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.
Convince you? How about reading this entire thread. Or the other lengthy thread on how sick this knife is.
One reason would be the high-grade steel. CQI another reason. Also, it has bank-vault lock-up (on mine at least), and the carbon fiber/titanium hybrid handle gives the solidity of the RIL frame lock with a textured grip on the opposite side. As a southpaw, I had limited my Military collection to the two versions of the LH Military (the sprint run years ago and the current regular production model) until I realized that the minimal ergonomic difference between the LH and the RH models was a worthy trade-off for the advantages of the various RH versions--to include a fluted titanium Military, complete with CQI, also now in my collection.
Not quite 2 years yet but close. How do I know? I woke up at 6:00 AM Pacific Time to place my order at the stated release time of 9:00 AM Eastern on May 3rd 2016
Yes, so I did buy one at the full on retail price of $279.95 and enjoyed it for a full 6 months or so before KW started putting this CF/Ti-S90V Millie on sale for $229.95. I was always tempted to buy a back up when the sales prices were vacillating between $239.95 & $229.95, whenever they were discounted but at this current price of $199.95, seems to me that they're being blown outta door. I did not hesitate to grab my second unit and for those who can find a reasonable application for a large folder who do not live / work in restrictive environments as far as blade sizes go, acquiring one of these at this price is really a cinch decision as long as it is affordable.
It came out last May (2017).Not quite 2 years yet but close. How do I know? I woke up at 6:00 AM Pacific Time to place my order at the stated release time of 9:00 AM Eastern on May 3rd 2016
Yes, so I did buy one at the full on retail price of $279.95 and enjoyed it for a full 6 months or so before KW started putting this CF/Ti-S90V Millie on sale for $229.95. I was always tempted to buy a back up when the sales prices were vacillating between $239.95 & $229.95, whenever they were discounted but at this current price of $199.95, seems to me that they're being blown outta door. I did not hesitate to grab my second unit and for those who can find a reasonable application for a large folder who do not live / work in restrictive environments as far as blade sizes go, acquiring one of these at this price is really a cinch decision as long as it is affordable.
Just playing and admiring it in house should be a good enough reason to grab one and if there are applications of big folders, that is a reason to add one backup
This post was the nail in the coffin for me. Take note of this. I am a lefty that mainly collects manix 2's. My first and only millie was the M4 version and even though I was a lefty the sheer size and beauty won me over, also the centering was so far off that it was almost touching the g10, honestly left a bad impression for milies. Unfortunately i had to sell it because i could not find a practical use for it and being in Michigan, some places can be a little weird when it comes to big blades or any blades at all unless you're up north somewhere. That being said i still can not find a strong enough reason to pass this up. Im all about numbers and logistics, and when you look over the data sheets of what else is offered and with what materials it becomes clear that this is a bargain and in the long run not a risky buy at all. besides i've always wanted an integral lock but most of them are way sky high in price, and if i can find a way to make it a lefty tip up configuration then ill probably regret not buying 2.
