Keep it Alive in 2025

abbydaddy said:
I would love to see if someone could approach Case about a forum knife. I personally would be very sentimentally interested in a Case forum knife (especially a scout, sailor, or whaler pattern). I was very touched some years back when Case reached out to me to donate a number of knives to my annual memorial giveaway. It was a moment that really drove home that as much as Case can seem like a big faceless company, it is made up of people. And my limited experiences with those people have been entirely positive. They also make my all time favorite version of the classic scout pattern knife, so an opportunity to get a Blade Forums Scout Knife from Case would have me over the moon. I would definitely have to spend way too much money buying multiples.



I suspect Buck would be disinclined to do another forum knife for us. The last one seemed to spark a fair amount of griping. And they have not been doing special runs the way they used to for some years now. I really miss the SK Blades knives they used to run. 100% of my retail Buck knife purchases this century were through SK Blades, and I really really like those knives. I personally thought the 2018 Buck that we got through SK Blades was one of my all time favorite forum knives, but I know many disagreed. So as much as I would love a Blade Forums Buck 105, I think that the chances are between slim and none.
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I could be wrong, but I suspect a major problem is that Case has a very long lead time. Like over a year between something added to the schedule, and starting production.

It seems like a good idea for someone in charge to give them a call, though.
 
abbydaddy said:
I suspect Buck would be disinclined to do another forum knife for us. The last one seemed to spark a fair amount of griping. And they have not been doing special runs the way they used to for some years now...
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Buck has been doing SFOs for three or four years now in the kind of quantities that would fit nicely with a Forum knife order. In my opinion most of the bitching about that knife was solely because it wasn't a GEC. There is a faction that believes that GEC is the word, and the word is GEC. But, we've seen that those guys are capable of bitching about anything. They are clearly a minority, but they're ever so noisy.
 
pjsjr said:
Being a Buck fan boy and liking the 501, I would love this option. I don't know how Buck would react. They(Buck) say they are out of the SFO business dealings.

Buck has done a few 'stealth' run 501s, all have been nice.
Here’s the Larin 501…
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Ironbut said:
And Buck has a custom shop, with engraving. We could have a 110, 112, or 501 made, in the latest steel, with our choice of oak, cherry, walnut slabs, all for under $175. Tops.
Just another option.
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Imagine a Larrin model with burgundy micarta scales like they did with the original 501s 1974-1981. Blade options in the custom shop include magnacut and S35VN. Prices start at $130 for a magnacut blade. Same for a 55; I don't have a 55 yet, either. If they would only take a large custom order....
 
meako said:
Meanwhile !!
At Stately Spark Manor !!
"Your breakfast Master Kevin."
"Thank you Alfred. Yawwwnn has the newspaper arrived?"
"Yes Master Kevin but I'm afraid you might find it disturbing."
"Oh No not 'The Kookaburra' and his horde of knife zombies again?"
"I'm afraid so Sir. They are prying open the gates to the estate as we speak."
" Fear Not Faithful Butler....The antagonistic Australian airhead and his misguided minions...can be easily appeased....To The Spark Cave!!!"

Can our hero prevail??
Will the Kookaburras clamourous cackling be quickly quelled??

TO FIND OUT THE ANSWERS
TUNE IN NEXT TIME

SAME PORCH CHANNEL
SAME PORCH TIME.
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Speaking of kookaburra - It's funny how every hollywood movie from before the 1980s that was set in a jungle anywhere in the world (Amazon, Congo, etc) had a laughing kookaburra in the sound track.
 
lambertiana said:
Speaking of kookaburra - It's funny how every hollywood movie from before the 1980s that was set in a jungle anywhere in the world (Amazon, Congo, etc) had a laughing kookaburra in the sound track.
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The American Black Duck has a distinctive call that is heard in a lot of movies, especially in jungle scenes.

We're not supposed to notice these things, you know?
 
dsutton24 said:
The American Black Duck has a distinctive call that is heard in a lot of movies, especially in jungle scenes.

We're not supposed to notice these things, you know?
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Wait, do you mean that hollywood doesn't accurately portray things? You mean I can't find shotguns that a small woman can fire without any visible recoil that will still knock the other guy five feet backward? Or car doors that deflect bullets from bad guys but not from good guys? Or guns that can fire a hundred rounds between magazine changes? Cars that can make 50' jumps with no damage? Movie heros who can jump from a building roof across a street onto a neighboring building and be able to grab on and climb in?

I drive my wife crazy. She loves action movies, and it seems that every ten seconds I have to tell her that what she just saw is impossible in real life.
 
r8shell said:
I could be wrong, but I suspect a major problem is that Case has a very long lead time. Like over a year between something added to the schedule, and starting production.

