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.
Thank you for the kind words Joe and Froggy...
To answer your question it was a way for me to do the guard over a stick tang and still retain a full frame look. To the best of my knowledge I know of no structural benefit, it was just a fun way to do something different. I actually just did another 13" bowie that the frame tang would have worked out beautifully on but I designed it and had it cut at the waterjet place prior to thinking about it. I have another blank that I may convert to this style though...hmmmm![]()