Favorite

S.Grosvenor said:
Seeing a trend of multiple knives in posts, do your best to really present the 1 piece in your collection that really ticks all the boxes for you. I'm building slippies and really enjoy seeing what there absolute favorite is for whatever reason, weight?, overall size?, blade size?, blade width?, bolsters or no bolsters?, single or multi blade? ..... etc. What is your 1 favorite, if all others must be sold and you can only keep 1, which would it be. Thanks for playing along.
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That changes the equation although I no longer own it. GEC 73 in stagIMG_1231.jpeg
 
S.Grosvenor said:
Seeing a trend of multiple knives in posts, do your best to really present the 1 piece in your collection that really ticks all the boxes for you.
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All right. I won't talk about a Serpentine Bull Moose, about a Real Lambfoot Swayback, about a Congress Whittler, about...
Here's the one. My first GEC. Carried every day since 12 years. Very well designed, very well made. No blade play, smooth walk, loud talk. O1 tool steel. Black Delrin handle, not to confuse with African Blackwood or Ebony which are not bad either.

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Dan.
 
Okay !!!!!! If all my knives must be sold or given away , this would be the last one .
Northfield #73 in Stag . It will never be sold or given away . It will be left to my Son when the time comes .
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Size , Weight , Blade , Shield , Stag , and Eye Appeal .
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Harry
 
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This is an easy one for me, and it's one of the lowliest knives in my collection. This peanut has been with me for at least 18 years and in my pocket pretty much everyday serving the small knife roll in my carry. I have had this in my pocket for almost every single event, vacation, school functions, funerals you name it I have more than likely had this in my pocket. I chose this peanut right after my son was born and I did so because both my grandpa and my godfather, who I spent so much time with both carried small two blade jack knives, I wanted to do the same. I would sell every other knife in my collection before I would even consider letting this one go.D9F522EA-55B4-4121-A024-AE5AE5BCE2D2_1_105_c.jpeg
 
S.Grosvenor said:
Seeing a trend of multiple knives in posts, do your best to really present the 1 piece in your collection that really ticks all the boxes for you. I'm building slippies and really enjoy seeing what there absolute favorite is for whatever reason, weight?, overall size?, blade size?, blade width?, bolsters or no bolsters?, single or multi blade? ..... etc. What is your 1 favorite, if all others must be sold and you can only keep 1, which would it be. Thanks for playing along.
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Okay. I like medium stockmans, and my favorites, as far as size, weight, round bolsters, etc, are the GEC 66s. There's room for improvement though. They need stronger springs on the secondary blades, and........ S35VN blades would make them perfect.
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Warning Long Post - choosing a favorite can not be simply accomplished.
Time Saver - viewed from third pic down reveals all that is actually necessary to observe favorite.

Recently while looking through a box of thirty near favorites I began the mental exercise of narrowing those down to 5. When I got to seven I decided the task was impossible and gave up. Naming them my "Favorite Five (with two honorary)".
Today I narrowed those 7 down to these two.

The Beautifully Balanced, Greatly Treasured Farmboy

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or this Slick Little White Owl...

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...because (among many reasons) I love their quality. Also, both have been personalized, have useful blades and have been carried extensively.

Wait, wait... I may have changed my mind to this stainless, GEC 15, recovered in stag! For weeks after I first received it, it gave me fits. Repeatedly growing an ugly discoloration on the stag. It defied all attempts of ridding the unknown mold, mildew or whatever until it was again bleached, but this time it was immediately sealed with a custom-made finish (whose formula I learned from Bark River knives).
To top off it's need to be adjusted, 5 of the 6 pins were dangerously proud. They'd catch my fingers on their sharp edges threatening to slice chunks out of them.
In the process of resetting the pins the final successful correction occurred accidentally. A rotary tool slip making a lighter colored line in the discolored stag. It helped break up the discoloration and looked better. So a second line was intentionally added. Together those lines streaked the stag, making it look natural and quite attractive.

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Yes, for now I'll select the stag 15 as my favorite because of its size, stainlessness and due to the fact that I worked so hard to get it right. I do reserve the right to reconsider this selection at any time.
 
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