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.
In honor of my recent purchase of the Pattadese, I swapped out my G10 Millie for the Pattada which I am carrying today.
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Honestly, didn't "need" the Pattadese any more than I needed the Watu that I purchased previously.
They are both really too small for me. I bought them only to pair with their larger counterparts, the Pattada and Chokwe, to become a part of my Ethnic series subcollection.
However, I do like that the Pattadese was made in Italy (where I think Spydercos are extremely well made) and uses M390 (instead of N690Co) steel which is also something that I prefer, more for consistently w/in my collection than for another other reason, since I make a point of buying knives using M390 steel whenever possible.
I still have my old R12 set, yellow jacket was the s**t.
Mate I really appreciate your winter shots and find them interesting. Where I live it would lucky to get to 4C overnight in winter, about 39F.
Cheers
mitch
My first Endura, in K390. This thing is a whole lotta knife!! I bought it as a user I plan on cleaning it up since there's some rust spotting, and applying a mustard patina.
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