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.
it sucks to know that no matter who i throw my money at, i will probably never own one of these.
We both know that's not true. There are probably going to be a few sold at a premium right off the bat. Wait a few weeks and you will see the occasional pop in the classifieds still for a preium because guy's wives **** a brick once they realized how much they spent on a knife.![]()
Someone please get me on a Preorder list
Oh ye of little faith
Here are a few pics of the parts in process.
0777 Blade blank - Here you can see the precision cut DT Herringbone Damascus and Vanax 35 blanks. These two are on their way to the altar to be married happily ever after by the power vested in copper brazing:
By the way, I don't have a weird short pinky finger - that's just perspective working against me in the pic. Not that there's anything wrong with having a short pinky finger.....
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This is what we lovingly refer to as a box full of money (because the raw materials are so expensive): A tray with 90 blades, waiting patiently to head out for heat treat this morning.
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Here we have a finished production 0777 handle, sitting on top of it's primitive ancestors - kinda like Neanderthals vs. Homo Sapiens:
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Finally, we get a tray of finished handles - the CNC mill is cranking and they are piling up. This picture is just the top layer of the tray.
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Next on the agenda are lockbars, backspacers, and pocket clips......
interesting, will there be any metal washers or KVT will roll on CF?