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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.
Production Hiking Buddy Pass Around Contest!
- Thread starter Bamboo
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I received the blade from Roemer1 last week. It's been
90-100 degree temperatures this past week + a recent unit change at work have kept me indoors. Planning on putting some work in this weekend and then getting it shipped off early next week. (Jonny1280's next in the next up right?) On a side note the blade came moderately dull. It's got a fine working edge but definitely won't be shaving any hair. I'm in the process of learning to hand sharpen but still consider myself pretty green. It looks like it just needs a quick touch up. I don't have a strop (I know... I NEED to get one), so would running it across a Spyderco UF ceramic bench stone be adequate? I also have a sharp-maker with stock stones but was worried that the Fiddleback edge geometry will get messed up by the Sharpmaker angles. Thoughts/suggestions?
90-100 degree temperatures this past week + a recent unit change at work have kept me indoors. Planning on putting some work in this weekend and then getting it shipped off early next week. (Jonny1280's next in the next up right?) On a side note the blade came moderately dull. It's got a fine working edge but definitely won't be shaving any hair. I'm in the process of learning to hand sharpen but still consider myself pretty green. It looks like it just needs a quick touch up. I don't have a strop (I know... I NEED to get one), so would running it across a Spyderco UF ceramic bench stone be adequate? I also have a sharp-maker with stock stones but was worried that the Fiddleback edge geometry will get messed up by the Sharpmaker angles. Thoughts/suggestions?
swonut
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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I think you should do your best with what you have. That's kind of the point. Test it. Say it sucks at being sharpened with a Spyderco Bench stone. Say it it amazing when sharpened with a spyderco bench stone. Please don't send it back, just sharpen it and see how the chips fall. Note how you are a beginner, moderate, experienced, expert, guru or whatever on the sharpener and go from there. Just be truthful and explain what you did. This is a proven design, so IMO there is no need to baseline. Just sharpen and go.
BTW, PM inbound.
BTW, PM inbound.
I'd love to have got in on a testing phase 
FeralGentleman
Gold Member
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Grizz, I'm sure you have a leather belt or two. Don't let the pre-made strop hype fool you. You can get compound at Lowes/HD and put it on a piece of cardboard.
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You're too kind...
I'm looking forward to test out this production Hiking Buddy!
Just shoot me a PM when you're ready to ship Grizz.
