2019 GEC 29 Humpback/Stockyard Whittler Thread

Hopefully GEC gets wind of this from the Dealers and they get rid of the rule requiring the Dealers name etch on the SFO's.
 
cbr1000 said:
Hopefully GEC gets wind of this from the Dealers and they get rid of the rule requiring the Dealers name etch on the SFO's.
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cbr1000 said:
Hopefully GEC gets wind of this from the Dealers and they get rid of the rule requiring the Dealers name etch on the SFO's.
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I'm just going to quit posting any knives, don't know what's okay and what's not, no mad has said anything else, or removed any pictures from any other dealers. I'm not going to photoshop my knives or leave the blades closed just to satisfy some silliness. What's okay and what's not? Who knows.

The one they did remove didn't say anything except he tried to be fair to those that got damaged, then he left.

My Gold membership will expire in a few days. I'm entirely disappointed.
 
I fully support deleting comments from non-paying dealers. Maintenance costs on a site like this are not cheap.
The post from the dealer was directly related to his business of selling knives. He was using these forums as customer service for his profit generating business.
I'm sure he would be welcomed here if he paid for a membership like several other dealers do.

Calling this censorship is incorrect and devalues the word.
 
Norcaldude said:
I fully support deleting comments from non-paying dealers. Maintenance costs on a site like this are not cheap.
The post from the dealer was directly related to his business of selling knives. He was using these forums as customer service for his profit generating business.
I'm sure he would be welcomed here if he paid for a membership like several other dealers do.

Calling this censorship is incorrect and devalues the word.
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All he said was he tried to be fair when someone felt their knife wasn't delivered.
Mods said they removed knife pictures with his etch on the blade which was an SFO knife and a required etch. The Knife Connection and Maher and Grosh, and others are still up. Their are several from GPK in the #93 Ramsfoot thread as well as others.
Nobody was advertising anything, and we can't post pictures of our knives? And your okay with that?
 
Guys, I understand some of you are upset, but can we keep this thread dedicated to the 29’s please? Please and thank you.
 
Boxer .45 said:
All he said was he tried to be fair when someone felt their knife wasn't delivered.
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That is using these forums, which he apparently doesn't want to spend any money on, for business communications. If these are his customers then he already has a way to contact them directly to communicate with them.

For everybody else here that isn't one of the impacted customers, he is using these forums for what is basically advertising. He's creating a public post here to show (aka advertise) his fairness.

He can do that for free on many other sites, like FB and IG. He can do it here if he pays for membership. These aren't new rules. Mike from CK follows them and is a valued community member. I imagine he considers the business investment he has made in paying for a membership here fairly well repaid, though his investment in this community goes beyond the membership fees he pays.
 
Let's take this issue to tech support. In other good banned news my Coffeehouse Acrylic has crossed the border into Maple Syrup land. Now it just needs to make the long trek across the continent to my back pocket.
 
Norcaldude said:
That is using these forums, which he apparently doesn't want to spend any money on, for business communications. If these are his customers then he already has a way to contact them directly to communicate with them.

For everybody else here that isn't one of the impacted customers, he is using these forums for what is basically advertising. He's creating a public post here to show (aka advertise) his fairness.

He can do that for free on many other sites, like FB and IG. He can do it here if he pays for membership. These aren't new rules. Mike from CK follows them and is a valued community member. I imagine he considers the business investment he has made in paying for a membership here fairly well repaid, though his investment in this community goes beyond the membership fees he pays.
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That wasn't even what most of us have issue with, but you can focus on the part that suits you is you want. I pointed out the main issue in my post. Can I post any of my other SFO knives? No idea. That distributor and the comment deleted wasn't the issue.

I hope @Spark or knarfeng knarfeng weighs in, or some clarification.
 
So much I’d like to say to the “defenders” but my lips are sealed and I’m going start my extended vacation by going home and opening up my maple leaf SFO from Another great dealer !
And put this B.S behind me!
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Boxer .45 said:
That wasn't even what most of us have issue with, but you can focus on the part that suits you is you want. .
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Maybe not, but I imagine that was the part that precipitated the 'official action' from knarfeng. As you have stated, other SFOs with blade etches have been posted without drawing moderator attention.
 
Edited...After taking the time to actually review the past dozen or so posts I see my opinion was already stated.

Edited again because I can't help myself...please don't remove the cool photos of the beautiful knives!
 
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While I'm at it I have to say that the etches on the blades don't fit. If GEC continues this tradition I hope that companies who order SFO's will consider designing etches that fits the knives. Having a modern font or logo design on such a traditional knife looks out of place.

Case in point, the curly maple SFO is astounding but that TKC logo ruins the entire aesthetic. No offense intended to anyone involved in the design and manufacture of that version but personally, I'm bumped by the design choice.
 
rswanson said:
While I'm at it I have to say that the etches on the blades don't fit. If GEC continues this tradition I hope that companies who order SFO's will consider designing etches that fits the knives. Having a modern font or logo design on such a traditional knife looks out of place.

Case in point, the curly maple SFO is astounding but that TKC logo ruins the entire aesthetic. No offense intended to anyone involved in the design and manufacture of that version but personally, I'm bumped by the design choice.
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Definitely the etch is a matter of taste and don’t prefer it either but with that being said I don’t hate it and for those that do it’s easily removed with Flitz .
At least you don’t have to worry about seeing them or at least for very long on this hungry forum .
 
Look mom no etching.
Another beautiful SFO from another great dealer no need to mention you know who;)
Just like my other the coffee house SFO from the “other” dealer it came with a hand written personalized Thank you and that goes a long way with me.
To the knife it’s absolutely breath taking the Curly Maple is stunning with a translucent appearance. Smooth at the bolsters and all transitions. Blades dead centered and yes main blade flush at the half stop :eek: :thumbsup:
All blades have a nice snap and pull.
I think these later runs the walk and talk is night and day compared to the earlier ones. Thank you so much to both these dealers for there lightning fast shipping,first class packaging and personalized receipt and of course GEC for making this beautiful knife/pattern :thumbsup:
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Here's the sticky from Blues which has been in place up on the front page of the Traditional Forum for almost 10 years.
Blues said:
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("Deal & Bargain Spotting" is a violation of the TOS)

Let's keep our threads focused on the discussion of traditional knives, not vendors and their web sites.

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The dealers who have dealer memberships pay a large part of the costs of keeping BladeForums up and running. In my mind it is fair to refrain from promoting their competitors.
 
Understood and will follow the rules but I would also think paying blade forum Members also pay a large part in keeping blade Forums up and running.
So just to be clear is this a new rule not being allowed to have in a picture dealer etching put on by GEC ?
 
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