2022 GEC #59 Shaffer Farm Whittler Thread

[Let'er Buck]

As an individual buyer they may affect your decision making process. But the price still is not high enough to keep stock on the shelf.

Yes, you are totally correct in this!

 

[calm]

Good old days, when F&F ones were $60 and the fancier models around $100. I do remember a TC release a couple of years ago, when GEC said that they stop making SFOs, being about $65.

Still, they are all so pretty.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

 

[Sventhelumberjack]

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Love it! And the knives are great too!

 

[mb>]

Pretty

Not so pretty

 

[RayTL]

I have pocketed my ironwood whittler everyday since receiving. I hate that I dropped it and scuffed up the bolster and badge, but it has absolutely become my favorite GEC.

 

[pmek5]

GEC sure knows how to do a split-back

 

[Alex.Y.]

Not so pretty

I think that's from main blade touching the secondary blade when either one was operated. Still better than the pin cracks, right?

 

[mb>]

I think that's from main blade touching the secondary blade when either one was operated. Still better than the pin cracks, right?

Maybe so. The unpolished spot was a little baffling tho…

 

[HullK]

Maybe so. The unpolished spot was a little baffling tho…

I have this on my Northfield 36 blood red jigged bone, its odd for sure. I actually sent my 59 desert ironwood in for factory repair because the wood had split at a pin. Its going to be a Christmas gift for dad so I want it perfect.

 

[Alex.Y.]

I actually sent my 59 desert ironwood in for factory repair because the wood had split at a pin. Its going to be a Christmas gift for dad so I want it perfect.

Would be nice if you could post pics like "before and after" when you receive it back.

 

[HullK]

Would be nice if you could post pics like "before and after" when you receive it back.

Will do, that's a good idea

 

[waynorth]

GEC sure knows how to do a split-back

They certainly do; and the batch of Stag they used on this run has been pretty darn good!!! Nice, unusual knife, Tim!!!

 

[pmek5]

They certainly do; and the batch of Stag they used on this run has been pretty darn good!!! Nice, unusual knife, Tim!!!

Thank you Sir

 

[AnW]

Better late than never!

 

[Alex.Y.]

Better late than never!

Very nice stag here, congratulations!

 

[Ellis Wyatt]

A few comparison pics of the 59 with another split back whittler.
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[Travman]

 

[Alex.Y.]

Better late then never, huh. That's some stag I wasn't expecting. How would I rate it? Unusual. Do I like it? Oh yeah!




Mad cover pairing done here by GEC too! Outstanding!

 

[Will Power]

I keep going back & forth over this pattern...gives me something worth worrying about

First off I fancied the Acrylic but not all of it looked that well finished, Ironwood didn't do much for me, looks kind of brittle...Stag is always a contender but have generally found most of it underwhelming. Which leaves the Mint Chocolate Bone, looks really pretty, great shield and very good pin finish. Now all I need is a trade...I think But that Hummingbird still haunts