black mamba
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Looks good, Scott, glad they're back together again!
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Best Toothpick for the money
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Hey Is that the smooth white bone? i just ordered one of these for a pretty good price and was wondering how you like it. I couldn't find this handle material anywhere on the GEC Tidioute website.
The GEC's are a bit different from most toothpicks, as the blades are thicker. I don't normally care for the toothpick design, but I like the GEC.
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I like the 5 inch Toothpicks, but I also really like the 4 inch GEC's
The 4 inch GEC is a great using knife and doesn't shock people too bad when you bring one out to open an envelope or cut up your steak. And it's more user friendly to clean your finger nails with because you don't have to choke up on the blade so much, and they have good stiff springs, which I like in a slip joint, at least a 6 or maybe 7.
I found one Schatt and Morgan 5.5 inch Toothpick at AG's back awhile, and I liked it a lot, but the spring was much too weak for that big a knife, probably a 4 in my opinion, Too easy to close. I did purchase a Queen 5 inch with the Zebra wood and D2 blade. It had about the right spring tension, but took me a hour to re-cut the grind on it, to decent bevel to make it sharp enough to suite me. I like it fine now, though.
The 4 inch GEC is a great using knife and doesn't shock people too bad when you bring one out to open an envelope or cut up your steak. And it's more user friendly to clean your finger nails with because you don't have to choke up on the blade so much, and they have good stiff springs, which I like in a slip joint, at least a 6 or maybe 7.
I found one Schatt and Morgan 5.5 inch Toothpick at AG's back awhile, and I liked it a lot, but the spring was much too weak for that big a knife, probably a 4 in my opinion, Too easy to close. I did purchase a Queen 5 inch with the Zebra wood and D2 blade. It had about the right spring tension, but took me a hour to re-cut the grind on it, to decent bevel to make it sharp enough to suite me. I like it fine now, though.