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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.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
You're welcome, Alan. Andy certainly was a genius.Thanks for posting that video of Andy. I knew him as a kid and he turned out to be an absolute genius on stage. Unfortunately like many people with talent such as his it didn't translate to the real world.
Fascinating, Gary. Yet another knife to add to my list!I was curious about Hiroaki Ohta's friction folders and ordered one from one of our contributing dealers. I'm a big fan of Mr. Ohta's work and have 4 of his custom slip joints with stag covers.
This is my first friction folder. This one is an FK5, the top one in the image from Hiroaki' s catalog.
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A little knife that couldn't be more minimalistic if it tried. The one piece handle is some really nicely finished ironwood. The D2 blade came razor sharp. The maker's name is in small script on a corner of the handle. The knife has a smooth stiff action and came with a nice leather slip.
At the price of about half a Franklin it was worth it to me.
I'll find a pocket for this one and see if it grows on me.
Here's a few pics of mine.
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Dennis, the Bermuda Green is the perfect cover for the seahorse, and of course, the silver script is wonderful as well.![]()
I have sure eyeballing those as well, been trying to resist, and now you express your pleasure with, not one, but two of them!Wright Ettrick Pruner. This one in Rosewood, last week I got one in Ebony, a mania developing here....The Rosewood is very nicely finished, works well and has nice porous looking grain to it, well pleased.
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An unusual knife Dennis, small Wharncliffe that's surprisingly adept. Thick scales major on comfort, yet it's not heavy or obtrusive.
Regards, Will
Wow! Stuning stag, Dwight! Very nice photos as well!
Thanks Dennis.Wow! Stuning stag, Dwight! Very nice photos as well!
Congrats on getting it Dwight . Very nice Stag and IMO an outstanding Barlow my friend .
Thank you Harry. It is everything you said it would be. Pure quality.Congrats on getting it Dwight . Very nice Stag and IMO an outstanding Barlow my friend
Ahhhhh, ya, that's a nice one right there Dwight!!!