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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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Your newest addition:traditionals of course!
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UseitorLoseit
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Have this Fremont coming. The mammoth looks great in the pics.
Vaporstang
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Congratulations on a beautiful addition!
Arrived Saturday: Great Eastern Cutlery Calf Roper Medium Stockman Northfield Hemlock Green Bone 661317....(that's how it was listed and is a mouthful)
joeradza
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Is the bottom one a "Senator?"A trio just arrived...
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Top and bottom are the 83 pattern, 2 blade on top, 3 blade on bottom. Texas jack in the middle. Interestingly, the middle and bottom are both labeled as Kentucky bluegrass.
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Thanks. Case's color definitions and sample photos leave a lot to be desired. The two blade is a sweet pattern.
GEC Tidioute #66 Gabon Ebony, here with Buck 301
First GEC. Great looking knife. The clip blade snaps great, and has a perfect pull, for me thats the pull og an alox sak. Sheepfot and spey blade is a bit gritty, but with some oil and ise I’ll guess it will come along. The spey blade rubs against the sheepsfoot on opening, but it’s a user, so I don’t mind.
Compared to the Buck, the #66 blades are almost the same size, but the handle so much smaller and pocket friendly!
Edge pro’ed the clip and sheepsfoot blades to 2300 grit on the edge pro to thin out the stock bevels, as they where quite thick. Now they are really sharp!
First GEC. Great looking knife. The clip blade snaps great, and has a perfect pull, for me thats the pull og an alox sak. Sheepfot and spey blade is a bit gritty, but with some oil and ise I’ll guess it will come along. The spey blade rubs against the sheepsfoot on opening, but it’s a user, so I don’t mind.
Compared to the Buck, the #66 blades are almost the same size, but the handle so much smaller and pocket friendly!
Edge pro’ed the clip and sheepsfoot blades to 2300 grit on the edge pro to thin out the stock bevels, as they where quite thick. Now they are really sharp!
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After doing some reading on stag as this is my first knife covered in it. Would you guys say the bluish/gray on the pile side is the pith? Also will it yellow out after use?
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Fodderwing
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Beautiful knife. Been following it thru the last three owners. One fine score right there...
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Beauty there Jack, CPM 154 blade? if so, great steel, to bad it can't take a nice deep, dark patina
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Beauty there Jack, CPM 154 blade? if so, great steel, to bad it can't take a nice deep, dark patina
they reckon so Paul, it came unmarked but its a common steel Ken has been known to work with.
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Beautiful knife. Been following it thru the last three owners. One fine score right there...
it most certainly is, it still looks mint!!!
joeradza
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92 Talon in Lava Acrylic originally modded by @fishface5.
The knife and a blade comparison with the Douk-Douk.
The knife and a blade comparison with the Douk-Douk.
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Thats a beauty Alan. Manny makes a great knife. What is the scale material and steel on that one?
joeradza
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It started out as a creamy bone that's yellowed with age. I got it second hand and never inquired about the steel. I could check with Manuel but not that crucial to me.
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No worries. Thanks for the reply. I think Manny generally only works with O1 and only recently CPM 154. I have a zulu spear with CPM 154 on order from him that I'm very excited for. Congrats on the pickup, it's a beaut!
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The dogleg I had was O1. I don't know why but his knives are seriously underappreciated. They don't seem to trade like some others do. That's a loss to those who think that way.