, so it's hard to say how much I actually "paid" for it. Not much, likely one bowl. Good little knife though. I don't know what the original retail price was.
And lastly, a TL-29 that my dad brought home from his work on a Navy base when I was a kid. I didn't pay anything for it, neither did dad, but I imagine the original retail value was very low, so I consider it one of my "cheapest" knives.
. Just some of my early work. 
No sign of being modified. It was almost a fabrication job, marvelous. It would be nice if it somehow had an assist when opening and manual when closing. I've seen such knives in review videos, but I don't remember the brand or model of any of them.Thank you
They're not assisted, they're entirely manual. There aren't any springs involved in the opening, just a sudden burst of thumb pressure on the thumb studs.
I don't have any videos, or even photos of the process, I did the work on these knives back in 2014 if I recall correctly. I wasn't making videos of anything back then. I don't make process videos of my work now either. The knife work is enough work all by itself without trying to film it (camera angles, lighting, etc, etc). Making videos is not in my skill-set.
The one-hand closing mechanism is a stainless steel wrap-around thumb-press I made and attached directly to the head of the lock.
I think they call that a sunfish. Am I right?
Exactly right.
) might enjoy getting is this Petrified Fish. I don't know what model it is, but it's $27 and it is amazing for the price! I've been using it as my beater knife for around the house tasks indoor and outdoor and the D2 steel seems to be heat treated amazingly well for its price. I've only lightly sharpened it once on my Sharpmaker and it gets all the dirty, gritty jobs. I strop it up every once in a while and it's good to go. Yesterday it was looking pretty grimy, but I cleaned it up last night after installing gummy sound treatment in my Cherokee for my sound system.
