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.
You are absolutely rightThe blade thickness for the Chaparral is .08 while the Sage is .12, the Chaparral being significantly thinner. The weight difference is significant as well with the Chaparral coming in at 2.0 oz for the LW FRN version and the Sage with FRN is 3.0 oz. Never handled a Sage but the Chaparral is my favorite pocket knife, a real super slicer.
I recently noticed the Chaparral has a new upcoming version with Red Dark Matter Fatcarbon scales, a carbon fiber material. One can get a Chaparral for a buck twenty-five but the Red Dark Matter version is going to run an extra two bills. I love this model but wondering why so significantly more. Probably a real beaut though and I can attest to the high performance of the Chaparral as I own three versions.