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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I'm waiting for the inevitable stockman/cattleman patterns to come on this frame. I'd love to see a traditional clip/sheepfoot/spey or pen version, plus a spear/sheepfoot/punch version. Are you listening, Bill and Ken?![]()
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If I had a personal knife made in this pattern I'd take one with no bail, spear master, threaded but not pinched bolsters, and a sheepfoot blade.![]()
Anyone seen these at the dealers yet?
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The bulk (real or only perceived) and length of the Great Eastern products has kept me away so far. Maybe I could live with 3-1/2".
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The definitely ~look~ more rounded in the pictures than most pocketknives.Although it depends on the pattern, I think the bulk might be mostly perceived rather than real in some cases. Part of is it the radius of the handles on GEC knives. They are more rounded than the handles from some other manufacturers. It's the way the oldies were made and in my opinion the rounded handles are more comfortable to use.
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...Their stockman, whittler, barlow, and jack knife patterns are considerably longer and wider than any vintage examples in my collection.
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Thanks Bob, I understand that it pivots out of the way. I guess what I meant is will it be between your thumb and the spine of the knife when the blade is open. I guess the obvious answer is yes. So is that comfortable?