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So my current EDC knife is a big brick of a knife, it pretty much epitomizes the blade that the young man in jackknife's recent Thin Blade Knife stories started with. It is large, heavy, expensive, made with super steel and other premium materials and in the end, is an excellent knife.
That being said, over the years that I have carried it, it has typically proven to be far more knife than is needed for most everyday tasks and due to its steel and the slight recurve, is actually difficult to sharpen so I have been on the casual lookout for a potential replacement. I am usually not a "one knife" kind of guy and often carry multiples, whether they be in my pockets and/or in the pack that I carry with me everywhere I go. Since there is usually a stout fixed blade in my pack, having a tank-like folder in my pocket is not really necessary.
Some time ago, before I started really frequenting these forums I came across someone elsewhere who was showing off a more traditional folder. At the time, I thought it was a handsome piece and was curious who made it, soon discovering that it was a GEC, though I forget what model/pattern. Despite really liking what I was seeing, I didn't allow my curiosity to carry me much further as my interests were into other types for the most part at that time. Since arriving here and becoming a part of these forums in the last several weeks, my interest in traditionals has rekindled and I have been pouring over the abundance of "knife porn" contained within this particular sub-forum. As a result I have been giving far more serious thought to replacing my EDC user knife with something far more traditional and due to the overwhelming support and desire for GEC knives, I am looking to them in particular to provide me with the "one".
However, I am finding that such a task is easier said than done as I am a man with discriminating tastes and though all GEC knives are beautiful in their own way, not all of them "speak to me" in a manner that facilitates me emptying my wallet for just any knife. As a result, my knife collection overall is rather modest, which my wife certainly appreciates due to budgets and such, but I am always on the lookout to expand...
So I decided to reach out to you fine folks and perhaps you might honor me with a recommendation or two based on the criteria I lay out below.
I really like the the shape and style of the single blade #14's that GEC currently has and I plan on getting one regardless of its small size. If they made something similar to that, but larger, I would be all over it.
I hope to be able to acquire my first GEC's after the New Year as I do not like to shop for myself around Christmas time. I am rather new to GEC and am still learning how to determine what is available or not, it seems there is almost a science to it... I appreciate any and all recommendations or input, my apologies for the long winded post.
That being said, over the years that I have carried it, it has typically proven to be far more knife than is needed for most everyday tasks and due to its steel and the slight recurve, is actually difficult to sharpen so I have been on the casual lookout for a potential replacement. I am usually not a "one knife" kind of guy and often carry multiples, whether they be in my pockets and/or in the pack that I carry with me everywhere I go. Since there is usually a stout fixed blade in my pack, having a tank-like folder in my pocket is not really necessary.
Some time ago, before I started really frequenting these forums I came across someone elsewhere who was showing off a more traditional folder. At the time, I thought it was a handsome piece and was curious who made it, soon discovering that it was a GEC, though I forget what model/pattern. Despite really liking what I was seeing, I didn't allow my curiosity to carry me much further as my interests were into other types for the most part at that time. Since arriving here and becoming a part of these forums in the last several weeks, my interest in traditionals has rekindled and I have been pouring over the abundance of "knife porn" contained within this particular sub-forum. As a result I have been giving far more serious thought to replacing my EDC user knife with something far more traditional and due to the overwhelming support and desire for GEC knives, I am looking to them in particular to provide me with the "one".
However, I am finding that such a task is easier said than done as I am a man with discriminating tastes and though all GEC knives are beautiful in their own way, not all of them "speak to me" in a manner that facilitates me emptying my wallet for just any knife. As a result, my knife collection overall is rather modest, which my wife certainly appreciates due to budgets and such, but I am always on the lookout to expand...
So I decided to reach out to you fine folks and perhaps you might honor me with a recommendation or two based on the criteria I lay out below.
- I enjoy large knives, hence the reason I have carried my current folder for so long. I have large hands and therefore like my knives to have a feeling of substance when I handle and use them. I like them to have some heft too. Call me weird, but when something has weight to it, it lends itself in my mind to being something of substance and quality.
- I prefer single blade folders though multiple blades is not a deal breaker. I have a very small traditional folder that I carry with me regularly. Though it is more of a keepsake/memento, I still use it to ream my pipe on occassion when I have forgotten my pipe tool.
- The broad spear blade "speaks to me", I think GEC executes this style of blade very well.
- In terms of handle materials, I have a fondness for dark woods and dark red jigged bone. I also really like the OD linen micarta that I see on some of the knives as well.
I really like the the shape and style of the single blade #14's that GEC currently has and I plan on getting one regardless of its small size. If they made something similar to that, but larger, I would be all over it.
I hope to be able to acquire my first GEC's after the New Year as I do not like to shop for myself around Christmas time. I am rather new to GEC and am still learning how to determine what is available or not, it seems there is almost a science to it... I appreciate any and all recommendations or input, my apologies for the long winded post.
