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What Rick T. Said above! ^^^^Great infos. What do the three stars on the tang mean?
What Rick T. Said above! ^^^^Great infos. What do the three stars on the tang mean?
An extra tang stamp!! Not a problem stamp away. I like that better then a bunch of banners on the blade. IMHO of course
An etch on a forum knife blade has about as much chance of being agreed upon as a group of economists at racetrack agreeing on a trifecta.
Ooh, I know! If the forum knife is ever a stockman pattern, we could put an etch on it calling it the "Cat Herder."
I'm so excited that there's no etching that I think we should celebrate with a "ETCH FREE" embellished on the blade.
Well, it looks like the Bladeforums Barlow will be produced after the Rendezvous.
I will add information to this thread as stuff occurs , but don't expect too much until September or so. I will try to make this the only discussion thread, to keep confusion down to a murmur, so I will close the Poll thread, and the older "Will There Be a 2017 Forum Knife" threads (if tomsch will cooperate here???)
Anyway, here is a tidbit: Bill insists the front tang must have Tidioute on it to be consistent with the TC on the Bolster, so has devised the following stamping for the pile side of the tang:
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FAQs answered:
- #15 pattern
- Sheepfoot blade with nail nick and swedge
- 1095 carbon steel, with all-steel bolsters and liners
- plain Blade (no etch)
- Natural Canvas Micarta handles
- 500 knives to be made
- prices will soon be established
- an order thread will be established as we get closer to the time of production