Do you use your GEC knives?

I have about 5 that stay in a healthy rotation of whatever I think my task may be that day. My go to is usually my 2013 15 model barlow. But I will carry a smaller sized 25 if I’m wearing smaller pockets that day or just want something lighter. I also have an 86 that I carry a lot that had the secondary blade deleted for a slimmer carry.
 
Collectors look away now,I cannot guarantee your blood pressure 😁





First I ran it under the tap,dried it with canned air (Jacks idea), oiled it with Victorinox oil its the best.

Trying different ideas for my weak hand to open the awl.

Then I got down to business.



SAK awls are great I sharpen the edge a bit.

But this awl is on another level.

I have bits of old wood in my shed to play with,this bit is dried out and tough.

Note I didnt sharpen the HJ awl just took it as it came.

It cleaned of the end of the wood easier than the blade did.

Making a hole was no problem and once started,angling the edge of the awl just cut in and made the hole bigger.

We all know what the blade is like, I did a bit of gardening,nice clean cuts nothing to demanding.

This will make a terrific out in the woods knife, working in your shed or even just spearing olives out in Greece or Spain. 😍




































 
user is a generous and debatable term, im up to 15 modded/sharpened gecs in the user box. using them and having to use them are also debatable. im not one to take out a knife just to deliberately cut something. And some i have to sharpen due to unfortunate blade rap incidents from handling, like the 14 S wormwood that recently joined the box due to sharpening out blade rap.

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Johnnythefox said:
Collectors look away now,I cannot guarantee your blood pressure 😁





First I ran it under the tap,dried it with canned air (Jacks idea), oiled it with Victorinox oil its the best.

Trying different ideas for my weak hand to open the awl.

Then I got down to business.



SAK awls are great I sharpen the edge a bit.

But this awl is on another level.

I have bits of old wood in my shed to play with,this bit is dried out and tough.

Note I didnt sharpen the HJ awl just took it as it came.

It cleaned of the end of the wood easier than the blade did.

Making a hole was no problem and once started,angling the edge of the awl just cut in and made the hole bigger.

We all know what the blade is like, I did a bit of gardening,nice clean cuts nothing to demanding.

This will make a terrific out in the woods knife, working in your shed or even just spearing olives out in Greece or Spain. 😍




































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I think the vast majority of GECs are bought as collectibles these days rather than tools, which is ok i guess, but I sure like seeing the currently sought after model getting used as intended 👍
 
Jiki said:
Collectibles or a perceived investment?
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Ah, that’s fair. I think some people see them as investments and that’s probably not entirely wrong in the medium term. I am not confident that 20 years from now they will be worth substantially more than in the next few years but I suppose that depends mostly on how hot the traditional knife market continues to be. I suspect the current craze is a fad, and will fade with time. Beanie Babies were also an investment 😂
 
If I have a GEC in my pocket, then it’s going to be used when I need to cut something. I don’t abuse them, but I also don’t baby them.

Today, I have one of the new bone GEC 86s in my pocket. It cut up some strawberries this morning to go with our breakfast, coffee, and paper, and just a bit ago I used to to slice an orange peel for my “Phoney Negroni.”

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You‘ll have to excuse my cat eating in the background. 🙈
 
Johnnythefox said:
Collectors look away now,I cannot guarantee your blood pressure 😁





First I ran it under the tap,dried it with canned air (Jacks idea), oiled it with Victorinox oil its the best.

Trying different ideas for my weak hand to open the awl.

Then I got down to business.



SAK awls are great I sharpen the edge a bit.

But this awl is on another level.

I have bits of old wood in my shed to play with,this bit is dried out and tough.

Note I didnt sharpen the HJ awl just took it as it came.

It cleaned of the end of the wood easier than the blade did.

Making a hole was no problem and once started,angling the edge of the awl just cut in and made the hole bigger.

We all know what the blade is like, I did a bit of gardening,nice clean cuts nothing to demanding.

This will make a terrific out in the woods knife, working in your shed or even just spearing olives out in Greece or Spain. 😍




































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Nice close-ups from a brave man!! I love seeing one of my productions in use, giving it some real world use!!👍 I hope it spears olives well, Johnnie!!! 😁
 
I realized in doing scans for this thread, that I have gravitated toward single-blade knives!!
My usual carries (along with occasional others) are mostly GEC-made, with a Wright's included!! They must sharpen easily, retain an edge and have a firm pull and snap!!EDCs in 2023.jpgEDCs in 2023 B.jpg
 
waynorth said:
I realized in doing scans for this thread, that I have gravitated toward single-blade knives!!
My usual carries (along with occasional others) are mostly GEC-made, with a Wright's included!! They must sharpen easily, retain an edge and have a firm pull and snap!!View attachment 2284596View attachment 2284597
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single blade is best when you boil it down! 😂
 
waynorth said:
Nice close-ups from a brave man!! I love seeing one of my productions in use, giving it some real world use!!👍 I hope it spears olives well, Johnnie!!! 😁
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I’ve got some in the fridge somewhere if not I will find something else to spear.

Good job I haven’t got goldfish,I’ve always wanted to replicate 007 in Dr.No on the beach. 😁
 
I think I have about 25 GEC's. Quite a few have been used to some extent. I bought most of them a number of years ago. They were quite reasonable then.

I think the last one I purchased was the BF T/C.

Instant gratification is not going away anytime soon, so I don't see prices going down.
 
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