The unofficial, non binding, carries no weight, 2021 forum knife possibility discussion thread

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I have seen bone covers discussed here but I have a question, are we talking about narwhal bone? I would certainly entertain narwhal bone or better yet narwhal tusk.
 
Sabercat said:
Mesquite was mentioned once, awhile ago. I'm not very familiar with it in general, but the SFO 23s from CK seemed to all be great pieces. I'm pretty sure those were acquired by Mike though, and sent to GEC. Not sure how much, if any, Mike would have had to pick through to get all nice slabs like that.
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I brought up the mesquite, but I hadn't realized that Mike supplied the material for his 23s. I don't have a stash of wood to offer, so I guess I'll have to settle for purple glitter.
 
Personally I think acrylic or anything “fancy” would be a mistake. It is a barlow after all and they’re supposed to be a working mans knife. The shine and slippery-ness of plastic just doesn’t sound right to me. As much as I think we’d all love to see soup bone, I don’t think sourcing that many quality pieces would happen. Sawcut bone, rough cut wood or rough cut bone would fit the bill perfectly in my eyes. And hey, if the masses choose something I do t particularly care for, I can always have sawcut put on a recover. I know a guy!
 
My sense is that the big decisions for polling are :

bone v wood

if bone, then the choices are which color and then is it sawcut, jigged or smooth (I doubt we will get scratted)

if wood, which wood (zebra wood, cocobolo, desert ironwood, osage) and then sawcut or smooth. Sawcut only makes sense for osage, since the other woods would be ruined by sawcutting.

Not super complicated, and depends on what GEC is willing to offer.

The fancy bolster eliminates any shield debates, so that makes it more simple.

I doubt folks will vote for ebony or African Blackwood since we have done those before on forum knives, don’t want to get stuck in a rut.

Personally, I would campaign for zebra wood as it would make this a very one-of-a-kind knife.
 
Elgatodeacero said:
My sense is that the big decisions for polling are :

bone v wood

if bone, then the choices are which color and then is it sawcut, jigged or smooth (I doubt we will get scratted)

if wood, which wood (zebra wood, cocobolo, desert ironwood, osage) and then sawcut or smooth. Sawcut only makes sense for osage, since the other woods would be ruined by sawcutting.

Not super complicated, and depends on what GEC is willing to offer.

The fancy bolster eliminates any shield debates, so that makes it more simple.

I doubt folks will vote for ebony or African Blackwood since we have done those before on forum knives, don’t want to get stuck in a rut.

Personally, I would campaign for zebra wood as it would make this a very one-of-a-kind knife.
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I think you summed it up perfectly.
I must admit I am sad the purple sawcut delrin with a pink delrin narwhal shield is not more popular.

:oops::oops::D
 
Elgatodeacero said:
My sense is that the big decisions for polling are :

bone v wood

if bone, then the choices are which color and then is it sawcut, jigged or smooth (I doubt we will get scratted)

if wood, which wood (zebra wood, cocobolo, desert ironwood, osage) and then sawcut or smooth. Sawcut only makes sense for osage, since the other woods would be ruined by sawcutting.

Not super complicated, and depends on what GEC is willing to offer.
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My only hope in this scenario is that we know the actual wood options at the time of the bone vs wood decision.
 
Elgatodeacero said:
My sense is that the big decisions for polling are :

bone v wood

if bone, then the choices are which color and then is it sawcut, jigged or smooth (I doubt we will get scratted)

if wood, which wood (zebra wood, cocobolo, desert ironwood, osage) and then sawcut or smooth. Sawcut only makes sense for osage, since the other woods would be ruined by sawcutting.

Not super complicated, and depends on what GEC is willing to offer.

The fancy bolster eliminates any shield debates, so that makes it more simple.

I doubt folks will vote for ebony or African Blackwood since we have done those before on forum knives, don’t want to get stuck in a rut.

Personally, I would campaign for zebra wood as it would make this a very one-of-a-kind knife.
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I think sawcut could work with a lighter bloodwood as well. GEC might have some leftover from the 38 run.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
Hey! Lefties have rights!:mad: :D

If it’s so stiff that you need two nails, you may as well just cut an EO notch.

Long pull is better looking, little nail notch is ok, but NOT both, please.
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How about a truly ambidextrous option: a long pull on the mark side, and a nail nick on the pile side? Or should it be the other way around? Better start a new poll.
 
Matt_WY said:
I'm probably one of the few who would be good with acrylic handles, and tomato acrylic is one of my favorites. However based on the last dead skunk examples, something has changed in the production process and the currently acrylics are not up to par where I would want to see them used on this knife.
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To be fair, if the Dead Skunk and Apples & Oranges acrylics are indeed the same stuff (just with a layer of orange behind the A&O), then the issue with the seams would just be a problem with one particular material, and not necessarily representative of all GEC’s acrylics. Not that it really matters much for this discussion; I don’t believe this knife will end up with any acrylic. :D
 
r8shell said:
How about a truly ambidextrous option: a long pull on the mark side, and a nail nick on the pile side? Or should it be the other way around? Better start a new poll.
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I think just to be safe from the bolster to the blade tip we need an opening hole with a thumb stud next to that followed by a long pull and then a crescent nail nick near the blade tip.
This way everyone gets something they like. :D:D:D:D:D
 
If it’s wood there is no need for a poll, jobillo for the win!

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Easyrider said:
Speaking about polls, when will we start a poll to decide what wood we want to use for a cover?
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Probably best to just wait till Charlie posts some options. There’s been plenty of choices thrown out in this thread to give him an idea of what is of interest.
 
Since there is no way to do a weighted poll, I like the idea of doing a poll for wood vs bone and deciding that, and then moving on to species/finish/color/etc. I remember with previous forum knives, some people were upset that their vote was split because there we so many wood options, when really they would have been happy had ANY of the wood options been chosen. If that mess of a sentence makes sense...

*Disclaimer
I am currently in the bone camp, but would like the knife to represent as many members as possible.
 
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