2022 GEC Cattle Knife/Camp Knife #35 Thread

[Camillus]

I want to see the first person dive that can opener into a can of beans just to see if it works

 

[J.Mattson]

I see the notched screwdriver in the historical photos, anyone know if it would have a practical use today?

 

[mrknife]

There is a short run of Waynorth Tidioutes coming out!
Bill is making me a run of 100, for providing some antique utility knives for him to study over the years! (Please don't contact me!!) Of course I can only send a few out to my dealers, so they will be hard to get. I have already presold them, with apologies to all who will have trouble getting one - the trouble with a short run is distributing them fairly - probably impossible!! A dilemma with no equitable answer!! View attachment 1895064

Nice to see the Waynorth flag fly again! but no waynorth tang stamp?!

 

[mrknife]

Trolling my archives, I once owned the only three blade Cattle (AFAIK) that Kerry Hampton made!! With a punch!!
{Kerry, ( KnifeHead , If you are there??}View attachment 1895324View attachment 1895325View attachment 1895326

Charlie is that patina from carry?

 

[waynorth]

Very nice! Any chance this could be the restart of some further, future Waynorth SFO releases?

I just take it day by day!!

 

[waynorth]

Charlie is that patina from carry?

It's a chemical treatment, Jack!!

 

[mrknife]

It's a chemical treatment, Jack!!

Neat! I was wondering what would do that to the steel. I take it the maker had produced the knife with some form of a super steel. thanks!

 

[waynorth]

Kerry made it under the tutelage of Tony Bose! The punch is of a design Tony made for me before. The steel is a tool steel with an oxidation process to protect it!!

 

[J.Mattson]

Kerry made it under the tutelage of Tony Bose! The punch is of a design Tony made for me before. The steel is a tool steel with an oxidation process to protect it.

That's beyond cool.

 

[mrknife]

Kerry made it under the tutelage of Tony Bose! The punch is of a design Tony made for me before. The steel is a tool steel with an oxidation process to protect it!!View attachment 1895998View attachment 1896000View attachment 1896001View attachment 1896002

Now that is an awl id love to see on a production knife! reminds me of gravers for metal engraving

 

[Johnnythefox]

Got my Cattle knife last week and unfortunately was not happy with the mark side cover. I believe this knife should have been a store knife.
I have sent it to GEC for replacement although I'm having to pay shipping both ways.

Won't mention the dealer I got it from but they said to contact GEC. I think that the bone cracked off after the shield was attached and then ground down to smooth it out. I don't think it was a natural low spot in the bone, if it was surely they would have used it on the pile side. I don't think it should have ever made to dealer especially for a $200 knife not acceptable IMO.

I'm glad that GEC is willing to replace it but not happy about the added cost of an already expensive knife.


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They should pay the postage.

 

[Texoma]

congrats on your 35 camp knife Charlie the color and jigging looks unbelievable

 

[JTB_5]

This is just too nice not to post again. I am not feeling very lucky about my chances of getting one, but I'm going to try. Hopefully Charlie will be posting a lot of his own pictures to tide us over :-D

 

[KnifeHead]

Trolling my archives, I once owned the only three blade Cattle (AFAIK) that Kerry Hampton made!! With a punch!!
{Kerry, ( KnifeHead , If you are there??}View attachment 1895324View attachment 1895325View attachment 1895326

That was a chore

 

[waynorth]

That was a chore

But a worthy one!!

 

[KnifeHead]

BTW, #35 is a beauty. It's making me want.

 

[Kiro]

Fun comparison next to this old Kamp King, which despite lots of sharpening has held up pretty well.

The Johnny is solid, no doubt. I don't love the delrin, but it seems well executed.

 

[Johnnythefox]

Trolling my archives, I once owned the only three blade Cattle (AFAIK) that Kerry Hampton made!! With a punch!!
{Kerry, ( KnifeHead , If you are there??}View attachment 1895324View attachment 1895325View attachment 1895326

I love that with the punch a very useful tool I find.

 

[Johnnythefox]

Got a camp in hand today. Very favorable first impressions. Strong pulls, but not a nail breaker. The can opener pull is a bit more stout than the others, exactly the way I remember my old long gone camp knifes of my youth. Not experiencing any rub. Not even a hint of gap in the back spring. Seems to be made just as well as the Cattle Knife.

And I dig the tube art.

Wow you lucky man,who is Johnny on the Spot (besides me sometimes of course).

 

[chevyrulez1]

I have never owned a GEC knife, and decided “I gotta get me one of dem dere cattle knives”
Waited at the drop, added to cart at 1 second after it dropped, before I could complete the checkout they were sold out
That is ridiculous, I’m not sure what GEC’s business model is but they are definitely NOT making enough, and all the profits seem to be made on the secondary market, so it would seem to me they are losing out.