A bloody meeting!

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Mescladis

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Yesterday my GEC Viper landed in the mailbox - I was really excited, it was my second GEC and first slipjoint. I opened the cardboard envelope, took the cylindric box in my hand (I love those boxes - I love boxes in general anyway - but this makes the collection of knives even more fun! Don't know why...) and discovered "the precious". A very nice little knife, just heavy enough, and a very nice bocote for the handle. I was thrilled! Then I tried to open it... Nail-breaker spotted... Maybe it's just that I'm not used to strong springs, but with the strong half-stop it felt like it was not a knife to handle without looking at it! And indeed...
In the evening I was playing with it, looking at it from every angle, admiring it (that Viper is really a beauty), and instinctively wanted to open it. I was looking at something else, the knife opened and...

Ouch?


I often read about GEC knives arriving from the factory with not so great edges. Well, that'll do it for me! Where seconds before there was the tip of my finger now there was a very clean and deep cut and oh yeah blood, quick, to the bathroom!!

I still have no clue how I managed to do that. My finger probably slipped under the blade or on the point of the blade when I opened it.

Anyway, despite this little accident I'm still incredibly happy to have this Viper! Quite a character for such a little knife :D
I guess it will take a few careful opening and closing before I can fully trust it - it is indeed quite different from the nice and smooth opening of the #42 lockback Trader I have. But I bet it will then be a perfect EDC that won't so easily leave my bag or my pocket!

Thanks to this forum for having made me discover traditional knives! Now there are quite a few I would like to get...:rolleyes:



 
Welcome to the Clubs! ;)

First of all to the Traditional Slipjoint club and on the other hand the Club of those that got bitten by new knife while playing with it!

It happened to me with a Wenger SI and my ringfiger - it had to get sewed and a little of the bone was damaged, but I really love that knife. Everytime I take it in my hands it makes me smile and let me think about that 18th December 1998... and the christmas holidays when the threads were grown in... :eek:

Enjoy the knife - and thanks for the read! :)
 
Welcome and great first choices. Carry both those patterns with the #42 being a favorite. I love half stops but when combined with a strong spring command full attention.

Cool thing is you can simply tell the ladies you got struck by a Viper and lived to tell about it. Totally badarse.
 
Thanks Humppa !
And thanks blademan - I'm myself a girl but the viper thing is still a good idea. Even more badarse :D. The #42 is a great knife, I mainly use it in the garden or for opening stuff. It feels great in the hand, can be opened and closed with one hand... Very practical!
 
Welcome and those are 2 great choices to start with!!!! :thumbup::thumbup:
 
Congratulations! And I'm sorry. And have fun. But try not to fall too far into the rabbit hole, unless you've got the time and money for an epic journey.


Michael
 
I was going to say you and the Viper are now "Blood Brothers", but we should we say "Blood Sisters"! Welcome to traditionals - your started with a very nice knife. OH
 
Thank you all ! I can see that this path is indeed a dangerous one, I'm starting to like shapes and materials I didn't care about a few months back...
 
Last one to bite me was the pen blade of a case peanut when I was doing some absent minded whittling. As Carl (grand high muckba) would tell you, don't take it for granted because of its size, it'll bite you just the same.

Welcome to the slipjoint fold, what will you get next?

Paul
 
MY first traditional bite came from a boker stockman. Had the spey blade open lying on the floor beside me while I did some work. Quickly turned to the side and my hand grazed the blade. Cut to the bone. And yet, still one of my favorite knives. After that incident we both came to respect each other a little more! Enjoy the new knife and welcome to this side.
 
If you ever get tired of the ""VIPER"" just send it my way and it can bite me as that is one nice looking Knife.! The Knife also has my favorite blade ~~ love the Wharnie Blade & I have many.^
First thing that caught my Eye when I looked at the Knife was "WOW great looking Knife & 2nd was -- hey ''''' that is to pretty to be a mans hand.!!**^ Anyway ~~ both are good looking even though the middle Finger has a sticker on it ! lol
JAG
 
That's a nice knife - love bocote. A friend of mine made me a turkey slate with matching striker out of bocote, and I've loved it since. I think I might need to pick up one of those. That blade shape and bocote - oh, my.

Now the turkey call, I carried and used once and decided it was too much like art to carry, and so put it on the mantle. This knife, I may be able to carry.

Sorry about your finger....it happens!
 
Mescladis said:
Thank you all ! I can see that this path is indeed a dangerous one, I'm starting to like shapes and materials I didn't care about a few months back...
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wolf-man-12 said:
If you ever get tired of the ""VIPER"" just send it my way and it can bite me as that is one nice looking Knife.! The Knife also has my favorite blade ~~ love the Wharnie Blade & I have many.^
JAG
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Haha I don't think I'll get tired of it, now that we've sealed our meeting in blood there's no going back! ^^
Now let's see how practical this wharnie is, I never had such a blade...

arizonaranchman said:
Congrats on the new Viper! They will bite! :)
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"The serpent's bite", how cool would that be for a name! ;)

MOCraig said:
That's a nice knife - love bocote. A friend of mine made me a turkey slate with matching striker out of bocote, and I've loved it since. I think I might need to pick up one of those. That blade shape and bocote - oh, my.

Now the turkey call, I carried and used once and decided it was too much like art to carry, and so put it on the mantle. This knife, I may be able to carry.
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What I like about GEC knives is that they look really good but are also great users. I think they are a happy medium between pure users that you don't buy for their looks (well, some do after all ^^), like Mora knives for example, and high-end customs that are not in the same price range and that I can't afford now.

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Oooh, nice path... trees... Autumn leaves... I feel good, so g...
Hey stop that !!
 
If a knife bites me it is mine for life I feel (a few of those knives exist!). "Sealed our meeting with blood", I like that!!
 
Very nice looking knife. It looks like you really got a nice piece of bocote. I have suffered the alligator snap cut before. I love a strong spring. Oil it up, and open it a lot. It will soften up with time.

I also love a strong pull with no half stop. That kick with a hard pull makes for a bit more chance of a nip here or there.
 
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