Sus Scrofa?

[pedropcola]

Well, I was going to skip this offering and wait for the next one but they got me with the green linen. I kind of wish they had gone full Wharncliffe with the blade instead of the recurve, but oh well. Heres my question. Is the name sus scrofa an acronym, foreign language, drunken gibberish, what? Have I missed the origins of the name in a thread somewhere, or does no one know? Now that I've broken down and ordered two (DC/green, of course) someone please explain the name to me.

pete

 

[Gravelface]

It is a Hog/Pig/Wild Boar. First heard this name in Texas.

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Sus_scrofa.html


It's hide looks like the LE's scales.

 

[Uncle Tom]

If I am not mistaken it is the scientific name for the feral pig.

 

[pedropcola]

Thank you for the info. I was kind of leaning towards drunken gibberish.

 

[G19G26]

We just call it bacon or ham

 

[Hog Feet]

Hope this helps:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_pig

 

[Progunner]

It would likely be latin.

 

[Hog Feet]

It would likely be latin.

"ITA EST" (latin for yes it is):thumbup:

 

[steelnut]

It's hide looks like the LE's scales.

That one looks TASTY!!

 

[Hondo.3]

I noticed a lack of snakeskin handles as an option. Has this happened on a regular model since snakeskin was introduced?

 

[Raining]

I kind of wish they had gone full Wharncliffe with the blade instead of the recurve, but oh well.

Wharncliffe would have been really cool. I wonder how hard it would be to grind it to a wharncliffe blade...

 

[mymindisamob]

Sorry, just can't help myself.
But I love this blade design!:thumbup:

 

[rbmcmjr]

Larger copy of that image, please!

 

[thatmguy]

I was kind of leaning towards drunken gibberish.

I can see how you'd get to that, fo sho!!!!

 

[xaman]

Thanks for the name clarification :thumbup:

 

[Tohatchi NM]

Yeah, the availability of green linen/DC makes it super-tempting.

 

[pedropcola]

Honestly that is the only reason I bought a LE BATAC. I don't prefer the thick blades on a 5 inch blade but I didn't want a coating. If they had offered a CG BATAC with the DC finish I would not have jumped into the LE price range. Probably pretty smart of them from a marketing standpoint. If this green linen looks like the picture then I think we will all be happy.