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.
It is easier to find "quality problems" than to fix them, especially when your customer base has high expectations that are diverse and in many cases unrealistic plus your major competition consists of former employees.
I don't buy GEC, but all my Queens have been less than perfect, but not worthy of returning. I consider it character. Minor gaps and hairline cracks have been present on some but haven't changed, the knives are fully intact. I use my Queens for everything, kitchen to work. Some knives are almost perfect...I am picky and the only perfect knives I have seen were, for example, a custom Bose. My Queens are good knives worth what I paid for them. Like me,like anything, there is room for improvement.
What I really love about Queen is their patterns, their swedges, their steel, their heat treat, their covers and the ergonomic feel of their blades plus the minor imperfections that show it is a hand made knife.
If you want perfection, buy SAK.![]()
Sounds like you had nice time at the show.... is there going to be a show photo thread?!?!?!!!!![]()
I only have one Queen at this time a Winterbottom Bone S&M Barlow that was gifted me by Mrknife and it is an excellent knife.
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