#9 Esquire

Ooooh, I like the coined frames. Might pick up a little more pocket lint, but they look great.
 
I guess "scalloped" was the word I was trying to find. Although these are much deeper than I was picturing in my mind.
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I love these but the abalone + scalloped liners are a bit gaudy for my tastes. Interested to see the rest, especially the snakewood
 
Interesting on the "scalloped" liners, looks like they got the bolsters as well. Not what you typically see with the old coined liners. Rather than classy it seems more gaudy. Might just be the pictures. Long pull and lined bolster are big winners.
 
Couple pics comparing the Esquire to NYK & Keen Kutter pens as well as a White Owl. Both the old knives are very thin and the blades lie very tight in the well. This is what I hope GEC benchmarks someday.

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Hmm, for me I feel a coined edge has to be just right. I hope it's the pic's but it just looks clumsy, especially where the coining on the scales doesn't match both the coining or routing on the bolsters.
 
I am really disappointed in the scalloped bolsters. I had a blue LG esquire on preorder for months. When I saw the scalloped bolsters and liners, I cancelled the order. To me, this is a simple, elegant knife. The scalloping is overly gaudy. It is too bad, as I really like the long pull on this one.
 
Yeah, just can't get into these coined bolsters and linings. I like the Tidioute's better....but this knife is too small for me. That White Owl is gorgeous.....and about as small as I like them.
 
I had hoped it would be that little light coining on just the liners. But I don't fault the factory for trying to keep things interesting. I learned a long time ago, that if you leave one choice up to a majority vote - you will just get a lot more choices recommended. The only thing I regret about it, is that it had to add a little cost to the knife. But I have had a lot more people jump on than jump off - which is why I have learned what I like or don't (as a dealer) doesn't mean a thing when it comes to customers.
 
Not a pattern for me, but that's the great thing about the hobby. There's something for everyone.
 
I like the scalloping on the LVS abalone version which is the one I'm getting, in fact I think it suits it quite well! I think it will look good on the MOP version too. After all they call it "scalloping" for a reason.
However, I do think it clashes with the wood covered versions and my thoughts of getting a snakewood or cocobolo in addition are now gone. This is probably a good thing for my wallet though :)
I do see how it's a bit gaudy on the blue looking glass version, but I found that to be a bit gaudy either way, no offense.
 
Snakewood pre-ordered :D
There's one more from GEC's project list that I'm looking forward to.

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is there any precedent for this 'extreme' scalloping on old penknives? If there is, then I can see why they would do it, but as it is, it strikes me as just too crude, especially as it covers the bolsters as well as the liners. I like the look of the tidioutes better, though seeing the sleek thinness of those classic KeenKutters brings home how refined a pen knife can really look.
 
fatcorgi said:
is there any precedent for this 'extreme' scalloping on old penknives? If there is, then I can see why they would do it, but as it is, it strikes me as just too crude, especially as it covers the bolsters as well as the liners. I like the look of the tidioutes better, though seeing the sleek thinness of those classic KeenKutters brings home how refined a pen knife can really look.
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I have a old J.A. Henckels, that the Esquire reminded me of, I think the coining is done just enough without going too far or extreme, fits the look of the knife without being too gaudy.





Pete
 
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