#78 American Jack

[Cutfinger]

Knew I wanted a two Blade, but wasn't quite sure which I'd end up with. She was worth the wait...
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Holy cow Mike, Beautiful knife man!

Michael

 

[Bigbluefish]

Came back from my son's squash match around lunchtime yesterday, and my replacement #78 single blade smooth white bone had arrived. Just as beautiful as the first one.

 

[btb01]

I used mine to cut up lamb steaks last night and was kind of surprised how quickly a patina formed where I had used the blade. (Yes, I'm pretty much a noob with 1095 as a daily carry steel.) Anyway, I decided to force a patina on the rest of the blade. I stabbed it into a lemon, sliced some grapes and wiped it with balsamic viniger, which we had used in our steak marinade. Cleaned and relubed. I'm a little surprised that the oxidation actually made it easier to grip the blade to pinch open! I was a little bummed as it was kind of difficult to pinch. Now this is really a fantastic knife!

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Yeah, same experience here. New mirror polish was unpinchable, but with just a little patina on there it's very easy to pinch open.

Love when they get patina! Makes pinching super easy. I’ve got my white bone in my pocket today along with the Lambsfoot. I originally forced a patina with warm vinegar but I’ve been using it often for meals and what have you, just keeps getting better and better.

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Pinchability is one of my biggest complaints with high-polished blades, but as you guys have noted, a good patina does make a huge difference.

 

[007hunter]

Really happy to score this pair of single blade stag. Now trying to determine which one to carry and which one to put away, both have perfect thickness/symmetry, fairly thin just outside bolster. Decisions, decisions

 

[bflying]

Wow, I am very envious of all these single blades. I've always been partial to stag. But I don't think I've seen any covers in the last ten pages that I wouldn't love to have in my little collection. I only have one 2 blade 78. Has imperfections on the front cover. And the pull when I received it was about a 12 out of ten. I finally have it broken down to about a 9.

 

[Mikael W]

Really happy to score this pair of single blade stag. Now trying to determine which one to carry and which one to put away, both have perfect thickness/symmetry, fairly thin just outside bolster. Decisions, decisions

Great stag on both!
If it's hard to choose one over the other, why not let Your hand make the decision.
Pick the one that feels best in use.

Regards
Mikael

 

[Leslie Tomville]

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These are the three I decided to get. The only one still tempting me is the NF jigged bone. I wish they would sell out!

 

[solphilos]

Although I don't find fat spearpoints particularly useful, these 78s are a real pleasure to carry and fondle. They are extremely beautiful and this cocobolo wood has a buttery texture I've never experienced with other woods. Man GEC hit a home run with these.

 

[MisterZ]

I was traveling last week and came home to a pile of packages. My heart is happy, but my wallet needs resuscitation!

 

[Duper]

I was traveling last week and came home to a pile of packages. My heart is happy, but my wallet needs resuscitation!
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Nice way to be greeted on arrival!

,,,Mike in Canada

 

[willard0341]

I can’t keep my hands off my two blade ebony. It’s hard for me to be objective but GEC seems to be putting out a superior product (duh)

 

[007hunter]

Great stag on both!
If it's hard to choose one over the other, why not let Your hand make the decision.
Pick the one that feels best in use.

Regards
Mikael

Thanks Mikael, good point picking one that feels best in hand

 

[traumkommode]

so whos trying that mod?

I lost my ambition for it when I found some grinling whitlers. I had a CK micarta for the job but I sold it to Squidman. If I see a cheap Northfield pop up on the exchange I'll do it.

 

[hamsco]

The run of 78s is amazing ! I gifted a smooth white bone to my brother, and ended up with a nice blue camel bone. If I had a thicker wallet I would have ended up with 5 or 6.

 

[Signalprick]

Got some new denim today!

 

[mas113m]

I was traveling last week and came home to a pile of packages. My heart is happy, but my wallet needs resuscitation!
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I see your tortoise shell is #14. I got #15.

 

[Steel_Drake]

Quite amazed at how much I'm enjoying this knife as my first high quality slipjoint. Can't get enough of how thin behind the edge GECs come. Even with the edge bevel angle lowered to 10 degrees per side (I use a microbevel to apex my knives so I can get away with very low edge bevel angles) the edge bevel is still pretty narrow. Sure beats trying to thin out the primary grind on a modern folder on a benchstone.

 

[007hunter]

Quite amazed at how much I'm enjoying this knife as my first high quality slipjoint. Can't get enough of how thin behind the edge GECs come. Even with the edge bevel angle lowered to 10 degrees per side (I use a microbevel to apex my knives so I can get away with very low edge bevel angles) the edge bevel is still pretty narrow. Sure beats trying to thin out the primary grind on a modern folder on a benchstone.

Beautiful figuring in that cocobolo...looks like a really nice mirror polished edge too

 

[Steel_Drake]

Beautiful figuring in that cocobolo...looks like a really nice mirror polished edge too

Thanks. It's actually only semi-mirrored as a by product of being stropped on diamond lapping film on balsawood, which I use to basically make (and maintain) convex microbevels on my knives. From certain angles and in certain lighting it will appear mirrored. I'm usually too lazy these days to run a knife through a full waterstone progression for a mirrored edge bevel.

 

[Archie]

Just a quick desk pic after an apple for lunch. A little bit of patina, and now it’s pinchable.