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.
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Thanks, Greg. I really like the finger notch just behind the pivot (which I first foolishly thought was the world's worst-pleced EO notchHappy Birthday, GT!
What a lovely surprise to wake up to on your birthday. It's a great looking knife and looks to be very comfortable in the hand. And, kudos to her for executing it perfectly. If I were to attempt something like that there would be a good chance I'd forget it was hidden there, only to rediscover it years later while looking for something else.
Didn't she also surprised you over the summer with another Mariano Zamorano knife? The trip you took together to his workshop in Toledo must have made quite an impression.
). If you remember that MZ knife she gave me when she arrived for a visit this summer, I doubt if you'd forget about a "delayed gift" for a few years! :thumbup: The other Zamorano knife is quite similar in size and general shape, but has synthetic covers.
Frank, I noticed when you mentioned your (almost-forgotten) "when I'm 64" birthday that we're the same age for 4 days each year. Hardly seems fair that you're not only younger and more handsome than me, but also more mature despite your youth!Happy birthday to a fellow Sagitarian.
Good looking knife. Your daughter has excellent taste.
My 64th birthday was four days before your 65th.
I received a pair of AG Russell War Eagle knives from my wife and daughter.
For various reasons, which I shan't go into here, I have already received my Christmas knife, a Case mini-copperhead in Tru-sharp and sawcut crimson bone.
Your birthday War Eagles and Christmas mini-copperhead are all very desirable knives; congrats! :thumbup:Thanks, Bob. I measure it to be 4 1/8" closed.
I agree, StoneBeard, Señor Zamorano has quite an internet "footprint" and "impressive" is a good word to describe what I've read about him, too.
Thanks for posting that one for your grandson, Bob!My grandson received an early Christmas present from Randy Redden here on the forums. A Case Mini Copperlock with CV blade. He's quite pleased with it. Thank you very much Randy (such a very good friend). You made the lad very happy.
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Randy, way to go; you must get kind of warm wearing your Santa outfit year-round! :thumbup:That's very interesting, and kind of mysterious, information, Llasi; thanks! :thumbup: That Nieto certainly looks identical to what my daughter got me in Zamorano's shop; is it "legal" in Spain to polish off the maker's etch and put your own on the other side of the blade?That knife must be made by Miguel Nieto.
The wood is birch
+5K :thumbup: Well-said, Shawn! I hope by Sunday evening this thread will give evidence that we can say, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good knife!"
Steve, I keep the door to her room closed. Are you telling me dust still gets in there?!?Very cool, Gary!! I hope you get a lot of use out of it.
I guess we know who dosn't dust her old bedroom
Congrats, Jack, on those sharp sneaky interlopers! :thumbup: Very well-played, Duncan!!I've told my family I don't need anymore new knives for Christmas this year. A few keep sneaking through though!
Like these from Duncan I received today!
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...e-Legend-for-nothing!?p=16762302#post16762302
As they say, MeanStreaker, it's the thought that counts; you're fine with posting that Bark River anniversary gift here! :thumbup:What a wonderful story!
I'm breaking the rules of your thread, but almost two years ago my wife surprised me on our tenth anniversary with this Bark River Adventurer that I carry practically every day.
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Congrats, Jack, on those sharp sneaky interlopers! :thumbup: Very well-played, Duncan!!
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Well done! Fancy retiring soon or staying on longer? That wood could very well be Birch, but might be Olive or even Box I think.
A great gift for a great guy
I gifted myself a case Texas jack for Christmas!😀 Couldn't resist the perfect walk and talk and blade combo.
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Yes I did actually! Fantastic little airgun.
I've heard good things about them. I have an old crosman 1008 ( looks like a s&w 45 auto but is technically a revolver Internally ) , and it's definitely a fun can plinker though I don't shoot it often due to the extra expense of co2.
If something shows up under the tree I'll be sure to share it here.
Llasi, I'm very impressed by your knowledge of folding knifes produced in Spain!
In almost no time at all, you found Nieto and Salamandra models that certainly appear to be identical to the knives my daughter bought in Zamorano's shop. It's a little bit disappointing to me to discover that the knives are from regular production runs, instead of "practice knives" made by apprentices at the workshop, which is what my daughter and I had thought was the case based on conversations when we discovered the shop together 2 years ago. (And if my daughter, who doesn't have a lot of money, paid "hand made" prices for relatively inexpensive "mass produced" knives, I'd consider that to be wrong/unethical/shady. 
) But the main thing is those knives represent a connection between my daughter and me, and serve as a physical reminder and memory-enhancer of our trip together to Toledo, and that's true regardless of the actual origin of the knives involved. (When I was in Spain, I looked at many Nieto and Salamandra knives in cuchillerias, but couldn't justify buying more souvenir knives than the ones I had already purchased; looks like now I have an example from each of those makers after all! I seem to recall a woman working in one knife shop explaining some kind of family relationship between the owners of Nieto and Salamandra; does that seem correct, Llasi?)Sounds good! What you clearly wanted didn't happen to be something from Tuna Valley, did it??... I'm hoping I may get something this Christmas as I very plainly made it clear what I wanted when family asked what to get me for Christmas
Great story, Ratbert; congrats on "getting back" a SBJr!
Good job, Jak3! :thumbup:
Have to admit I've never considered getting someone THAT for Christmas! Sounds like you're going to make your niece very happy, KK! :thumbup:
