2022 GEC H20 fixed blade

Mine should be here tomorrow, 9 days after I ordered it. Never had a knife take this long to arrive.

Im hoping to grab a drop point if I like this caping blade.
 
Frank Morris said:
Mine should be here tomorrow, 9 days after I ordered it. Never had a knife take this long to arrive.

Im hoping to grab a drop point if I like this caping blade.
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If I were only going to have one, I feel like it would be the drop point. That said, I feel like the caping profile is a great complement to either the drop or muskrat.
 
birdsbeaks said:
If I were only going to have one, I feel like it would be the drop point. That said, I feel like the caping profile is a great complement to either the drop or muskrat.
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Could anyone explain to me what GEC's caping knife is named after, or meant to be used for?
 
Arian29 said:
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Down To The Nitty Gritty: Caping Knives

Caping knives, or capers, are necessary for the finer parts of creating taxidermy. They're also capable carving knives or a great EDC.
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Thank you Arian29 Arian29 .

I had an inkling that the process of caping (as in taking the cape off a game animal to have a taxidermy make a shoulder mount of said animal) could be behind its naming. I do however quite disagree regarding its suitability as a caper. In my entire career as a Professional Big Game Guide I have never seen any professional colleague use this particular blade shape in the field or shop, nor have I ever used one.

A caping knife is what the GEC Muskrat represents. Or the clip blade on a folder of the Trapper and Muskrat.

FWIW, many professionals carry several 5 dollar Victorinox, Dexter or similar 4" pairing knives in their field kit for just the task of caping. They are super flexible around the antlers, eye sockets, nose, teeth, lips etc. They also make quick work severing the head from the vertebrae as flexible as they are.

The GEC Caper however does make a mighty fine kitchen knife 🍻
 
.577NE said:
Thank you Arian29 Arian29 .

I had an inkling that the process of caping (as in taking the cape off a game animal to have a taxidermy make a shoulder mount of said animal) could be behind its naming. I do however quite disagree regarding its suitability as a caper. In my entire career as a Professional Big Game Guide I have never seen any professional colleague use this particular blade shape in the field or shop, nor have I ever used one.

A caping knife is what the GEC Muskrat represents. Or the clip blade on a folder of the Trapper and Muskrat.

FWIW, many professionals carry several 5 dollar Victorinox, Dexter or similar 4" pairing knives in their field kit for just the task of caping. They are super flexible around the antlers, eye sockets, nose, teeth, lips etc. They also make quick work severing the head from the vertebrae as flexible as they are.

The GEC Caper however does make a mighty fine kitchen knife 🍻
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Thanks for the info!

I look at it this way: As a respected cutlery firm, it is not only GEC's prerogative but their historical duty to add confusing terminology to the lexicon so that future forumites will have ancient old wisdom to go dig up. It's an investment in future scavenger hunts for knowledge. I can see those future folk digging through the archives now.

For me, kitchen knives in the field and field knives in the kitchen just makes it a topsy-turvy world that I'm liking the look of right now. Knives everywhere are proclaiming their independence from their predefined roles! If it's wrong, I don't want to be right.🤣
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birdsbeaks said:
If I were only going to have one, I feel like it would be the drop point. That said, I feel like the caping profile is a great complement to either the drop or muskrat.
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I agree. Now that I have the Caping I want the Drop Point. And hell I may as well get the Muskrat to complete the set!

The Caping blade is nice though.
 
My midnight camo micarta caping blade arrived today. Beautiful small fixed blade! The micarta looks very nice and to my old eyes looks like green/yellow streaks around the edges. Not all black like the stock photos at dealers. Very nice to me.
 

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Frank Morris said:
My midnight camo micarta caping blade arrived today. Beautiful small fixed blade! The micarta looks very nice and to my old eyes looks like green/yellow streaks around the edges. Not all black like the stock photos at dealers. Very nice to me.
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Very nice!

I didn't know what to expect from the name "Midnight Camo" and as you pointed out, most of the dealer pics weren't very illustrative. Suffice to say I'm pleased with the examples I received and prefer the actual coloration to the darker, or even black, coloring I'd prepared myself for.
 
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Hickory n steel said:
It's a real unfortunate situation, nobody can keep a sheath in production for a knife that's not in constant production.
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I was going to say, "They don't include a sheath?"
Makes sense for them.
Tyson A Wright said:
I use both my H20s as paring knives, so not much application for the lanyard hole. 🤷‍♂️
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I have some garage sale Henkels that somebody drilled for eye-screws so they could hang them up.
 
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