2020 GEC #62 Easy Pocket Congress and Pocket Carver Thread

Google is an accessible search engine which can lead one to many destinations. It is up to the user to determine if any of those destinations are real information sources or another tin foil hat mess. Or, one can drive to the library, spend a few days searching through various research materials, hoping they are not hopelessly out of date then order and read a bunch of books.
It is just easier and more efficient to do that research on line.
 
Don't take anything I say as a fact on its face. Take it as an opinion that provides a jumping off point for you to discover your own conclusion.

...kind of refreshing, actually...and the relentless barrage of whatever from social media leaves one with the tiresome task of constantly separating the wheat from the chaff. To dig down and actually learn something these days that is honest and reliable requires some actual work.
 
knifeswapper knifeswapper as a venerable member of the knife community I think you’ve earned a rant or two.

There’s lots of misinformation out there, deliberate, careless or in jest. I spot sellers with incorrect descriptions and I know the GEC site is prone to error with the production photo labels... throw in a joke or two which doesn’t explicitly state “this is not true” and I could see people getting mixed up.

I suppose the good news for a healthy knife community like this one is that we look to you and others as good sources of knowledge. Obviously the best way to go is to call Joan Mae Howard, but short of bothering her you purveyors are next. I might not always agree with your opinions, but I definitely respect you’re knowledge and what you do for the knife community.

happy #62 pocket carver hunting, everyone!
 
It arrived today after only a week!!! No insolent Customs intrusions either;) My picture is rubbish as it was dark already and anyway, others excel in that Dept. I don't, so we have great images to look at already:thumbsup:

Just want to give a mini-review instead:thumbsup: Fantastic build quality F&F, no perceptible faults or gripes from me anyway. The severely krinked blades are a masterclass in nesting, don't touch the liners, don't scratch each other- clear, clean and crisp. No blade-play at all. No gaps anywhere when held up to light. Flush spring in open and closed, both ends. Jigging goes into the bolsters on mine which is a huge attraction, the shield is completely at home on this 'canvas' The pull is 6 which I find optimal for the pattern, audible snap on both blades before oiling, so that's very good. Red colour is dark and richly even. Blades shave hair, so they're set up OK. The very near sunk joints certainly do make it pocket friendly rather than pocket ripper:eek: and the knife carries superbly & has great feeling of balance when in the hand. I am biased in that single-spring 2 blades or Pen style are my favourites, others may not get drawn to it of course but I doubt anyone could fault the quality&execution here. Maybe I would Ofer it without the half-stop for smoother opening, but that's a minor point.

Overall, fantastic pattern and the variations in scales and finish are going to give a lot for people to choose from and probably availability will be plentiful. Well done the workers and owners at GEC:cool:

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Sounds like a keeper Will. Hope my stag is that good.
 
All three statements were equally true. If the f/f have bolsters and a cigar band - they will start production on 4/1. I guarantee it :D Generally, this subforum is like a family sitting around a dinner table - we will have some fun with those we love. Because we too have been teased a bit coming up thru the group.

Now, I am going to make a couple of unrelated observations because they have been bothering me over the last year...

It is always curious to me how we are willing to throw out everything we know due to a mis-labeled picture or some secondhand guess. Not thinking of any one in particular; but I catch myself all the time reading something on social media that on first read I think is an obvious joke. Just to find out it is being relayed as fact or being used to pit one fact against another. My goal (as I am a conspiracy theory knucklehead) in life is to assume the integrity and truthfulness of everyone; right up to the point that you know it is not correct. So, many times I will ask about stories that get posted, only to get laughed at by the authorities. Not a mean laugh; just a "you're not that stupid Mike" style laugh. But, one time out of a hundred, there is something to it - thus there is always that tiny chance....

But, generally, you have to be careful because this is 2020. And one thing I have noticed is that kids that grew up answering all their questions by asking it on google - now consider search result answers to be de facto standard. But those that are actually the keepers of the knowledge, A) Don't reside on social media (for the most part); and B) Even if they did they would be too humble to concur that they knew something. I watch youtube videos all the time from "the authority" on something or the other because they have googled it and studied it for three weeks. And when they are proven wrong; they act like being wrong about something they are stating as fact to thousands of others, is just the price of learning. Up until a decade or so ago, if you stated something as fact that was eventually wholesale discredited - nothing else you said deserved significant credit. Now days, 80% or so accuracy seems to be enough for them to retain "the authority" moniker. On the 20% that they are blatantly wrong on will just get corrected in the wash or maybe become the new fact.

Don't take anything I say as a fact on its face. Take it as an opinion that provides a jumping off point for you to discover your own conclusion. I know things that very few other people know about those things my life has provided experience; but there are vast numbers of topics (most of them) in which I know little to nothing about. I try very hard not to state anything as a fact, if I am not relatively (95%) sure about and even then I want to plant a disclaimer right up to 99.9%.

(sorry for the rant)
You nailed it and you stated it in a very kind way. My knife loving friends and relatives frequent the social media groups almost exclusively. They constantly ask the dumbest questions and state “facts” I know aren’t correct. They would do so much better just by paying attention here on the Blade forums Traditional forum or simply checking GEC’s website.
 
it kinda surprises me that so many of you are raving over the unicorn ivory acrylic... seems kinda plain to me. Im super new to GEC am I missing something, limited? but the jigged Tidioute is really pretty from the pics posted!
 
it kinda surprises me that so many of you are raving over the unicorn ivory acrylic... seems kinda plain to me. Im super new to GEC am I missing something, limited? but the jigged Tidioute is really pretty from the pics posted!
Tastes are subjective and I like the jigged bone too, but I'm more excited about the unicorn. When you look at knives made 100 years ago, you'll see a lot of larger work knives using dark woods like ebony or cocobolo, and smaller pen knives in smooth bone and ivory. The unicorn acrylic has that clean, classic style.
Because it’s unicorn... Just you wait for the Sasquatch micarta.
Ha! :D
 
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