Blood(y) Congress... by GEC

thejamppa

thejamppa

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Alright, here it is. I'll add more photo's bit later, till then two quick shots from my first GEC with multiple blades. Northfield Nloodred jigged bone Congress with 2 wharncliffe's and 2 pen blades.

Very nice sized, nice weight. Pull is about 7 on wharnies. 8 about pen blades in scales 1-10.

F&F is amazing. No gaps, all tight no blade rub. Lucky #7, just like the serial says 07 :D

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VERY nice :thumbup: Love the color. I own just one congress knife. A Burnt Orange Tidioute. Now you have me thinkin' RED :D
 
Amazing fit and finish! I like the shot next to the toothpick. Really great red color. GEC knows how to do red dye that's for sure. Congrats!
 
I'm usually not a congress fan but there is just something about those Northfield's. It looks fantastic!!! Will it be a user? If so, let me know how you think it handles and carries.

Paul
 
Beautiful! I've got this Trapper version and love it.

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The Toothpick and Congress on on my list to get. The Blood Red Bone is, IMO one of the nicest looking that GEC offers.
 
Paul, I don't believe safe queens when it comes to product knives. I'll make some review, probably next years side when I have carried and used this.
Badhammer. I agree with you. Bloodred bone is nicest thing I've seen so far and that trapper you have is gorgeous! Too bad I haven't found blood red furtaker trapper or #73 scout. I've seen pictures of 'em
 
Very nice knife. That is my favorite of their bone colors. I have several models with it.
 
Fine jigging on that bone too, the Northfield shield really enhances the look of the knife. When GEC puts out a good knife-which is often-it's hard to find anything better.
 
I wish Northfield would put toothpick with blood red bone and with flat ground blade. Saber ground is nice but its considerably thicker than flat ground blade wasn't as great slicers sd other GEC's out of box. All my flat ground GEC's have been mean slicers and all Congress' blades are no exception. I got Toothpick nice and sharp though, took some time though

Well, I got reason to save up some money and buy one more, flat ground toohtpick from GEC.

So far this GEC has surpassed everything I have hoped for. I was affraid it would feel awkward on my hand. It doesn't. Its relatively slim and I really found I that I like this pattern, no matter how I take my knife out, I always have sharp wharnie or pen blade ready for use and I don't need to rotate knife :)

I earlier thought that having 2x pen blades and 2x wharnies is useless redundancy. After using this knife today bit, configuration made a lot sense.
 
thejamppa said:
I wish Northfield would put toothpick with blood red bone and with flat ground blade.
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They do...

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(Though my images don't capture the color well enough to do justice.)
 
thejamppa said:
no matter how I take my knife out, I always have sharp wharnie or pen blade ready for use and I don't need to rotate knife :)

I earlier thought that having 2x pen blades and 2x wharnies is useless redundancy. After using this knife today bit, configuration made a lot sense.
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That is one of the best reasons I've heard for the redundant blades.

Good call, Jani.:thumbup:
 
Really nice Congress there Jani ! I've been thinking of making one my next new pattern to buy. Those photos just sealed the deal.

Paul
 
I would consider myself a "Red bone snob" :D. The early Case redbones are some of my favorite knives, but for current / recent production knives, I've yet to see red bone that really grabbed me. That is until I saw the pics of the knives in this thread..

These are terrific lookin knives :thumbup:.
 
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