cripple creek the same?

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saylorbrand

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I like the look of the barlow design, and cripple creek makes a nice one. I also like GEC #23, and queen. From what I have read cripple creek is now made by GEC or Queen or both. If this is true are they the same in performance, duability, and all that good stuff?
 
I'm sure others will chime in - my take is that they will be well made knives since both companies are known for Quality products.

However, I know the GEC made ones have 420HC steel, now to some that steel is sufficient but I will not pay a premium price for a knife with a substandard steel. There seems to be a large disconnect between what the knife is and what the price is. It is also debatable since Bob Cargill (the originator of CC) is not involved in any way with this project whether true CC collectors will continue to view these products as collectable in the years to come.

My advice, stick with a First Generation Barlow by Queen or GEC and save some money.
 
I agree. Just buy the Queen or GEC pattern without the CC logo. You are just paying more for nothing but ink. I do suggest learning what original, Bob Cargill, Cripple Creeks look like so you will know the difference between them and the copy cat new versions.
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I have to agree wholeheartedly with mckgreg on this one!

Here is a real one..

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If you look at the new releases you will undoubtedly see the the vast differences.



Best,
Anthony
 
black mamba said:
Sunny, I've never seen bolsters like this one--do they still call it a trapper, or what pattern is it? Beautiful, distinctive knife.
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Yes, black mamba a Trapper pattern indeed. I agree with you, it is surly a distinctive knife. :thumbup:

Bob was the king of distinctive, imo..

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Here are several more you don't often see these days..

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Anthony
 
Nice collection of CC's Anthony.Years ago in a mall, I forget the cutlery shop, I had the blood brothers set in my hand and ended up getting a Hen & Rooster gunboat instead.
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I agree! Love the original CCs and think the new ones are overpriced and somewhat shy on quality. Here's what I currently have in my collection (sorry for the poor pics):

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Anthony, you sure got a lot of nice toys! Those original CCs look to be about the finest production slippies of all time. It seems like many of the pictures of them on this forum have contract blade etches of all descriptions. Did they kind of specialize in that market?
 
black mamba said:
Anthony, you sure got a lot of nice toys! Those original CCs look to be about the finest production slippies of all time. It seems like many of the pictures of them on this forum have contract blade etches of all descriptions. Did they kind of specialize in that market?
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Yes, Good Question black mamba,

To large extent he(Bob Cargill) seemed to start up somewhat of a trend in those days.. Back in the late 1970's - early 1980's, Case, Queen, S&M, Schrade and other US based Cutlery firms were going full tilt churning out all manner of their perspective wears.. Add to that the 'Knife Clubs' craze that were all forming all over the US and in some cases overseas as well at about that time.. The popular American based Cutlery firms either would not, or could not take on the extra work..

Bob Cargill the ever present opportunist and marketing-business man saw what would become an excellent idea to fill a niche market in the hand made Custom Cutlery industry.. And at the same time would launch his own line of Custom slipjoints to become a very successful endeavor!. And by the way would also have other custom and semi-custom cutlery firms follow suite in the same fashion, like Fight'n Rooster that would become world famous for the same reasons.

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Are pics showing up now??
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They are now. What a great batch of Cripple Creeks they are too!. Nice collection. :thumbup:
 
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