#15 GEC Electrician?

Simply put, this is a dream come true. Smaller size, GEC build, lanyard tube, micarta slabs.

Now to find where to reserve one of these. Holy cow. Holy cow.
 
cchu518 said:
I like it 'cept for the drywall saw.

I picked up one of these for the house and would never cut drywall without it again.

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I have one and used it for some flooring I layed down. Great tool. I don't see a pocket knife like the electrician as "the tool" to use when doing drywall or electrical work. I see it as a pocket knife that comes in dang handy while doing small jobs where you left most of your tools in the shop or truck. It's a "in a pinch" kinda tool. If I was spending the day doing electrician work, I'd have a good tool belt with all the real tools I needed. The knife would be in my pocket for those quick little jobs where I was being too lazy to go get my tool belt.
 
Woodrow F Call said:
I have one and used it for some flooring I layed down. Great tool. I don't see a pocket knife like the electrician as "the tool" to use when doing drywall or electrical work. I see it as a pocket knife that comes in dang handy while doing small jobs where you left most of your tools in the shop or truck. It's a "in a pinch" kinda tool. If I was spending the day doing electrician work, I'd have a good tool belt with all the real tools I needed. The knife would be in my pocket for those quick little jobs where I was being too lazy to go get my tool belt.
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Exactly. Just as I said when I was conveying the idea. Thanks for recognizing it. Its not necessarily an electricians knife. Its for guys like me that do it all and guys like the guys buying my mini ti pry bar, or SAKs or CASE knives with saw blades and gut hooks and any other gadgets for the pocket that can be a work horse wearing many hats. Its also for guys wanting something rare as there are only going to be 140 available to the public ever! For you guys turned off by the saw well. Sorry, it wouldn't be so unique without it and I wanted it. :) I know a lot of other guys that wanted it too as early in my life I was modifying old Bolster, Ulster, and Camillus among other brands of knives built this way putting saw blades on the stripper no one ever used for nothin! Word of mouth got around and by the time I left home for the Air Force guys were writing me while stationed at Scott AFB in Illinois askin me to put a saw on their knives and mailing em to me to modify and that was back in the late 70s early 80s. So from my stand point on these style knives, well takin a saw off to make a stripper is lots faster and easier to do than making a saw on a stripper blade! I don't know that GEC will make as true Electricians with the stripper and I'm not sure they would have made this one had I not forked over the bucks to get it done. Quite honestly I can keep these in minty condition for as long as any other minty knives have been kept in my humidity controlled safe and based on past knives by GEC its going to be money in the bank at a growth rate higher than the banks were paying me so I think its win win regardless of you guys not into the saw. If I still have them in five years they won't be between $75 and $85 bucks. I have not finalized the price on them yet. It is going to depend on how many guys reserve one or two wanting them. I appreciate your orders guys and the comments both positive and negative.
 
Woodrow F Call said:
If I was spending the day doing electrician work, I'd have a good tool belt with all the real tools I needed. The knife would be in my pocket for those quick little jobs where I was being too lazy to go get my tool belt.
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Bingo.
 
BRL said:
Simply put, this is a dream come true. Smaller size, GEC build, lanyard tube, micarta slabs.

Now to find where to reserve one of these. Holy cow. Holy cow.
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Get a hold of STR. Great man to do business with.
 
I wish I could swing this, I have really wanted a GEC saw, and clipping a BUSSTR to my pocket with an STR Electrician in there would really set it off! Pure slicing with hard use utility- and even a wharncliffe version!! If you have any left in a year (or less- how much do kidneys go for in the states?), I might come knocking, but I doubt there will be any left. Nice idea!
 
I'm not won over by the saw. (yet... ;) ) I wonder whether it would be possible to put a sliding cover over the saw, like the one on the mauser knife?

Also, does anyone know what the bolsters and the liners will be made of? My first guess was all steel, but the camillus and ulster electricians knives I've got have brass/nickel silver.
 
Ryan Sumner said:
I'm not won over by the saw. (yet... ;) ) I wonder whether it would be possible to put a sliding cover over the saw, like the one on the mauser knife?

Also, does anyone know what the bolsters and the liners will be made of? My first guess was all steel, but the camillus and ulster electricians knives I've got have brass/nickel silver.
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GEC only works with low carbon or brass nickel steel also called nickel silver I guess. All these are the same as the #15 produced now. Low carbon liners, low carbon bolsters. (correction to statement earlier saying NS)
 
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They don't suck down the magnet like the liners do and he told me they work with NS but I figured based on the magnet test they had to be nickel because the suck down appears so weak its got to be the liner that is magnetic not the bolster. So, if they are steel bolsters they must not be treated or something as they appear very weakly to attract a magnet to me on all the #15s I've bought, but okay whatever they are its not stainless that was my point. Thanks
STR
 
Yes, you're right, definitely not stainless. Gave my 15 barlow a vinegar bath, and the bolsters took a patina just like the blade (not quite as dark, but close).
 
One thing I'm wondering about... since this will have a blade that will see some twisting (and obviously there will be a temptation to pry with it as well), will there be anything done differently to increase the mechanical strength of the pivot area to withstand this?
 
BRL said:
One thing I'm wondering about... since this will have a blade that will see some twisting (and obviously there will be a temptation to pry with it as well), will there be anything done differently to increase the mechanical strength of the pivot area to withstand this?
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Domed pivot on all of mine. I do not know if it will carry over to any future models. I specifically requested domed over nubbed pivots and they said they had done it and no problem. This and bolsters should certainly hold up fine with the carbon steel liners I think. By the way, thanks for reminding me of that. I forgot to mention it earlier.
 
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This looks really cool. I love the custom TL-29s done by a member here, and wanted to get one for my father and neighbor, but he doesn't sell them. This will be perfect for my father, and I might buy one for myself if I get some good money.

Sweet twist on the electrician's knife,
Connor
 
cchu518 said:
I like it 'cept for the drywall saw.

I picked up one of these for the house and would never cut drywall without it again.

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My father is an electrician and I've never seen him use anything but a screwdriver and his linesman pliers to make a hole in drywall. It's the same screwdriver he uses to stir his coffee. Yeah, he's old skool. ;)

He's sill getting one of these knives as a retirement gift whether he likes it or not!
 
I'm sure he also has xx more years of experience and talent than me which I lack! I basically butcher drywall in any situation without my multi-Max!
 
cchu518 said:
I'm sure he also has xx more years of experience and talent than me which I lack! I basically butcher drywall in any situation without my multi-Max!
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Funny you say that. He makes it look reall, really easy. It's not. At least for me it isn't. I tried once and made nothing but a huge mess of things. He has been doing it since the late 60's so I'm sure he perfected his "craft" many moons ago.
 
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