2022 GEC #59 Shaffer Farm Whittler Thread

waverave said:
This actually came to light a few weeks ago but came up again recently here. Joan Mae is my direct contact at GEC...Bill is not very easy to get a hold of :) She asks Bill or Randy or whoever and is very helpful :thumbsup: For engineering questions, I reach out to Randy but I'm not sure he will know the reason (and he is travelling with his family at the moment I am pretty sure)...I will ask though.
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Yep, as you stated, if Joan Mae doesn't know, she will go to Bill and get a prompt answer. We'll see what we discover next week I guess. So being that they did their first shipment of stag on Friday just before they shut down, it will be interesting to see if there are 2 variations of finish and etch on those blades as well.
 
stagmeister said:
Yep, as you stated, if Joan Mae doesn't know, she will go to Bill and get a prompt answer. We'll see what we discover next week I guess. So being that they did their first shipment of stag on Friday just before they shut down, it will be interesting to see if there are 2 variations of finish and etch on those blades as well.
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Randy got back to me but he didn’t even know there were two shields 😂
 
waverave said:
Randy got back to me but he didn’t even know there were two shields 😂
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I'm not sure how involved Randy is outside of the design stages. Who knows, Maybe this was William's call with Bill's blessing. I agree with Jiki , I think this was preplanned with some reasoning behind it. Stay tuned as the saga continues.:D
 
Really taken a liking to the Acrylic version, think it suits the frame really well and looks the part on a compact pattern, authentic. But being over here in the EU with a sliding currency, import tax etc it makes even less sense than it used to, pity :confused: Mind you, trades can be a very useful alternative arrangement:cool:

As for the 2 different shields, this is interesting. Perhaps they're once again paying homage to Winchester Black Box whose Stockman had two different shields and blade finish ? ;)
 
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My stag is on the way. When I get it I will post a new family picture.

Two random thoughts:

1. All the satin DI I've seen so far (not many) have very dark wood. It will be interesting to see if that's a pattern and maybe they added satin the the dark wood examples to make them more desirable than they would be without the satin blade.
2. I am waiting to see if they do a stag/satin. I think they did with the most recent run of 68s in very small volume.

Have a great night.

Rick
 
Heynowwww said:
My stag is on the way. When I get it I will post a new family picture.

Two random thoughts:

1. All the satin DI I've seen so far (not many) have very dark wood. It will be interesting to see if that's a pattern and maybe they added satin the the dark wood examples to make them more desirable than they would be without the satin blade.
2. I am waiting to see if they do a stag/satin. I think they did with the most recent run of 68s in very small volume.

Have a great night.

Rick
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One thing for certain…is that Bill Howard is very unpredictable 👍
 
Added one to the squad. Sorry the "Tidioute" is upside down. Have a great weekend!

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