2022 GEC #81 Coon Skinner

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I really love these knives. They carry so slim and my Tidioute in Coffee House Acrylic was the first GEC I ever bought! Amazing walk and talk on that one too. At the time I was frustrated it didn’t have half stops but I have come to appreciate how smooth a good cam tang can be.
 
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This is one of my favorite GEC's. I only have a handful, so it's a small sample size. The coon skinner is so slim and drops into my pocket so easily. A couple of my GEC's are real nail breakers (looking at you BF '23!), but this one has a perfect pull and snappy snap. Plus the acrylic catches light is really interesting ways and looks different every time I pull it out of my pocket.
 
I got interested in muskrats a while back after paying them no attention for all my knife owning life. Picked up a Case and then a RoseCraft. I like em both enough to make me want to check out GEC models. I found this thread and read every post from first to last. It convinced me I had to have a Coon Skinner. Found one that needed me, and it has quickly become one of my favorite knives.

The Coon Skinner feels like a little sports car in the hand. I can hardly put the thing down. Here she sits alongside a favorite cigar. Micarta is one of my favorite handle materials. This red onion micarta is beautiful in sunlight. Fit and finish of the scales is flawless. Smooth transition between the bolsters and liners with no gaps anywhere. Shield is flush with the surface and has no gaps along its edges. Blades are as perfectly placed in the blade well as possible with such a narrow space. They’re like sardines in there, yet there’s no rub on either blade as they’re opened and closed. Pull weight on both blades is what I’d call medium firm and perfect for these long, slender blades. Blades snap open and closed with authority, but aren’t so stiff as to be scary or dangerous. This knife is a pleasure to look at and hold and operate. My only regret is not getting one of these sooner!
 

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ebenezer56 said:
I got interested in muskrats a while back after paying them no attention for all my knife owning life. Picked up a Case and then a RoseCraft. I like em both enough to make me want to check out GEC models. I found this thread and read every post from first to last. It convinced me I had to have a Coon Skinner. Found one that needed me, and it has quickly become one of my favorite knives.

The Coon Skinner feels like a little sports car in the hand. I can hardly put the thing down. Here she sits alongside a favorite cigar. Micarta is one of my favorite handle materials. This red onion micarta is beautiful in sunlight. Fit and finish of the scales is flawless. Smooth transition between the bolsters and liners with no gaps anywhere. Shield is flush with the surface and has no gaps along its edges. Blades are as perfectly placed in the blade well as possible with such a narrow space. They’re like sardines in there, yet there’s no rub on either blade as they’re opened and closed. Pull weight on both blades is what I’d call medium firm and perfect for these long, slender blades. Blades snap open and closed with authority, but aren’t so stiff as to be scary or dangerous. This knife is a pleasure to look at and hold and operate. My only regret is not getting one of these sooner!
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Nice ashtray!!! The knife ain't bad either!!! 😂
 
ebenezer56 said:
I got interested in muskrats a while back after paying them no attention for all my knife owning life. Picked up a Case and then a RoseCraft. I like em both enough to make me want to check out GEC models. I found this thread and read every post from first to last. It convinced me I had to have a Coon Skinner. Found one that needed me, and it has quickly become one of my favorite knives.

The Coon Skinner feels like a little sports car in the hand. I can hardly put the thing down. Here she sits alongside a favorite cigar. Micarta is one of my favorite handle materials. This red onion micarta is beautiful in sunlight. Fit and finish of the scales is flawless. Smooth transition between the bolsters and liners with no gaps anywhere. Shield is flush with the surface and has no gaps along its edges. Blades are as perfectly placed in the blade well as possible with such a narrow space. They’re like sardines in there, yet there’s no rub on either blade as they’re opened and closed. Pull weight on both blades is what I’d call medium firm and perfect for these long, slender blades. Blades snap open and closed with authority, but aren’t so stiff as to be scary or dangerous. This knife is a pleasure to look at and hold and operate. My only regret is not getting one of these sooner!
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All true my friend, all true.

I have two of these, one in your Micarta and another in Snakewood. One observation is perhaps warranted though - because of the extreme slimness of the 'sardine' construction, in itself an achievement, and coupled with the length of the blades, it is possible to close the knife in such a way that the kick of the closing blade's tang can foul against the delicate point of the closed blade. It's completely avoidable as long as you remember not to orientate the closing blade in the wrong plane (i.e. towards the centre of the knife), but rather to exert any bias towards the nearest outer side of the knife.
 
dovidola said:
All true my friend, all true.

I have two of these, one in your Micarta and another in Snakewood. One observation is perhaps warranted though - because of the extreme slimness of the 'sardine' construction, in itself an achievement, and coupled with the length of the blades, it is possible to close the knife in such a way that the kick of the closing blade's tang can foul against the delicate point of the closed blade. It's completely avoidable as long as you remember not to orientate the closing blade in the wrong plane (i.e. towards the centre of the knife), but rather to exert any bias towards the nearest outer side of the knife.
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Can confirm.
 
dovidola said:
All true my friend, all true.

I have two of these, one in your Micarta and another in Snakewood. One observation is perhaps warranted though - because of the extreme slimness of the 'sardine' construction, in itself an achievement, and coupled with the length of the blades, it is possible to close the knife in such a way that the kick of the closing blade's tang can foul against the delicate point of the closed blade. It's completely avoidable as long as you remember not to orientate the closing blade in the wrong plane (i.e. towards the centre of the knife), but rather to exert any bias towards the nearest outer side of the knife.
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Yeah I had that happen soon after getting the knife. While closing the primary blade, its kick ran into the tip of the secondary. It was a little bit of a shock. I quickly saw that my hand was pressing slightly against the side of the secondary, pushing it into the path of the blade being closed. No big deal. Just gotta keep my hand off whichever blade is closed while closing the other. I don't see this as ever being a problem with the knife because it's made so well. The blade joints are tight, and the blades are well placed within their respective positions. I expect many years of trouble free, pleasurable use of this knife! Having to pay attention to how I hold it while closing a blade just adds to its personality!
 
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