#78 American Jack

[BenjaminRush]

Very classy. I don’t think I have ever seen ebony, the cloud shield, and a long pull all on the same GEC View attachment 817245

They did the 13s in this trim... love my NF Whip!

 

[robbobus]

Snakewood with abalone shields and bubinga with ivory shields. They were very limited run, even for back then, less than a dozen each. My apologies, off topic, should be in Lets Talk GEC.
I am patiently waiting on stag 78s and buying every other cool knife that I see.

 

[Augie]

At the end of the Maher&Grosh run there were some leftover parts and they put together 5 knives with smooth red bone handles, I was lucky enough to get one, these M&G's are easily my favorite knife from this run of 78's.

 

[knifeswapper]

If memory serves me, those muskrats had diamondwood covers and sat on shelves for about a year!

And then some....

 

[TheFactor]

Single Blade smooth white bone on the way !!

 

[tstaut]

Very classy. I don’t think I have ever seen ebony, the cloud shield, and a long pull all on the same GEC View attachment 817245

I knew this was going to be the best of the run. I love ebony in northfield trim.

@Travman they just released this one (ebony, long pull, cloud)

 

[Ramrodmb]

Very classy. I don’t think I have ever seen ebony, the cloud shield, and a long pull all on the same GEC View attachment 817245

It is classy! I like it alot.
IIRC - This was one of the first Northfields to have Ebony covers. CK's Farmer jack in 2012. Ebony started out being used on Tidioutes.

Here is a 78 to get back on track..

 

[Rusty1]

At the end of the Maher&Grosh run there were some leftover parts and they put together 5 knives with smooth red bone handles, I was lucky enough to get one, these M&G's are easily my favorite knife from this run of 78's.

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Nice going John, I have still to pick one of the M&G knives up.

 

[paulhilborn]

At the end of the Maher&Grosh run there were some leftover parts and they put together 5 knives with smooth red bone handles, I was lucky enough to get one, these M&G's are easily my favorite knife from this run of 78's.

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SO COOL John!!! Merry Christmas to you and your wife my friend

 

[calemerson]

At the end of the Maher&Grosh run there were some leftover parts and they put together 5 knives with smooth red bone handles, I was lucky enough to get one, these M&G's are easily my favorite knife from this run of 78's.

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That M&G red bone is nice

 

[Leslie Tomville]

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Knife Connection has the single blade Cocobolos up for individual viewing! Good luck! Some of them look pretty nice, but I am going to hold pat with my Ironwood. Those Ironwoods still seem to be the best of the entire 78 run so far. Of course we have yet to see the Appaloosa and Stag. Thank you KC for taking the time to put up these photos. This hobby can get expensive, and I appreciate the additional help to make wise decisions.

 

[lambertiana]

I suppose I should put this here - my choice from 5K Qs' giveaway

 

[hamsco]

Mail call today, and I have a single white bone on the way.

 

[Leslie Tomville]

Great one Lambertina. What an incredible giveaway.

 

[Squidman24]

Leslie Tomville - that’s an awesome specimen of the cocobolo. Was that the best one?

 

[blanco112]

GEC absolutely hit it out of the park with the covers on this run. I love the deep blue.

 

[Squidman24]

Could this be the “knife of the year” from GEC?

 

[Jsega51]

Could this be the “knife of the year” from GEC?

It’s the last knife of the year!

 

[Squidman24]

It’s the last knife of the year!

Indeed it is - but is it their best release of 2017?

 

[Jsega51]

Indeed it is - but is it their best release of 2017?

No clue, I was just playing on words. I know what you were meaning in your initial question, but it’s not something I can answer.

I will say, out of the 3 GEC’s I bought this year (a stag 35, a 73 from 2015, and this 78) the 78 takes it. I really like this 2 blade version and I think a nice natural patina will really make the white bone stand out.

Better pic than I just had up: