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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lol.... they say "to-may-to", I say "to-mah-to".... either way, it's an interesting pattern.
SteveC
in how they were finished (or unfinished as the case my be). My understanding is GEC will not polish that wood anymore, and it would be a mistake on this year’s forum knife if they were shipped out like the 74s and 47s.
lol.... they say "to-may-to", I say "to-mah-to".... either way, it's an interesting pattern.
I think Charlie just likes to lord his power over us.
"hey honey, want to watch a group of adults talk about the benign intricacies of folding knife covers for days on end?" -Waynorth.
*Posts for input on BF knife cover options*
I share some things about this knife community with my wife, knowing she'll just think we're a bunch of... 'enthusiasts'... (my word, not hers).
There are other things I don't share because I'm convinced she would think I am legitimately crazy.
You know what option I think we could all get behind though? Smooth Black Camel Bone. Here's why:
- It's smooth, so it's the perfect worry stone during these troubling times
- Camel bone is handsome and lasts a long time, just like our fearless and intelligent 2021 BF knife leaders
- Black is a color of mourning and over the past year or so I'm sure I'm not alone in the fact that I've lost people.
- the dying will be random and unique, so everyone will get something slightly different.
- It will go well with our tuxedos
- It matches well with Steel, Brass or Nickle Silver
- It's the underdog choice, and who doesn't love a good underdog story?
- edit: also, 9/10 cats have agreed that they wouldn't bat it off the table.
A nice small Jade Elephant has never been the same since it fell to earth 
BONE FOR THOUGHT
I think that we should gawk at the kind of fancy bolster we're talking about wearing some of the smooth ivory/white bone. It looks sooooo good:
Some more smooth white bone with fancy finish:
If we're talking Sawcut, GEC's Copperhead dye is consistently good. The Old Red they used to use was also stellar, but I haven't seen any red like this from GEC in years.
Copperhead Sawcut:
Comparison of the different saws' cuts:
Copperhead Jigged Bone:
That 85 Ivory/White Bone looks familiar
Stupendous knife the 81 Stockman, high time for a revival
Great items all, that's something everybody concurs with
Oh, come on now. That’s not fair. It originally didn’t even occur to me scratted bone could be an option.Just going to leave this here for thought...
I could really warm up to the bone idea if it looked like that.Just going to leave this here for thought...
Man, I love that snakewood, Ed. I have a 29 dressed in snakewood that I like a lot as well.Snakewood
Your memory is correct. I got one of the bloodwood 29's.
Excellent work Mr Waverave....perhaps if you could subliminely highlight the blue making it look much better than the others in order to influence decisions....but keep it a secret between us...cheers. Also make the white just ever so dull and grey looking...make it look boring...that shouldnt be difficult...I'll post some more tonight after work and will include Ironwood
I have strange idea based on this...whatever came second last year in the polls becomes this years choice automatically....naaah I spose yer right...that was then this is now...we should have something fresh and clean...err but not white.
You sure you've tested that with Cats? My Tabby bats everything off tables, shelves, cabinets, fireplaces...
Any manner of Camelbone is worth a try I feel.
