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.
Good variety, Ray.SPAIN
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Excellent ThreadRon Sabbagh . Thanks for thinking this one up!
Ray
Update... my Otter Messer anchor knife arrived today. I got the "large" sized one, and it is a handful. It is also the sharpest knife I have ever received.... even including my Opinels. The edge on this one is amazing. Fit and finish is as nice as most of my Case knives, but not quite as nice as a GEC. It is a little stiff on opening/closing, but I think it will smooth out with use. Looking at the pivot area of the blade shows it to be very nicely finished, no rough spots visible. All in all, I'm very impressed with it. I already plan to order the "small" sized anchor knife to complement this one. Here are a couple of early pics of it... more to follow, I'm sure.
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Update... my Otter Messer anchor knife arrived today. I got the "large" sized one, and it is a handful. It is also the sharpest knife I have ever received.... even including my Opinels. The edge on this one is amazing. Fit and finish is as nice as most of my Case knives, but not quite as nice as a GEC. It is a little stiff on opening/closing, but I think it will smooth out with use. Looking at the pivot area of the blade shows it to be very nicely finished, no rough spots visible. All in all, I'm very impressed with it. I already plan to order the "small" sized anchor knife to complement this one. Here are a couple of early pics of it... more to follow, I'm sure.
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Yes, I believe that is what they are... they look very much like Macassar ebony, though. I don't know if there is a great deal of difference in the two woods.. visibly there is not.Are those grenadil (African Blackwood) scales?
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Yes, I believe that is what they are... they look very much like Macassar ebony, though. I don't know if there is a great deal of difference in the two woods.. visibly there is not.
edit: I meant Gabon ebony... my mistake. Macassar usually has more brown streaks in it, in my experience...
goodness.... too much Boker and Puma goodness to comment on.... I really like the looks of the Boker barlow... very classy looking. Tom and Huck would be amazed at that one..
The Puma spearpoint is a really nice looking one, also. What model is it? 210921? I remember, growing up, that Puma used to be more frequently seen than today..
One more question... the three at the top... are they A.Wrights, or some other maker?