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.
Oh yeah its there and is amazing. Have a Zdp-189 Stretch that will be here on Thursday. Should have a good mix of Stretch'sAs long as the Super Blue is in the middle you are good.[emoji106] Enjoy the Stretch Cryo.![]()
I don't even understand how you would expect them to be even? There is no such thing as perfect grind lines on production knives and you would need everything to be ground PERFECT!!! with absolutely no exceptions if you wanted the lamination line to be even.
In the world of Japanese knives and laminated steels the the lamination line being irregular adds beauty to the blade, it's also a sign it's been forged because only hammering a blade will cause this much distortion in the line.
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My only experience with Superblue before this was a Manbug I recently traded. The lines on it were superb. And all the pics you see tend to look pretty even. The original question was from a "will it screw me value wise" mentality. Personally it doesn't bother me in the slightest. But I know others on the forum, especially in the Exchange can be a bit picky at times, even with usersPerhaps the OP has seen how other production makers such as Fallkniven are able to provide laminated blades made in Japan without such uneven lamination lines as with the Spyderco runs of laminated Super Blue and ZDP. I agree that is does not affect the function but having uneven lamination lines on a production Spyderco is not quite the same as having them on something like a hammer forged Murray Carter. I like how it looks on a Murray Carter, on the Spyderco not so much but that did not prevent me from acquiring and enjoying a full sampling of the Super Blue run. Out of 7 from the Super Blue run I think I have 2 that are fairly even. To each his own and bring on the HAP40.
My only experience with Superblue before this was a Manbug I recently traded. The lines on it were superb. And all the pics you see tend to look pretty even. The original question was from a "will it screw me value wise" mentality. Personally it doesn't bother me in the slightest. But I know others on the forum, especially in the Exchange can be a bit picky at times, even with users