Since we can wish all day for patterns or steels to no avail, how about we focus on handle material? I'd like to see something in Yellow Heart or another light colored wood.
Agreed. I would probably break my resolve to never buy another pocket knife for that opportunity. I am limited to carrying very small pocket knives these days and sometimes I'd like a break from my trusty Case Peanut.
Wright's have a great old etching machine, and I wish they'd use it more. I don't understand why they're not putting the Blade Forums etch on the Lambsfoot knivesMaybe I should get them to do a proper batch for us?
"Reclaimed Broom Handle"
[Just kidding, Jack].
You guys with all these great knife ideas need to check on the details of production and distribution before getting too far along.
First and foremost; any BladeForums branded knife (especially with the annual BF stamp) must me approved by the official powers here.
As to distribution, I will only deal with one brand, any other brand will need another outlet other than myself. Sorry, this is due to past experience in this regard.
Buck is not going to run a frame/blade combo that isn't in general production, though they might give us a special cover material. No BF blade stamp though, I bet. I don't think Buck will use the BF stamp anyway. Plus we someone to distribute the knife to members.
European manufacturers are also problematic here in the US, but if Jack or someone else wants to get a project going that is their prerogative. I don't have any say in the manufacturing, as all that input comes from the forum.
There is really a lot to the process other than dreaming up patterns. It is unreasonable to think a manufacturer would run a special frame and blade configuration for 350 knives unless they could retail for a very high dollar figure, and if too expensive, someone is left with a large number of expensive knives that they had to pay for but can't sell.
You guys are talking me out of getting involved again.
:thumbup:A forum Laguiole or something region specific would be really interesting
This one, with buffalo horn covers, sells for less than $100 - individually!
As for the European knife idea, I think that Jack has already started laying the foundation for that.
What was wrong with the 2016 forum knife? I wasn't following the forum much in 2016 and didn't get one.Those shoes are far too big for me to fill!
It's worth remembering though that up until a few years ago, the burden for sorting out the forum knife was shouldered by a committee.
My suggestion was made to draw attention to the fact that while the forum knife seems to be increasingly inconvenient for GEC, there are other knife manufacturers, and ones for whom this sort of business (and arguably prestige) would be a very positive thing, rather than a negative one. Collectively, we have huge buying power, and we put the cash up front, but it seems that we don't presently get any advantage to that. The US $ is very strong in Europe at the moment, and buys a lot of knives. Other US companies seem to be able to deal with European manufacturers without having to go round and knock on the door of their factory.
I'm not sure our US members get stung in quite the same way as we do here in Europe, but if we used a European manufacturer, perhaps they could be shipped to European members direct, or to a European member willing to post them out. As for QC problems, I'm not sure things could be much worse than for last years knife.
Thanks, just something to consider anyway
I'd be up for a Laguiole, or a whole host of French patterns, or Spanish, German, Italian, or English ones for that matter. Heck, how about a handmade Manly folder in D2 with a 'Bladeforums' back-spring?!
Hey! There's some serious trickery gone on with my post there!! I never said that! :grumpy:
Too much for me too Frank, but nowhere near as much would be involved if the knives didn't run to $100 and more apiece. With an order of that size, you could be talking about a fraction of that from some European manufacturers [emoji106]
. There was some issues with the punch but all parties did a good job of correcting it.
Thanks for the very helpful answer railsplitter. I think the 2016 knives look great, wish I'd gotten in on one sometimes.
No need in getting that conversation started again, use the search option
The search function is barely useable, and even if you find applicable threads (considering the length of many threads in the traditional forum) it can take an unreasonable amount of time to find the answers you're looking for. There was nothing wrong with the answer railsplitter gave; it was concise, clear, and unbiased. I'm not new here, I was just away from forums for most of 2016, and I still dislike the tendency to dodge this kind of question with "use the search function".
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" would have indicated that. I didn't see railsplitter's response since we were obviously typing at the same time. I also immediately edited my response with a link to the original thread for your convenience. There was once a time in the traditional subforum when people were not so easily riled up and things were taken in the sense that we are all friends here. I feel like that is changing and that is quite unfortunate. Kindest regards