calpophy of gec color

[DennisStrickland]

 

[Coyja]

Groovy, man, far out!

 

[The Government]

I dont know why I don't have any of those nice acrylics yet -beautiful knives:thumbup:

 

[DennisStrickland]

sorry guys here are the titles on the acrylics. one day i hope to be able to get this posting correct. left to right
top is dead skunk-- caramel apple,fall harvest,cherry red,sapphire blue,burnt sky,rhubarb,tiger lily,& eggs & hot sauce.

 

[A.P.F.]

Those are gorgeous knives, Dennis. Thanks for the picture. :thumbup:

 

[JAB]

Great pic!:thumbup: Well, I was going to go with stag for my first GEC but now I'm not so sure. Hmmm...

 

[DennisStrickland]

jab for the 1st gec i ca'nt recommend a better handle than stag. stag is still my 1st choice & one of the most classy handle materials . i have 40 plus gecs & they are still coming. however being an ole timer the acrylics tugged my heart strings to better times long past in 40s & 50s when celluloid was common.stag & bone always come 1st but as gec numbers increase its a natural progression to the striking colors being introduced.for a pretty check out the toothpick in stag. recently i acquired a big horn in stag so thick & popcorn tectured that it reminded me of folders from 70s.certainly a 1st should be in stag or bone in keeping with the ole timey charater of gecs. whatever you will find a knife that will amaze you with its construction.

 

[YayILikePie]

Can't say that GEC is traditional, but darn those are some nice looking knives. Love the look of those acrylics, not to mention the use of 1095. Man, I need to pick up one of those someday.

 

[JAB]

Thanks for the advice Dennis. I'm leaning towards either a Big Jack or Moose (who am I kidding, more than likely I'll end up with both - then I can do stag and acrylic...).

 

[mqqn]

Hi Dennis -

Very nice picture of some beautiful knives!

I have not see a more colorful picture here to my recollection.

I really like the dead skunk, what a name, but it does fit lol....

best regards -

mqqn

 

[knifeswapper]

Great picture! I don't know where they are finding their acrylic, but I haven't seen one that I couldn't stand the sight of.

Although it doesn't show up well in my picture, my favorite is the green velvet percrylic. Really likes a lot like those 80 year old knives you find every once in a blue moon. The cranberry is nice as well. Both something like you would find on an old Remington.

In my mind the jury is still out on the Polar Ice. Maybe another hour or two of rubbing...

Also, I wonder how much more/less finishing effort the acrylic requires?

Mike Latham
CollectorKnives.Net

 

[davide]

Pardon me for asking but what does 'calpophy' mean?

 

[JohnnyR]

I think GEC's acrylics are really unique.

 

[DennisStrickland]

my spelling is off but if i got out the dictinery each time i could'nt contribute. the word is more like this [ calcaphony] a collage of items. johnny r. is that blue the watersnake? thanks dennis.

 

[JohnnyR]

Dennis, yes it's the watersnake.

 

[randomlooker]

The more I look at these, the more I'm liking the burnt sky and eggs&hot sauce colors...

The only acrylic GEC I have is a cuban stockman in Sandbar, a lovely mix of blues and reddish browns. If these new ones have even half the depth to them that this one has... you know, having a drooling smiley would be nice right about now.

The one problem I've seen with the acrylics, both in pictures and my one example, is that there's sometimes a patch of a color that's different from what most of the rest of the top colors are... nice when under a translucent patch of another color, kind of jarring when right up on top. The Watersnake that JohnnyR posted a picture of looks like it might have this. I suppose that's just what can happen at times when you take a bunch of colors and swirl them up.

As an example, the picture on Collector Knives for the Sandbar Acrylic Northfield Cuban is of the one I received; there's a patch on the spey side of the handle that's much lighter than the rest when viewed from some angles. In other angles or even lighting, it only stands out because of a goldish strand of color that marks the patch's border. The Blue Oyster acrylic seems to be especially prone to this, judging by pictures. I haven't seen the phenomenon anywhere near as much in pictures of more recent knives.

 

[Will Power]

Outstanding selection Dennis! Time I got some of these too, have a few stag and bone GEC knives and they are not just pretty to look at but up for heavy use as well.

I like the look of that fall harvest in particular. I've noticed GEC do an exceptional faux Tortoise.

Regards W

 

[black mamba]

Dennis, not my knife, but one of my favorite synthetics; Lava Lamp.

 

[A.P.F.]

You guys are killing me here! The more I look the more I want, but I know that if I go down the GEC 'rabbit hole', I'll never make it back.

 

[moonwilson]

Dennis, that "eggs & hot sauce" acrylic is pretty snazzy! I may have to track one of those down sometime.

I love my GEC acrylics! I have an "executive whittler" in black & gold in my pocket right now- very cool.