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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.
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- Thread starter JK Knives
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Thank you gents. Of course John deserves the accolades, he brought the monster to life.
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Well, did it arrive? Where is that pacing back and forth smiley when I need it?
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man that came out very nice. great design and a hell of a execution.
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Well, did it arrive? Where is that pacing back and forth smiley when I need it?
Hi Mack - No, unfortunately it did not.....I am guessing it will be here Friday or Saturday.
I plan on frying another turkey on Sunday for a couple of friends, and I will carve that bird with the Tourist 4.5 :^)
best
mqqn
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Hi Mack -
This design is great - and when you hold it in your hand, you are compelled to swing it around!
It is large and very nice in hand!
Here is the definition of cutlass-
"Although also used on land, the cutlass is best known as the sailor's weapon of choice. A naval side arm, its popularity was likely due to the fact that it was not only robust enough to hack through heavy ropes, canvas, and wood, it was also short enough to use in relatively close quarters, such as during boarding actions, in the rigging, or below decks. Another advantage to the cutlass was its simplicity of use. Employing it effectively required less training than that required to master a rapier or small sword, and it was more effective as a close-combat weapon than a full-sized sword would be on a cramped ship"
I had two of my friends over this evening and they were here when I opened the package from John. Both gentlemen are from Russia originally and have a lot of experience with fixed blade knives. They both commented on the large size and neither of them thought it was for skinning game.
My impressions. The knife is very well made. I would probably go for three pins in the handle, just out of preference. The knife has a very sharp but toothy edge. When I set it down edge first on my stropping block, it cut into the leather!
The grinds are fairly even, just 'imperfect" enough to show that the knife was lovingly hand-crafted and not spit out of a computer grinding machine.
The handle is very smooth and feels great in your hand. The ebony wood is beautiful, and very befitting the design. It is a classy knife and I will have to have one. No question. Dang you, Mack!
I especially love the way the spine is rounded, and one of my Russian buddies also commented on that (unsolicited) as being a beautiful touch. John - that adds a very nice finishing touch to your knives!
Here is a quick picture with my DBH - this is no little knife!
Sunday I will be carving a turkey with this bad boy, and then next week a filet roll.
I can't wait to cut something up with this! Thanks for honoring me with the first use of this knife, Mack!
best regards -
mqqn
This design is great - and when you hold it in your hand, you are compelled to swing it around!
It is large and very nice in hand!
Here is the definition of cutlass-
"Although also used on land, the cutlass is best known as the sailor's weapon of choice. A naval side arm, its popularity was likely due to the fact that it was not only robust enough to hack through heavy ropes, canvas, and wood, it was also short enough to use in relatively close quarters, such as during boarding actions, in the rigging, or below decks. Another advantage to the cutlass was its simplicity of use. Employing it effectively required less training than that required to master a rapier or small sword, and it was more effective as a close-combat weapon than a full-sized sword would be on a cramped ship"
I had two of my friends over this evening and they were here when I opened the package from John. Both gentlemen are from Russia originally and have a lot of experience with fixed blade knives. They both commented on the large size and neither of them thought it was for skinning game.
My impressions. The knife is very well made. I would probably go for three pins in the handle, just out of preference. The knife has a very sharp but toothy edge. When I set it down edge first on my stropping block, it cut into the leather!
The grinds are fairly even, just 'imperfect" enough to show that the knife was lovingly hand-crafted and not spit out of a computer grinding machine.
The handle is very smooth and feels great in your hand. The ebony wood is beautiful, and very befitting the design. It is a classy knife and I will have to have one. No question. Dang you, Mack!
I especially love the way the spine is rounded, and one of my Russian buddies also commented on that (unsolicited) as being a beautiful touch. John - that adds a very nice finishing touch to your knives!
Here is a quick picture with my DBH - this is no little knife!
Sunday I will be carving a turkey with this bad boy, and then next week a filet roll.
I can't wait to cut something up with this! Thanks for honoring me with the first use of this knife, Mack!
best regards -
mqqn
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Fantastic pics Andy.
I had questioned myself on the two or three pins. I went with two only because of my Rule #9 with it's ebony and two pins.
By the way, the rounded spine was a last minute thing but I agree totally. It certainly does make a difference and smooths the lines beautifully.
Andy thank you for the beautiful pictures.
John I can't thank you enough for bringing this to life.
I like it. Being a sailer at heart it hits home quite well.mqqn said:
I had questioned myself on the two or three pins. I went with two only because of my Rule #9 with it's ebony and two pins.
That is what I was hoping to hear.mqqn said:
By the way, the rounded spine was a last minute thing but I agree totally. It certainly does make a difference and smooths the lines beautifully.
Andy thank you for the beautiful pictures.
John I can't thank you enough for bringing this to life.
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That is incredible.
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Hi folks -
I put the knife to it's first task a while ago - I diced up an onion.
There was no trouble dicing up the onion - I did the "half and slice" method, and although the knife is a little larger than you would normally use for such a task, it performed with no drama.
It has it's first patina, even though I cleaned the knife immediately after the pictures.
best regards -
mqqn
I put the knife to it's first task a while ago - I diced up an onion.
There was no trouble dicing up the onion - I did the "half and slice" method, and although the knife is a little larger than you would normally use for such a task, it performed with no drama.
It has it's first patina, even though I cleaned the knife immediately after the pictures.
best regards -
mqqn
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Hi Mack -
It does not feel overly blade heavy - I was expecting it to be a little awkward cutting the onion, but it worked surprisingly well at that task.
I think the knife will shine when doing work on larger cutting tasks, as one would suspect from the size, but the handle design, with the curve of the blade makes the knife surprisingly agile when doing detailed cutting.
It is a little thicker than I like for cutting onions, but It worked better than I thought it would!
best regards -
mqqn
It does not feel overly blade heavy - I was expecting it to be a little awkward cutting the onion, but it worked surprisingly well at that task.
I think the knife will shine when doing work on larger cutting tasks, as one would suspect from the size, but the handle design, with the curve of the blade makes the knife surprisingly agile when doing detailed cutting.
It is a little thicker than I like for cutting onions, but It worked better than I thought it would!
best regards -
mqqn