Can a GEC be a backyard garden beater? Let’s see!

[SoansoMcMasters]

For yard and garden work I always carry a stainless modern knife with pocket clip and one hand opening. The one handed use is huge when doing certain types of work, but I was sick of carrying something uninspiring. Enter the GEC 99.

I had a clip installed by a wonderful forum member and then put on a kwik thumb stud. Sharpened at 17 degrees per side and finished on a .5 micron strop. Filed down the kick just a touch so the tip sits a little lower when closed. She’s ready for the garden. I’ll keep y’all posted on how she holds up! Please forgive me for what I have done….

So I ask: blasphemous? Can I still hang out with y’all so long as I keep it in my pocket and nobody sees it?

Have a garden beater traditional? Prove it!

 

[Stelth]

Nice. I'm interested to see the results. I'm not a purist. I like traditional knives, but I'd be lying if I said they are always perfect in traditional form. A pocket clip is handy and so is a way to open it one-handed.

 

[Hickory n steel]

As per the guidelines of this subforum it is no longer a traditional knife because it has a clip and thumb stud, but will say I can see the utility in this for garden work.
I'd just use a fixed blade myself, but this isn't a bad option.

 

[Wharn]

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Haha I’m kidding. As long as you enjoy it that’s what’s important. A wharncliffe is always useful whether on a modern or traditional.

 

[SoansoMcMasters]

As per the guidelines of this subforum it is no longer a traditional knife because it has a clip and thumb stud, but will say I can see the utility in this for garden work.
I'd just use a fixed blade myself, but this isn't a bad option.

Indeed, though Case has been adding pocket clips and thumb studs. I personally consider traditional a style or an aesthetic. To me a knife can have a clip and still be traditional.

 

[thepapercut]

I use all mine in the back garden. favorite time of year for knives!

 

[SoansoMcMasters]

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Awesome! Please keep the garden pics a coming!

 

[SoansoMcMasters]

Not much to grab in the garden today, and it’s been raining a bit. This week I’m going to build some more structures with vining poles and let the fall peas and green beans grow all over them. They make great forts for nerf battles for the kids!

 

[Johnnythefox]

If it gets to be used then I am all for it.

Use it and enjoy using it,you can also try an Opinel.

I saw a top chef in his garden with a basic Opinel casual as you like,just as ive seen in France.

 

[Augie]

Farmers jack doing some farming, wifes ebony one gets used.

 

[birdsbeaks]

This Harvester harvests and since Calamondin fruits year round, it's always harvest time.

https://imgur.com/a/3agIXXh

 

[Old Engineer]

I really don't do any heavy work outside anymore but I do carry this a lot and when I need a knife for cutting anything , or digging out weeds , or almost anything else , I do not hesitate to pull it out of my pocket and use it . Even with dirty hands I can pinch it open . I usually do not go get a big fixed blade for help .

Just wipe it off and sharpen and oil it as needed .

Harry

 

[eveled]

Never got my garden in this year or last year. It was getting over grown. So I weed wacked it down. Turned it over. Then last Sunday planted winter rye. To stop the weeds and to use as green compost.

This picture from today. 7 day old rye plants.
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Sorry no knife content. Nice to see someone using their knives.

 

[Ernie1980]

This is my lawnmowing knife if I am wearing athletic shorts:

When it is cooler and I am in jeans I will carry a fixed blade for yard tasks.
Side note- I have not cut the grass in about 6 weeks since the rain stopped here in May

 

[Will Power]

Although it might not be strictly legit with regard to the Forum regulations it is a mod and the spirit of using a Traditional is there Far too many knives are pocket loungers or even photo attention w****s with certain owners never daring to use them, odd. However, I don't always find Traditional spring knives to be the best for many types of garden work, ditto many of the monster bloated Moderns. I really dislike getting sand, earth into the mechanism, takes forever to clean out the gritty aftermath So the Opinel is a very useful workhorse: lightweight, inexpensive, many sizes & types, it locks but no liner or spring to get fouled up and you can mod them to taste.

Power to your project, it is good to see a knife being used purposefully and plenty of people at GEC would approve of it having to earn its crust .

Thanks, Will

 

[meako]

Clips and Thumbstuds be the work of Devilry and Witchcraft !!

However...
Porchenberg be a village of woke acceptance and Yea tho we despise thou foul clips and thumbscrews ...we do enjoy some nice fresh garden harvest.

 

[Johnnythefox]

OK I admit I didnt exactly throw it around but I did use it.

I like my sodbusters mostly for GEC garden cutting tasks.

 

[bayouace]

Some knives plead to be used for good tasks.

 

[STDK]

Very tastefully done.

 

[SoansoMcMasters]

My family’s been farming this little piece of backyard for .3 generations now. The back 80 (sqft of raised garden bed) didn’t yield anything today, so the backyard beater did a little whittling’