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 ea (shipped within CONUS). Now open to the forums as a whole. If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges. If there are customs issues? On you.
Disengaging the lock sucks. I'm sorry, but it does. The liner is recessed, and I find it's hard to access. I've read a lot of comments on this, and it seems like quite a few people agree. Some have even modded their liners to make the liner lock easier to access. Disengaging the lock with my winter gloves on is even worse; it's just barely doable.