jlhoffman74
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Been in the pocket about a week and a half, still love using it and its aging well.

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.
That etch!
That etch!What a shame.
I ordered the Burnt Sienna Jigged Bone - couldn't help myself. Looks like it is out of stock on the KSF site; mine is in the mail...
I kinda like it. I was established in 1974, so there could be bias.That etch!What a shame.
Truth!The jigging on that M&G is really nice.
I’m going to leave this here, I think it pertains, maybe I’m wrong.Here's an example of an old Premium stock knife with a whittler construction. The term whittler is modern and wasn't used back then. It was just called a premium stock knife. The smaller versions were sometimes called junior premium stock knives.
The word "whittler" is now used to describe a wide range of patterns that have a main blade riding on both springs and secondaries on separate springs. Some pen knives. Some stock knives. Etc.
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The equal end Tuna Valley knife is a cattle knife. A stock knife is always serpentine.
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As well as this.Here's an illustration of the punch in use.
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That etch!What a shame.
Etch, cool. Each to their own.Has GEC offered an explanation as to why they are requiring vendor etches on SFO blades? (This may have been covered and I just missed it)
I agree. I'm super happy with mine too.What a beautiful knife and pattern !