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.
We like made in USA too and hence why our knives and as much of our sheaths as we can are made in USA. BUT it is important to actually deliver a product to the customer in a timely fashion at an affordable price. We have zipped through half a dozen U.S. companies trying to find someone that sews and delivers reliably and consistently. Jeff and I joke that there must be something in cordura fabric that fries people's brains that sew it.I stuck with a couple way past when I should have just trying to keep the made in USA label. But the bottom line is we could not continue to do business with these U.S. companies and deliver anything reliably. Why do you think Maxpedition, Blackhawk and many other U.S. owned companies have had to go out of the U.S. to get goods made? It isn't all about price. It IS about quality, reliability and yes price. The company we will be dealing with on this new pack in Colombia straight up have the best quality we have seen- U.S. or otherwise. The cordura, thread and other fittings are U.S. made. They can deliver on time and the price isn't sweat shop prices but it is affordable. We are in this to have fun and do business with integrity and give customers what they want. Our products and customer service reflect that. If I can have it made in USA to those ends I will. If I have to go to Colombia or Mexico to give customers what they want I will do that to in the sheath market. The ESEE knives will remain made in USA. When we cannot have fun doing this anymore then we will simply quit and find something else to do. Our lives and our fortunes are not dependent on anyone or anything but ourselves.
You guys are worth providing the best we can give you. We will continue to do that![]()