Brick and Mortar GEC Knives

Old Engineer · Mar 10, 2022

I found a few more :

This will not OFFICIALLY count but : This one was bought in front of me in 2017 but it was Sold to me in 2018 by

hose56 in Titusville .

mrknife · Mar 10, 2022

Old Engineer said:
You are right but not everybody does Jack .

Harry

those were the good old days Harry, the rendezvous is not what it used to be sadly, lotta new faces.

thedonald · Mar 10, 2022

Modoc ED said:
Plaza Cutlery no longer has a store front but back in the day they handled GEC. They were in a shopping center just on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa was the location.

mrknife · Mar 10, 2022

this was last years rendezvous haul

had to trade a 33 i got at the shop for the 85, it began a new obsession. turns out its a highly derivative obsession as the 85 is practically in that 14,15,77,78,85,86 pattern shape family. 15s are always welcomed in my collection, i think counting every rendezvous ive attended, ive left with some sort of 15. Someone beat me to the shop for 2021 and scored a smooth autumn barlow a day before the festivities but

for 2022. Finally got a 71 in S to try without having to pay a secondary markup. Thats a new model to me. Definitely a workhorse.

Travman · Mar 10, 2022

I enjoyed picking out this one at the GEC store in Titusville, PA A few summers ago. Christine Tucker had just left that year and Joan Mae was still learning the ropes. Joan Mae was wondering why people would drive from Virginia just to look at knives. I was able to look over the five remaining knives and take my time picking this one out.

Rhidian · Mar 10, 2022

waynorth said:
Bought in the GEC Factory store - both "S" models, they are wonderful knives! I can't find why they are marked "S", and still find it hard to believe they stayed in the display waiting for me!! A thrill to buy first-hand!! At a discount!! They were Rendezvous Specials!!View attachment 1762996 View attachment 1762997

Wow the stag on those is primo!! Some serious standards if those are Seconds! Looks like there's a mark next to one of the pins where a tool might have slipped?

Old Engineer · Mar 10, 2022

Travman said:
I enjoyed picking out this one at the GEC store in Titusville, PA A few summers ago. Christine Tucker had just left that year and Joan Mae was still learning the ropes. Joan Mae was wondering why people would drive from Virginia just to look at knives. I was able to look over the five remaining knives and take my time picking this one out.

That is pretty nice Travis but you must have quite a few more than that one . We have time to look at allllllllllllllllllll of them .

Harry

Angry Waiter · Mar 10, 2022

mrknife said:
this was last years rendezvous haul

had to trade a 33 i got at the shop for the 85, it began a new obsession. turns out its a highly derivative obsession as the 85 is practically in that 14,15,77,78,85,86 pattern shape family. 15s are always welcomed in my collection, i think counting every rendezvous ive attended, ive left with some sort of 15. Someone beat me to the shop for 2021 and scored a smooth autumn barlow a day before the festivities butfor 2022. Finally got a 71 in S to try without having to pay a secondary markup. Thats a new model to me. Definitely a workhorse.

Sir, that 15 is

mrknife · Mar 10, 2022

Angry Waiter said:
Sir, that 15 is

Thanks, Randy gave that up as a trade for one of the 86s i got snakeskin acrylic. I had gotten lost in the pitch black of titusville as my pal

Dr-Mabuse likes to remind me that Titusville has only like ten blocks. Otherwise id have gotten one. He knew I wanted the 15 for my collection more. The story behind that one was, Bill had done those smooth white bones for a small knife group, and the left overs were counted as parts knives.

Angry Waiter · Mar 10, 2022

mrknife said:
Thanks, Randy gave that up as a trade for one of the 86s i got snakeskin acrylic. I had gotten lost in the pitch black of titusville as my pal Dr-Mabuse likes to remind me that Titusville has only like ten blocks. Otherwise id have gotten one. He knew I wanted the 15 for my collection more. The story behind that one was, Bill had done those smooth white bones for a small knife group, and the left overs were counted as parts knives.

Thanks for sharing. That thing is a smoke stack! Lovely

Jiki · Mar 10, 2022

This wonderful pocket carver was saved for me by another collector who knew I carved at the last rendezvous.

hose56 · Mar 10, 2022

Old Engineer said:
I found a few more :

This will not OFFICIALLY count but : This one was bought in front of me in 2017 but it was Sold to me in 2018 by hose56 in Titusville .

It went to a good home and a great guy.

Fixall · Mar 10, 2022

I wonder if there is a single dealer in my entire state that has a brick and mortar location that features GEC knives. I know there are a few dealers here, but I think they sell online exclusively.

bigfish64 · Mar 11, 2022

I live less than an hour from GP. The last time I was in there they had half a dozen of the 05 keychain knives in stock and on display. The pattern doesn’t interest me but I almost fell over just seeing a GEC in a store.

waynorth · Mar 11, 2022

Old Engineer said:
You are right but not everybody does Jack .

Harry

I missed the last Rendezvous, but did GEC put limits on how many knives a person could buy per visit?

mrknife · Mar 11, 2022

waynorth said:
I missed the last Rendezvous, but did GEC put limits on how many knives a person could buy per visit?

yes to make it fair, Bill made it two knives per ticket, which he himself hands out at the opening on Friday. If you pick the rendezvous knife, you are allowed one other knife that visit. Of course as you walk out, you are welcomed to take a second ticket to line up again as it would give all those a chance to visit the shop once. Really puts a stop on those guys who are first in line just to grab all the knives and leave. There are of course those who line up again and again and again and grab everything that isnt nailed down. Last time, to make it fair, they held some of the parts knives back to have a bunch for both days. I think my first day last year because I refuse to camp out, i ended up way back in the line

HEMI 49 · Mar 11, 2022

waynorth said:
I missed the last Rendezvous, but did GEC put limits on how many knives a person could buy per visit?

2 knives per trip into the store..... If you wanted a 2nd trip into the store, you had to go to the back of the line and wait your turn.... 2 people in the store per time......

I live ~ 190 miles from GEC..... I did a road trip last fall and picked up this 2AB "S" model.....

r8shell · Mar 11, 2022

mrknife said:
yes to make it fair, Bill made it two knives per ticket, which he himself hands out at the opening on Friday. If you pick the rendezvous knife, you are allowed one other knife that visit. Of course as you walk out, you are welcomed to take a second ticket to line up again as it would give all those a chance to visit the shop once. Really puts a stop on those guys who are first in line just to grab all the knives and leave. There are of course those who line up again and again and again and grab everything that isnt nailed down. Last time, to make it fair, they held some of the parts knives back to have a bunch for both days. I think my first day last year because I refuse to camp out, i ended up way back in the line

Oh, I think I'd find that aggravating. At least when I can't get what I want online, I don't have to actually see the flippers grabbing everything up.

This one came from the knife show guy, too.
Pre-patina pic:

HEMI 49 · Mar 11, 2022

At the 2021 Rendezvous I got these two knives on my one and only trip into the store..... An 86 SFA in Snakeskin Acrylic and the 2021 15th anniversary Rendezvous knife.....

JohnDF · Mar 11, 2022

I think being able to pick out a GEC in person makes the knife very special... it adds an "experience" to the purchase.

Brick and Mortar GEC Knives

Brian