2020 GEC #23 Trapper Thread

Just a cherry Tidioute, but I like it more than I thought I would when I first received it. It's certainly a solid chunk of traditional pocket knife! As some have mentioned, the pulls are starting to mellow out. Now just a 10 and 11...:D Nah, they're becoming noticeably better. I like summer- my cargo shorts have pockets for things like this. In the winter it's pretty much a Pemberton in the jeans watch pocket or a (gasp!) Spyderco...;)

 
Got mine today and I like everything about it except the main blade rubs the center liner.
I'm going to use it as I do all my knives so that shouldn't be a problem so long as I can keep my OCD under control.
Beautiful knife and not nearly as unwieldy as I expected in my pocket.
The pull is heavy, but no so much as to inhibit usage. I guess I'd call it an 8 on the pull. I'm sure at some point I'll give it a proper photo shoot, it really is pretty.
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There should be an optional check box when ordering - Eliminate Possibility of Rap []
Check the box, dealer puts the blade on the grinder for another 1/16".

Case, and others, have solved it by delivering way over-ground blades; GEC should probably consider that as well.

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knifeswapper said:
There should be an optional check box when ordering - Eliminate Possibility of Rap []
Check the box, dealer puts the blade on the grinder for another 1/16".

Case, and others, have solved it by delivering way over-ground blades; GEC should probably consider that as well.

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Mike has an excellent point. I was struggling with a spot of blade rap on a Madison Barlow a few years back. I kept sharpening the knife on my Spyderco Sharpmaker and the blade rap kept coming back. I was getting a little frustrated. Then Mike made this same point in regards to GEC blades vs Case blades. It may have been in this same thread. I looked at the nice full blade on that Madison Barlow. Then I looked at that tiny little spot of blade rap and stopped obsessing. The knife was gorgeous. I’d rather have the full blade.

I sharpened the Barlow a few months latter and that was enough to get rid of the rap. I had been too conservative in my earlier sharpenings.
 
I looked at some dealer photos. That brown jigged bone/red-tail jigged bone looks more like Burnt Sierra jigged bone to me. I found some with smooth edges and the Burnt Sierra color popped right out.
 
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I e-mailed my GEC dealer as soon as I spotted the GEC#33 Conductor . I do like Stag without the shield. I need to see the bone , before I pull the trigger. Smooth Natural bone would be my prediction on this one. Remember the #86 last year , get in trouble release the Smooth Natural Bone.
 
hornetguy said:
It may have been mentioned before, but it looks like the liner lock micartas are going to have the same shield that the two blade trapper micartas have. I'm happy to see that.
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I liked the first GEC#23 Tidioute Woodland micarta drawing with "Hounds Tooth" shield. I love the change of the darker Woodland micarta color. The "badge" shield threw me way off. When I receive my first #23LL Woodland micarta knife , it won't matter what the shield is in my pocket.
 
Scott J. said:
Ok, maybe you guys were right about the pull being just a little on the heavy side.
But I ain't backin' down.
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Go treat yourself to a CASE XX blade pick. GEC tube poppers don't work as well. Take a rag cloth and wrap around the blade. Work that blade back and forth a thousand times. Repeat if necessary , you got to break in those users.
 
So with the news of the day can we still expect the Mesquite SFO from CK or is that off the table now?
 
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