Alternatives to "Beer Scout Knife?"

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

As a side note, has GEC ever done a caplifter secondary on a 35 frame?

 

[Prester John]

I used to work for Pepsi.
Cans are preferred because it's easier to fill, easier to store, cheaper, and they can be transported quickly into distribution plants.

Bottles are more traditional, John. And so is Coca-Cola. It's the real thing! With cane sugar, of course. That's why I get the ones from Mexico.

 

[Rockon75]

As a side note, has GEC ever done a caplifter secondary on a 35 frame?

No, but could I suggest one in the camper pattern on that frame.......

 

[Old Engineer]

I only have 1 Beer Scout Knife and it is made of Unobtainium .


But I do have an Alternative in Stag


Harry

 

[JohnDF]

Pretty close to trestle pine topper

Where do you think I stole the idea?

Bottles are more traditional, John. And so is Coca-Cola. It's the real thing!

Like this?

 

[Travman]

I wouldn’t mind at all if GEC simply dropped the Beer Scout name and shield, but continued to make more with regular GEC shields like these two beauties.

 

[Travman]

They could also do some with the swell bar shield and use the word “Tidioute” instead of “Scout”.

 

[Henry Beige]

Edit...
Sorry. I get riled up when people dog-pile on the BSA.
The BSA did a lot for me when I was a kid. My Dad hated the outdoors and anything associated with the outdoors; like knives, guns, camping, fishing, etc. The BSA taught me how to camp, survive, first aid, building fires, leadership, etc. The BSA also helped me raise my kids the right way. They reinforced the values and skills i was teaching them myself. I was a Scout, a Scout Leader, and a lifetime supporter of the BSA. I'm done now.

True enough, I suppose, but tone-deaf. And there was no dog-pile on BSA.

 

[Prester John]

Where do you think I stole the idea?


Like this?

 

[btb01]

Maybe GEC could slap a caplifter on a #21 Bull Buster and call it the “21st Amendment Jack.” “Keg Buster”?

 

[JohnDF]

but tone-deaf.

I'm not sure I get the reference.

 

[btb01]

Beer Spout Knife.
Beer's Out Knife.
Beer Lout Knife.
Beer Route Knife.
Beer Trout Knife (with scaler on back of opener).
Stout Knife. (I prefer porters and stouts. )

They're all pure poetry, eh?

- GT

How about a “Beer Count Knife” with a little abacus built into one of the scales (or maybe on the bail?) so you can keep track of how many you've had.

Bottles are more traditional, John. And so is Coca-Cola. It's the real thing! With cane sugar, of course. That's why I get the ones from Mexico.

These days I prefer cans for beer (a lot of the good stuff comes in cans now anyways), but there’s something about Coke in a glass bottle (with real sugar, of course) that’s just right.

Vince, how do you feel about Dr. Pepper? (I know you’re a native Texan, but I don’t want to make any assumptions. ) Wasn’t there a bottling co. in Texas that, up until recently, was still making Dr. Pepper with real sugar?

I only have 1 Beer Scout Knife and it is made of Unobtainium .

If you’re only going to have one, I think you’ve got the right one, Harry!

 

[Prester John]

Vince, how do you feel about Dr. Pepper? (I know you’re a native Texan, but I don’t want to make any assumptions. ) Wasn’t there a bottling co. in Texas that, up until recently, was still making Dr. Pepper with real sugar?

Oh, I LOVE Dr. Pepper! Second favorite soda. I believe the ones from Dublin, Texas are still made with cane sugar. (Third favorite is Big Red.)

 

[Corso]

Alternatives I've seen...

Camillus made a model stamped the 'what-a-knife' it also came out as a Duratool, and a cheaper made advertising knife stamped Camco.

Case makes a mini trapper with a bottle opener, Roughrider copied it too calling it the tailgate trapper.

You can also get some German made knives with a blade and caplifter but it tends to be set at the tail

 

[Camillus]

Whether or not GEC makes another SFO is probably open for debate, but I think its pretty clear that there are no more ‘beer scout’ branded knives coming due to the legal issues.

But GEC could easily turn out more of the same pattern on the 15 (sheep foot and bottle opener). Exactly the same as the crown lifters that were slow sellers . I suspect they won’t do that in quite a while though, given the numbers of those knives that were recently produced.

In retrospect, a shame that the second run of beer scouts didn’t come out with nicer covers.

Personally, I would like to see a move away from bottle openers to another form of secondary tool. The fisherman in me would like scissors but I don’t know if that is possible for GEC to produce. A GEC fisherman’s knife with a blade and scissors could be as much of a classic as the BS.

 

[AZCoyote]

I'm still lobbying to see a lambsfoot with cap lifter combo. Imagine a 47 lambsfoot caplifter jack knife. Then with a "Lamb Lifter" shield. Thats poetry.

 

[Travman]

Is that one yours? I knew it belonged to someone here. I saved the picture because I liked it so much.

 

[Will Power]

Since the word Boy appears to have become taboo for BSA ( British Small Arms? ) I wonder why they got annoyed with Beer referring to all Scouts, small beer? Petty.

Beer Stout Knife

Beer Tout Knife

Beer Skout Knife

Bitter Scout Knife

Bottler Scout Knife

The Real Thing

 

[Prester John]

Is that one yours? I knew it belonged to someone here. I saved the picture because I liked it so much.

If you're asking about the pic, that's JohnDF's. But I think I've posted pics of Mexican Coke in other threads.

 

[thepapercut]

Topper Popper.