The BladeForums 2022 Traditional Knife Thread

nickvnlr said:
Checking in with #365. I got it a few days ago, but just got around to posting. I love the clip and the finish is like silk. 👍

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Great number for an EDC!
 
Old Hunter said:
US Mail delivered today moments before I left the house for an overnight trip - threw the box in the car and left. In my hotel room now, finally got a chance to check it out - NICELY BUILT!! Fit, finish, walk, talk, etc., just perfect. No picture because its nighttime but my number, the number, you will never guess the number - its #391!!! I decided to find out what is famous about #391, here is what I learned:
  • Is 391 a prime number? - No
  • Is 391 a composite number? - Yes
  • Is 391 a perfect square? - No
  • Prime Factors of 391 - 17, 23
  • Factors of 391 - 1, 17, 23, 391
Paging 5K Qs 5K Qs (GT) to explain!! That’s all I know, be back with a picture in a day or two - this knife is worth the wait folks. OH
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Sorry for the late reply, Bruce, but I wasn't sure if you were serious about math explanations. o_O 🤓

What would have ME dancing naked in the streets about your knife is the obvious fact that your serial # matches the first 3 digits of the pattern number!!! No one else has that - you couldn't get any uniquer!! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:😁

If you want to know about prime numbers, you're probably best off checking Wikipedia where you can choose topics you want and read them at your own pace. But I'll give you a quick overview of the very basics, just in case you really wanted an explanation from me.

If a whole number bigger than 1 (so 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... no fractions/decimals allowed) can be expressed as 2 whole numbers multiplied together, the 2 numbers multiplied are called factors (or divisors) of the original number.
So since 6 = 1x6, 1 and 6 are factors of 6. Also, since 6 = 2x3, 2 and 3 are more factors of 6.
Since ANY number N = 1xN, it's pretty clear that every number bigger than 1 has at least 2 factors, 1 and itself.
If a number bigger than 1 has EXACTLY 2 factors (nothing other than itself and 1) it's called a prime number, or we say it's prime.
If a number has MORE than 2 factors (factors in addition to 1 and itself), then it is called a composite number. (so "composite" is just a fancy term for "not prime" or "has more than 2 factors").

Looking at some small number examples:
2 = 1x2 and no other product works, so 2 has exactly 2 factors and is prime.
3 = 1x3 and that's it for factors, so 3 is prime.
4 = 1x4 = 2x2, so 4 has 1, 2, and 4 as factors - a total of 3 factors so 4 is composite.
5 = 1x5 2 factors: Prime.
6 = 1x6 = 2x3 so 6 has 4 factors (1,2,3,6) and 6 is composite.
7 = 1x7 2 factors: Prime.
8 = 1x8 = 2x4 4 factors: Composite.
...
60 = 1x60 = 2x30 = 3x20 = 4x15 = 5x12 = 6x10 so 60 has 12 factors: Composite.

391 = 1x391 = 17x23 so 391 has 4 factors (1, 17, 23, 391) and is composite, or not prime.

- GT
 
I got my pre-shipping notice on the 4th, but when I just now tracked it again, there's no change. Still hasn't been sent. ?o_O?
 
black mamba said:
I got my pre-shipping notice on the 4th, but when I just now tracked it again, there's no change. Still hasn't been sent. ?o_O?
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Mine was the same way, said label created on the 4th and delivered today. Never updated to in Transit, but it is here nontheless so yours should be on the way
 
Sometimes, when a Post Office receives a large number of package/pieces of mail, they don't scan all the pieces and just pitch the pieces to the next distributing post office and so on until it finally gets to the delivering post office where it is scanned and then delivered. I probably didn't get that across clearly but it's like my local post master at the post office described it to me. i.e., my tracking was, label created on 31 December and then nothing until the morning of 4 January when tracking showed it out for delivery and was in fact delivered that morning when I went to the post office to get it instead of waiting for my postman to deliver later that afternoon.
 
As numbers go I think I did pretty well! (See 2 posts up. I tried to edit but it didn’t want to let me.) The fit and finish on this knife is superb! Thanks to all who made this happen.
 
5K Qs said:
Sorry for the late reply, Bruce, but I wasn't sure if you were serious about math explanations. o_O 🤓

What would have ME dancing naked in the streets about your knife is the obvious fact that your serial # matches the first 3 digits of the pattern number!!! No one else has that - you couldn't get any uniquer!! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:😁

If you want to know about prime numbers, you're probably best off checking Wikipedia where you can choose topics you want and read them at your own pace. But I'll give you a quick overview of the very basics, just in case you really wanted an explanation from me.

If a whole number bigger than 1 (so 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... no fractions/decimals allowed) can be expressed as 2 whole numbers multiplied together, the 2 numbers multiplied are called factors (or divisors) of the original number.
So since 6 = 1x6, 1 and 6 are factors of 6. Also, since 6 = 2x3, 2 and 3 are more factors of 6.
Since ANY number N = 1xN, it's pretty clear that every number bigger than 1 has at least 2 factors, 1 and itself.
If a number bigger than 1 has EXACTLY 2 factors (nothing other than itself and 1) it's called a prime number, or we say it's prime.
If a number has MORE than 2 factors (factors in addition to 1 and itself), then it is called a composite number. (so "composite" is just a fancy term for "not prime" or "has more than 2 factors").

Looking at some small number examples:
2 = 1x2 and no other product works, so 2 has exactly 2 factors and is prime.
3 = 1x3 and that's it for factors, so 3 is prime.
4 = 1x4 = 2x2, so 4 has 1, 2, and 4 as factors - a total of 3 factors so 4 is composite.
5 = 1x5 2 factors: Prime.
6 = 1x6 = 2x3 so 6 has 4 factors (1,2,3,6) and 6 is composite.
7 = 1x7 2 factors: Prime.
8 = 1x8 = 2x4 4 factors: Composite.
...
60 = 1x60 = 2x30 = 3x20 = 4x15 = 5x12 = 6x10 so 60 has 12 factors: Composite.

391 = 1x391 = 17x23 so 391 has 4 factors (1, 17, 23, 391) and is composite, or not prime.

- GT
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Thank you GT, I knew you could break it down and make it understandable. I caught the "39" but didn't catch the significance of 391 in the full pattern number - thanks for pointing out the obvious! I finally took a photo today, a quick one as the sun was setting, ran outside and put the shells and knife on my truck toolbox. I have carried the knife for three days now - really, really like this one. Thanks again to Spark, Charlie, Bill, Meako, and the porch gang for another great addition to our knife collections. OH

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Just received mine today! #506. Clip is perfectly centered and pen is very close. Great looking knife and thanks to all who worked so hard on it. Tonight or tomorrow I’ll drop the edge angle to around 17 or 18 degrees per side and put a mirror finish on it.
 
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