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The four horsemen of the wallet apocalypse

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.
Was Michael Raymond Scott Cook's apprentice?Top 3 rungs of my collection. Scott Cook Lochsa x2, Michael Raymond Starlit.
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From Michael's website;Was Michael Raymond Scott Cook's apprentice?
Must be so damn cool for you to be associated with those names! Plus, ProTech thinks highly enough to have you do their highest end knife series! Congrats man. Seriously, well done.
Thanks! It really is the culmination of a childhood dream, when I learned engraving as a teenager I could only hope that one day I'd be doing work for major manufacturers and being published...I'm very fortunate that my style has proven to be popularMust be so damn cool for you to be associated with those names! Plus, ProTech thinks highly enough to have you do their highest end knife series! Congrats man. Seriously, well done.
I was tempted to pick up a textured scale for my XM-18 when I saw some drop recently. For now, I'm happy with mmy working finish XM-18 and XM-24.I turned my longest-owned XM-18 3.5 into a full-Ti thunderhog.
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I really like those contoured Kizers. They really do the contouring well.
I find Kizers to be great knives for the money, combining good design, quality materials and slick actions.I really like those contoured Kizers. They really do the contouring well.
Yup I hear you, I really like my Kizers. They are at a really cool spot in the market where their fit and finish is really good, with good materials, but not quite as pricey as your WEs and what not. I really like to pick them up here and there when they go on sale and they sell their Ti models for around a hundred bucks!I find Kizers to be great knives for the money, combining good design, quality materials and slick actions.
The only questionable purchase was the "Roach." Great knife, but utterly impractical. It's just too damn massive for comfortable carry. That said, it's ultra-sharp and unexpectedly slicey. But this one stays home for the most part, only showing up for photo shoots.