2022 GEC #81 Coon Skinner

Managed to get a deluxe snakewood today, is the tube just a standard northfield tube or did they do the cool artwork like you saw with the two tidioute versions?
 
Finally had a chance to admire my 81 Standard today - I consider this one a Standard +. Definitely better than I expected.

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I had the opportunity to scoop up one of the new 81s so I took advantage of it. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), the one that intrigued me the most was the one in textured Coffeehouse Acrylic - so that is the one I picked.

It's a fine knife, very well built and it definitely sports a clip style that I am beginning to favor more and more. Nimbler, lighter, and pointier - everything you'd want in a pocket knife blade and this one comes with two of them! 😁

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I felt the same as you Dylan, Pàdruig Pàdruig . I cannot understand why, but this one called out to me. I usually avoid acrylics, and I was skeptical of the grooved acrylic on this one. However, GEC’s Coffee House always looks great. Having said all of that, I am still not 100% sold on this cover option. It is pretty far out there. However, the knife itself is a dandy; light, useful, and perfectly built. It is definitely one of GEC’s better efforts.

I love that Snakewood Jim, Jiki Jiki !
 
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I ended up with a "Standard" Snakewood from my dealer.... At the time there were no "Deluxe" versions floating around.... So I sent Joan Mae an email to see what she had in the store.... As luck would have it, she had a couple Deluxe "Store" models for sale....

So off I went for a nearly 400 mile trip which burned through 1/2 barrel of 89 octane.....

As far as I know this is the complete run.... The Deluxe has some nice mottling as well as some medullary wood rays..... Interesting that the snazzier store knife is a cheaper cousin to the plainer first quality version!
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Some "whoops" on and near the shield. A bit unpleasant, but definitely not worth sending it back to GEC. Hence, candidate for shield engraving. Love how they finish linen micarta, nice and smooth! Blades are so thin, that's a surprise. I guess it's not suited to skin something bigger than a coon.

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Gives me a lot of fun when I grab it, seemingly "right", and then notice there's no shield... then flip it, and there it is, ha ha.
 
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Some "whoops" on and near the shield. A bit unpleasant, but definitely not worth sending it back to GEC. Hence, candidate for shield engraving. Love how they finish linen micarta, nice and smooth! Blades are so thin, that's a surprise. I guess it's not suited to skin something bigger than a coon.

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Gives me a lot of fun when I grab it, seemingly "right", and then notice there's no shield... then flip it, and there it is, ha ha.
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I've been using mine to process ducks, it does great!
 
Got my Snakewood (deluxe) today - a few small hints of stripiness on the show side, none on the pile. Can't win 'em all!
Great pattern though - I've used my #81 Bull Moose extensively and this feels like a more refined version. Also got the Red Onion Micarta which is standout - for some reason I seem to be more won over by the Tidioutes as time goes by.
I had been a little concerned that the matchstrike nail nicks might look like a bit Rough Ryder-esque, but on seeing it in hand those fears are dispelled - much more subtle, no eyelash effect whatsoever!
Curiously, I see that GEC have omitted the Snakewood version from those parts of the website which detail the date of release - I wouldn't mind but I like to catalogue these.
 
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