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.
Yah, humongous would NOT be the word I'd use to describe the 15. I'd say you're the only one. At least you got the handle part lurve right.
If you that the 15 is too big, you better not even look at the 9!
I belt carry mu 16 at least 3 days a week but the 15 wouldn't be any different really. I'm pretty sure I'd get stopped at the door if I walked into Wally World with a 5 strapped on my hip though.
OOOH! First snark of the morning... Who's got coffee? I'll bring my appetite and some good stories if y'all are making breakfast. :thumbup:
. I already own a blade similar to the 7 / 16 / 17, and own a 2. I can see the utility in a 4 and they look pretty sweet, but I held one at a knife store and it didn't really do 'it' for me. I'm sure all I would have to do is use one in the woods in order to recant this statement 
because who are we kidding... gotto have them all!
Actually, you should think about getting the 4 before the 9....I know, I know, blasphemy! Holding one in the store will never give you the feel for how fast that thing moves, which is the main advantage for me over the 9. That, and it really excels at a lot of "small knife" tasks in a very natural feeling way. I agree, you gotta have 'em all....but get the 4, and if you don't like it, it should be REAL easy to sell. The 9 might be the King (and I like mine, I really do), but we all know how much work actual kings really didMorning folks.
I can see the utility in a 4 and they look pretty sweet, but I held one at a knife store and it didn't really do 'it' for me. I'm sure all I would have to do is use one in the woods in order to recant this statement
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Congrats, Jonny. I was using mine last night for fire prep. Made me realize I'm gonna have to thin the edge out a bit (and shrink the handle girth) if I'm gonna use it and enjoy it. It's a beast, alright. But it's so thick I can't even get it to stick in my chopping stump. It's more like the knife version of a splitting maul....at least it is now. ​Enjoy it, brother.
Actually, you should think about getting the 4 before the 9....I know, I know, blasphemy! Holding one in the store will never give you the feel for how fast that thing moves, which is the main advantage for me over the 9. That, and it really excels at a lot of "small knife" tasks in a very natural feeling way. I agree, you gotta have 'em all....but get the 4, and if you don't like it, it should be REAL easy to sell. The 9 might be the King (and I like mine, I really do), but we all know how much work actual kings really did
Also, while I understand why the handle is on an angle but if it was straight... it may be my ultimate knife
got up yesterday, drove to tulsa for a cousin's 40th anniversary party.
got drafted to do lots of grunt work instead of sitting down and drinking beer while talking to people I don't know.
helped with the cleanup while said strangers treated me like hired help - which means I also got to pack a case of beer, a couple pounds of pulled pork and brisket, and a dozen oatmeal chocolate chip cookies in the car (with the cousin's permission).
drove home.
today I need to mow the lawn and figure out how to fix the brush hog - since I hit a tree with it Friday evening while mowing and tore half the A-frame off...
got up yesterday, drove to tulsa for a cousin's 40th anniversary party.
got drafted to do lots of grunt work instead of sitting down and drinking beer while talking to people I don't know.
helped with the cleanup while said strangers treated me like hired help - which means I also got to pack a case of beer, a couple pounds of pulled pork and brisket, and a dozen oatmeal chocolate chip cookies in the car (with the cousin's permission).
drove home.
today I need to mow the lawn and figure out how to fix the brush hog - since I hit a tree with it Friday evening while mowing and tore half the A-frame off...
Finish closing the pool, hopefully a bicycle ride and then Fairy Houses. Yeah, I said it. There are thousands of people down at the park building them and touring Strawberry Banke looking at them.
