Farm and Field variations

[Johnnythefox]

I have only ever seen the 71 sodbusters in real life and handled them.

Is there a list/photos anywhere of all the other types of knives they produced?

I would like to get another F and F if they are as good as the sodbuster.

Which models do you have and how do you like them?

 

[MililaniGrown]

You can see them at greateasterncutlery.net under knife releases > releases by pattern. F&F patterns are 21, 47, 65, 71, and 99.

edit: Forgot about the 62.

edit 2: and the 35... which I've been carrying this whole month.... I need my coffee.

 

[Johnnythefox]

You can see them at greateasterncutlery.net under knife releases > releases by pattern. F&F patterns are 21, 47, 65, 71, and 99.

edit: Forgot about the 62.

Thanks are they all in one place?

I thought there would be more than 5 types?

 

[Johnnythefox]

Interesting I hadn't seen the fish knife before.

 

[mrknife]

think there might be a 48 as well, it has a bird hook?

 

[dantzk8]

I do consider the Farm & Field line up as being an important contribution of GEC to the traditional cutlery.
They are great tools i use on a daily basis. If they aren't as well finished than are the Northfields or the Tidioutes they all are tough practical tools. Their main feature is the cutlery rivet pivot which makes a shadow pattern very strong. I like them so much i've bought some duplicates, 2 #99, 2 #47, 4 #62.

The two i carry the most:

Dan.

 

[MililaniGrown]

Here's an old photo of my orange F&F collection. Blade preference aside, I like the no frills, meant to be a user aspect of this line. For me, the jack of all trades is the 71. Been carrying the 35 this month and while I like the wharncliffe blade, I'm not sure about the one arm blade for some reason. The 21 is too big to legally carry in my area, unfortunately. The 47 sheep is just a good utility knife but I like to pair it with a swiss army knife.

 

[btb01]

Here is (I think) a comprehensive list of all the Farm & Field patterns GEC has offered with photos. The photos are all GEC’s, except for the #65, which is a dealer photo.

#21 Bull Buster

#35 Calf Pen

#47 Hayn Helper

#62 Pocket Carver

#65 Farm & Field & Fish

#71 Bull Nose

#99 Farmer Lock

 

[Johnnythefox]

I do consider the Farm & Field line up as being an important contribution of GEC to the traditional cutlery.
They are great tools i use on a daily basis. If they aren't as well finished than are the Northfields or the Tidioutes they all are tough practical tools. Their main feature is the cutlery rivet pivot which makes a shadow pattern very strong. I like them so much i've bought some duplicates, 2 #99, 2 #47, 4 #62.

The two i carry the most:

Dan.

Thanks for that I agree,I love my 71s.

I don't like flash,I like practical so these suit me.
The hay n helper with the straight blade looks good.

 

[Johnnythefox]

Here's an old photo of my orange F&F collection. Blade preference aside, I like the no frills, meant to be a user aspect of this line. For me, the jack of all trades is the 71. Been carrying the 35 this month and while I like the wharncliffe blade, I'm not sure about the one arm blade for some reason. The 21 is too big to legally carry in my area, unfortunately. The 47 sheep is just a good utility knife but I like to pair it with a swiss army knife.

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Great photo thank you.

I didn't realise just how much bigger that 21 is,it wouldn't go down well in England.

 

[Johnnythefox]

Here is (I think) a comprehensive list of all the Farm & Field patterns GEC has offered with photos. The photos are all GEC’s, except for the #65, which is a dealer photo.

#21 Bull Buster

#35 Calf Pen

#47 Hayn Helper

#62 Pocket Carver

#65 Farm & Field & Fish

#71 Bull Nose

#99 Farmer Lock

Another helpful post thank you.
I think I would go for a Hay n Helper,how chunky is the 2 blade?

 

[btb01]

Another helpful post thank you.
I think I would go for a Hay n Helper,how chunky is the 2 blade?

I have one, but I haven’t ever carried it much. I think part of the reason was because it is pretty hefty, but after giving my #86 Angus Jack a few weeks in my pocket and really falling for it, I might have to revisit the Hayn’ Helper.

 

[BrotherJim]

... taking a stroll down GEC memory lane ...
Before GEC produced Farm & Field knives, they called them Redneck Farm Tools and the first issued was a #71 Bullnose in Delrin
They changed the name to Farm & Field pretty quick. I think the term Redneck was turning some folks off
I still see posts of the Redneck Farm Tools #71 from time to time on here. Someone posted a Delrin #71 in the last few days but I think it was a Farm & Field

 

[Johnnythefox]

... taking a stroll down GEC memory lane ...
Before GEC produced Farm & Field knives, they called them Redneck Farm Tools and the first issued was a #71 Bullnose in Delrin
They changed the name to Farm & Field pretty quick. I think the term Redneck was turning some folks off
I still see posts of the Redneck Farm Tools #71 from time to time on here. Someone posted a Delrin #71 in the last few days but I think it was a Farm & Field

A great bit of history,Rednecks must be rare in many ways.

 

[btb01]

A couple pics of my own F&F knives:

#71’s

#21’s

#99

#62 (I didn’t expect to like this one much, but it really surprised me. I don’t do much carving, but it makes an excellent Christmas morning gift opener. I wish I’d bought one in the Natural Linen Micarta, too.)

#47

 

[Johnnythefox]

A couple pics of my own F&F knives:

#71’s

#21’s

#99

#62 (I didn’t expect to like this one much, but it really surprised me. I don’t do much carving, but it makes an excellent Christmas morning gift opener. I wish I’d bought one in the Natural Linen Micarta, too.)

#47

That is a great collection,I didn't realise the 71s came in so many variety of covers.

Thinks for sharing.

 

[btb01]

That is a great collection,I didn't realise the 71s came in so many variety of covers.

Thinks for sharing.

They seem to add and subtract a few options with each run (or at least they used to; the most recent run was just OD and Red Linen Micarta, which had both been done before). They also did SFO’s on some previous runs. The Tortoise Shell Acrylic was an SFO for Bob Andrews at Old Hundred Collectibles (RIP).

I believe the rest in that photo were all factory offerings. L to R: OD Linen Micarta, Natural Canvas Micarta, Red Linen Micarta, Nifebrite Acrylic, Tortoise Shell Acrylic (SFO), Muslin Micarta and Burlap Micarta.