#77 Washington Street!!

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I started really paying attention to this forum and especially GEC knives in 2014 and I remember seeing the Blood Red Smooth Bone Washington Jack and thinking it was the best looking knife I'd ever seen. That was five years ago and after viewing them again in this thread I think maybe they're still the best looking knife I've ever seen.
It's a shame GEC doesn't make more on the 77 frame, as I feel like it's the perfect size as opposed to the 15 which is a great little knife but too small in my opinion and has been ran to death.
You who have a BRSBWJ please either use the hell out of em or keep em in a safe that way us onlookers know they're being taken care of!:)
 
rbeggs said:
I started really paying attention to this forum and especially GEC knives in 2014 and I remember seeing the Blood Red Smooth Bone Washington Jack and thinking it was the best looking knife I'd ever seen. That was five years ago and after viewing them again in this thread I think maybe they're still the best looking knife I've ever seen.
It's a shame GEC doesn't make more on the 77 frame, as I feel like it's the perfect size as opposed to the 15 which is a great little knife but too small in my opinion and has been ran to death.
You who have a BRSBWJ please either use the hell out of em or keep em in a safe that way us onlookers know they're being taken care of!:)
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I agree, the 77 is the perfect size.
 
black mamba said:
The only one I have left, received from the man himself . . . thanks again, Charlie!

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That's a sweetie - polished stag on that run, right?


redsparrow said:
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Such cool cocobolo on this run... I don't think I've seen it on any other runs with such thick stripes. I wonder if it was cut a different way, because this isn't the only coco knife I've seen with covers that had stripes like that... waynorth waynorth ?

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jsdistin said:
Yes, and the match strike pull clip point, so it’s actually 3 separate knives, possibly the most foolish mod anyone has ever done. I like it though.
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I might call it "adventurous" rather than "foolish". Did you put the Washington blade into the barlow? Are you able to put these back together without lightening the pull? What about the punch? And what's involved in fitting a #15 cap lifter blade to the 77 frame? So many questions I have. Oi!
 
traumkommode said:
I might call it "adventurous" rather than "foolish". Did you put the Washington blade into the barlow? Are you able to put these back together without lightening the pull? What about the punch? And what's involved in fitting a #15 cap lifter blade to the 77 frame? So many questions I have. Oi!
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Hmmmmm. Short questions with some surprisingly long answers. The blade and the punch are both sitting outside of any knives at the moment and the Barlow is sitting taken apart. It’s been taken apart and put back together probably 5 different times in as many configurations. It’s tired and is waiting for some inspiration to strike, and I’ll probably have to fit the bolsters onto some new liners to use them. The question about putting them back together without changing the pull is a complicated one, you can but it depends. If it’s a simple recover you can put it together without really changing the pull of the pins are the same size. If you are changing the blades around or adding blades and back springs or removing them it becomes more difficult to not change the pull at least a little especially if you want the back springs to be flush. For instance adding a cap lifter to another knife can change how the spring sits in this instance it sits lower thereby reducing the tension and weakening the pull. The punch was a nail breaker so that was fine, the pull on both is perfect and still very stout. If you are adding a cap lifter to another knife the springs are rarely if ever at the same level so it has to be sanded down and that removes material and also weakens the pull a little. As far as what is involved in adding a cap lifter to a 77 that answer is, surprisingly little. Before I did it I had mentioned it to someone and they said that they had peined the cap lifter and then filed it down to fit, I didn’t do this as it seemed like I would have to sand it down and get rid of the tang stamp. If you look at the springs and blade tangs where they meet the springs they are fairly close in size with the 77’s springs being thicker and putting the cap lifter in relatively the same position. When it’s open depending on the style of cap lifter it may look a little small. On this iteration with the older style cap lifter it doesn’t look small though but in other ones I’ve done with the newer style it did look a bit small. The punch spring is the same size as the cap lifter spring so nothing was needed in terms of thinning it out but on 77’s with secondary blades they have thinner springs so the cap lifters need to be thinned down to fit which is what I’ve done with my newer style cap lifter. That one is waiting for a new home right now though. If I do another one though besides that one I will be trying to make my own and just size it to fit based on my spare one. I can’t wait for the 86’s to come out so I can turn one of those. I just have to figure out the best way to do the nail nick.
 
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