It seems like a good idea for someone in charge to give them a call, though.
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In the past I think one of the stumbling blocks for Case was a minimum order of 500 knives.
 
waynorth said:
Better not to blab!! Embrace the fantasy!!! 😂 😂
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I can't help it. I am very left brained and my background and training is in the sciences. Blatant examples of violations of the laws of physics bring out the worst in me, and I can't keep my mouth shut. Not to mention anachronisms in movies (the most common ones are movies in which the firearms weren't invented at the time the movie was set).
 
Alex.Y. said:
Let's schedule 2026 forum knife then! ;)
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That is a great idea.
lambertiana said:
Speaking of kookaburra - It's funny how every hollywood movie from before the 1980s that was set in a jungle anywhere in the world (Amazon, Congo, etc) had a laughing kookaburra in the sound track.
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I have always wondered about that...maybe the flew there....but I doubt it. There was a lot of Peacocks too....but far and away my favourite thing in jungle related movies....men in gorilla suits doing very un-gorillalike actions...
lambertiana said:
I can't help it. I am very left brained and my background and training is in the sciences. Blatant examples of violations of the laws of physics bring out the worst in me, and I can't keep my mouth shut. Not to mention anachronisms in movies (the most common ones are movies in which the firearms weren't invented at the time the movie was set).
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MAD Magazine had a movie supply catalogue with those things...including a dozen "this will make you talk" hypodermic syringes and portraits with eyeholes
 
GEC is, or was seen, as a safe bet to move a large number of knives as it should attract people desperate to get a GEC and not just forum participants. Though some of the 2024 BF knives may still be available, they will sell in the end.
There is also the prestige, if you want, to have a GEC forum knife.

If the forum knife was a 200-300 USD/EUR Case or Buck then it may not sell enough, to justify a (minimum) order. Same with other brands, from the US, EU or the UK.

Ideally, it should be a unique design mix, desirable and value for money.
 
Rookie82 said:
AAPK put in their request in January to GEC for the 2025 knife, with their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd preferred choices. All 3 were shot down. I think the only input allowed on SFO's at this point is "what etch do you want on the blade" or "what do you want the tang stamp to say"
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Personally, if a maker of traditional knives told me they couldn't put a serpentine shield on my special-order serpentine stockman I'd laugh and hang up the phone.

At that point, I'd have to assume I was being punked - which is kinda what the corset shield feels like.
 
I do recall that economics used to be a problem “back in the day.” Forum knives that sat because 250 were ordered… and only a hundred people actually followed through with money. Things like that. This is definitely a reason why GECs are popular. Not to mention there is a longstanding tradition at this point, so they’ll actually talk to us… unlike smaller makers who might choke or larger makers who might laugh.

I suspect at this point GEC tells Spark what it’s going to be and that’s pretty much that.
 
Good points Mate


"I suspect at this point GEC tells Spark what it’s going to be and that’s pretty much that."

True. This has what evolved from the collapse of the polling ...which was a fun dream to some ..a nightmare to others...in particular those who had to boil down the results...which included a massive variety..into a single uniform knife that still appealed to the group....and even then not everyone wanted it...Nature of the beast I guess.So if anything we should accept what is offered...or go elsewhere with the associated problems that will appear....
Kevvvinnn Kairvvviinnn I'm the Ghost of Porchknives past...look on your work wooooOOOOooo.😜
 
If I were making the knives, I wouldn't want to hang around waiting for the polls after coming up with options to offer. I might agree with Spark on the Forum knife and its announcement date while I'm scheduling the rest of my productions for the year.
 
I know for the NKCA knives they'd get prototypes from multiple companies and would at least get to choose between them. Easier on the manufacturer than one company waiting on polling etc. I'd guess, and the club still gets a choice, but it doesn't seem like a plausible scenario anymore.

I missed out on the good old days!
 
meako said:
Good points Mate


"I suspect at this point GEC tells Spark what it’s going to be and that’s pretty much that."

True. This has what evolved from the collapse of the polling ...which was a fun dream to some ..a nightmare to others...in particular those who had to boil down the results...which included a massive variety..into a single uniform knife that still appealed to the group....and even then not everyone wanted it...Nature of the beast I guess.So if anything we should accept what is offered...or go elsewhere with the associated problems that will appear....
Kevvvinnn Kairvvviinnn I'm the Ghost of Porchknives past...look on your work wooooOOOOooo.😜
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When everyone is unhappy you know it's a good compromise.
 
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