#35 Beer and Sausage Bar Tool Knife

Quiet said:
Nope. The ones I've received, other than the excessive oil have been perfect.
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Darn, I guess I’m just 0/2 then. Mine were so loose it was bonkers. I could almost see the blade moving side to side when I would just tip the knife on its side there was so much play.
 
SnackPack said:
Darn, I guess I’m just 0/2 then. Mine were so loose it was bonkers. I could almost see the blade moving side to side when I would just tip the knife on its side there was so much play.
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That definitely sounds like a good candidate for warranty repair.
 
I have received a micarta and ebony B&S, along with two Maher and Grosh 35s and think these are really fantastic knives. My wife went so far as to say the B&S are the best shes seen :D Which beats her normal reaction to a new knife. I think overall fit and finish has been quite good on the 35s I have received, except for the ebony arrived with a pretty proud tip that is easy to catch your finger on. I know this is a relatively easy fix, but really shouldn’t have left the factory this way. 0E031A72-1C09-4321-94C7-104B82EC467B.jpeg
 
Matt_WY said:
I have received a micarta and ebony B&S, along with two Maher and Grosh 35s and think these are really fantastic knives. My wife went so far as to say the B&S are the best shes seen :D Which beats her normal reaction to a new knife. I think overall fit and finish has been quite good on the 35s I have received, except for the ebony arrived with a pretty proud tip that is easy to catch your finger on. I know this is a relatively easy fix, but really shouldn’t have left the factory this way. View attachment 1422254
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It’s been a few years, but if I remember correctly, the blade on my 2016 #35 BladeForums Harness Jack had a proud tip, too. I agree that it should’ve been caught at the factory, but as long as it’s not a knife that’s at risk of blade rap, I don’t mind having to file the kick a bit. (I did have one GEC-made knife, a Smith & Sons Mudbug, that had both blade rap and a proud tip. :confused:) GEC does has a tendency, for whatever reason, to leave the tips of blades close to proud rather than burying them down deeper in the blade well.
 
Camillus said:
Pics or it didn’t happen
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New Micro soft Edge changed my computer , again. I can't figure out to save pictures or post them. I can post old saved photos on other knife forums , but not more complexed Blade Forums. Mr. Charlie told me to check out some web-sight. All I get is some update your driver garbage shoved down my throat. Paid Two Faced-book hackers attack my computer after 10minutes signed in. My screen splits , moving the arrow left is right and right is left. PC Matic saves the day every time. You-tube , I have no problem and I can send a knife video to my FB page. After that I clean my computer again. My computer is old and I will never buy another. I have almost 200 knives in my collection , with more coming in. When my computer goes out on me . My collection will be complete. I got about 87 GEC now. I am getting tired of the games and let downs of buying GEC knives. CASE XX quality is going down , I keep hearing. When I am done , I'll be good. Evil-bay taxation , I stopped buying S&M knives. It use to be fun buying knives , now it is one big headache.
 
bbk357 said:
I see the jig bone beer and sausage already listed on eBay. I didn’t realize they are shipping out already.
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I imagine it's probably a preorder, given that he used the GEC pic.

Edit: Ah no, there is one, with what looks to be an in-hand pic.
 
bbk357 said:
I see the jig bone beer and sausage already listed on eBay. I didn’t realize they are shipping out already.
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Onearmbladenut said:
That dude is in Florida , he sold one crazy priced and now he has posted another one.
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I see 5 sold bone B&S bone knives on eBay for $269 BIN with factory picture; and one currently listed. They are all from a BF member that is a GEC dealer. He no longer has a dealer membership here. City is excluded from listings for some reason.
 
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Jiki said:
It's Kincaid Brothers, they are an Ebay only dealer.
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They do sell directly to eBay - which is perfectly fine in either instance. But they generally bump the knife to cover fees, etc. plus maybe a bit more margin. But not the auctions I referenced. - * I retract this paragraph as I see both sellers are more than doubling the retail price *

A dealer can sell knives however they want. I run auctions from time to time with past runs in which there were some "S" models that showed up later or a couple SFO knives had to go back thru and didn't get back to me until way later. Sometimes I also get late personal preference returns or even buy collections if customers change directions (or simply give up the hobby). Always start at $1, no reserve.

The factory has a "minimum" price policy; but no "maximum" price policy - so everything is fair game. I will refrain from offering my opinion (again) on the matter; as these are peers and I wish them all the luck in accomplishing their objectives.

Eventually the secondary market will draw more and more folks to take advantage of the market price. And, to be blunt, when you go thru what dealers go thru trying to allocate them fairly just so a subset can instantly put them on eBay - it is disheartening. Problem is that this is at least partly to blame for the stigma we are all currently feeling about the "lolly scramble". Personally I would rather the factory just list a maximum selling price for dealers. It probably wouldn't fix the flipper problem; but it would fix some of the perceptions.

To answer the question: I think GEC started shipping the bone Friday (at least that was when me shipment left); so it would surprise me if anyone not local to the Titusville area had one in hand yet. But stranger things have happened.
 
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Almost all GEC dealers are a credit to the brand, and improve the image of GEC and its products.

A few dealers seem to have strange ideas and business methods, which is their right, but I think GEC is making a mistake by enabling dealers that sell new inventory on eBay at substantially greater than MSRP (e.g. retail price plus much more than eBay fees).

These eBay dealers have no following, no loyalty to or from their customers, and add nothing to our community (in contrast to knifeswapper knifeswapper and many other GEC dealers).
 
Elgatodeacero said:
A few dealers seem to have strange ideas and business methods, which is their right, but I think GEC is making a mistake by enabling dealers that sell new inventory on eBay at substantially greater than MSRP (e.g. retail price plus much more than eBay fees).
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GEC has enough on its plate. I can understand why they do not need to police the dealer pricing. But, again, I feel like it does give GEC and her dealers a bit of a black eye when you set a minimum price - but no maximum.
 
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