GEC 215124 Farm & Field Bull Buster

waynorth said:
I take it you weren't raised in the USA, Johnny??? :rolleyes:
There is a certain local humor (humour??) to the name Red Neck!!🤣🤣
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While you colonials forced your woman into the fields to pick cotton and get red and wrinkley. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Our demure posh birds (nobility) had servants peeling grapes for them while hiding indoors from what little sun we get over here.

They would never be so crude as to get a tan, oh no that was for peasents like me who would curtsey and crawl to the Lord of the manor.





"The Victorians loved pale skin. It was a sign of nobility. It meant women were well-off, and could afford not to spend hours working outdoors, which would inevitably result in a tan. The horror!

But while their ancestors achieved this ideal with deadly mixtures (some of which were still around in the Victorian age), the Victorians painted their faces with zinc oxide, a white mineral powder. It was much safer, and whitened skin well (it still does; it’s what makes your sunscreen leave a white cast on your skin, both in real life and photos).

Those who didn’t like Zinc, simply avoided the sun and fresh hair. When they ventured outdoors, they’d carry parasols to protect their skin from the sun. Some even drank vinegar. Apparently, they thought that, somehow, it’d prevent a tan!"
 
I'm overseas and didn't realize they made more. Any chance these are in stock anywhere? A fool's hope, but damn. Lost mine after 2 years of faithful service.
 
spittle8 said:
I'm overseas and didn't realize they made more. Any chance these are in stock anywhere? A fool's hope, but damn. Lost mine after 2 years of faithful service.
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Some lockback versions were just released earlier today.

I can think of at least one of the retailers listed on the GEC site that has not released any #21s, neither locking nor non-locking, yet. I'm speculating that they are waiting to get all of the examples they plan to release in hand before they do - but based on who I'm thinking of, they may be asking quite a bit more than some of their peers. 😡
 
birdsbeaks said:
Some lockback versions were just released earlier today.

I can think of at least one of the retailers listed on the GEC site that has not released any #21s, neither locking nor non-locking, yet. I'm speculating that they are waiting to get all of the examples they plan to release in hand before they do - but based on who I'm thinking of, they may be asking quite a bit more than some of their peers. 😡
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Damn. Scalpers have them for $150 on Ebay. I'm frankly emotionally obsessed with this model because I bought mine new before GECs became collectibles and learned to hunt with it, used it daily and processed a dozen deer with it. I guess it's worth whatever I'm willing to pay for it, but it turns my stomach paying twice retail to people who buy a dozen at release just to sell them at 100% markup.
 
Alex.Y. said:
I have same "freckles" on GEC kitchen knife's muslin micarta, many of them. I think while it is a feature in muslin, it might be a bug in red one. Anyway, nothing too bad, right?
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I have two 71s. Red and green. Both have these freckles. The green one even sports a few in yellow.
 
Man, I just found one for $129 on ebay and dude took my $120 offer. On the one hand, I feel a heavy karmic debt of sin heaped on my head by rewarding an industrial-scale scalper. On the other, this is my post-deployment gift to myself and I had such a bizarre emotional attachment to my original Bull Buster, which is the knife I learned to sharpen and process game on, that I haven't been able to fill with any other knife. Pretty pumped right now, there's something about these knives with a slipjoint that just feels right. I got a two-bladed GEC off the exchange here sometime back but it just isn't a practical work knife. A buddy sold me his unused locking Bull Buster (the Mud Bug) out of pity, but it wasn't the same, just didn't have the same mojo the slipjoint had. These are amazing practical knives if you intend to actually work them, they take a fine edge and are pretty tough, but easy to clean up if you nick or roll the edge. The size is perfect in my opinion for general use, and they're probably at the limit of practical comfortable daily carry if you just toss it in your jeans pocket like I do.

I like to think that by paying the scalpers their markup, I am figuratively heaping hot coals on their head as God is always watching LOL. I don't begrudge guys who collect the knives and don't use them, GEC makes enough that that shouldn't screw over the rest of us. I just really have a hard time stomaching the flagrant scalping, people buy multiple knives with the implicit intent to resell them at cruel markup. These F&F knives are not show knives, they are working knives and after searching high and low, I am certain nobody else on earth makes their equal at this price point. The Case is fine, but the fit and finish isn't the same, the attention to detail is lacking. This is a very GOOD knife at a price point where you won't feel bad using the knife in its intended role. It's such a shame that selfish people have to ruin that for the rest of us.
 
spittle8 said:
Man, I just found one for $129 on ebay and dude took my $120 offer. On the one hand, I feel a heavy karmic debt of sin heaped on my head by rewarding an industrial-scale scalper. On the other, this is my post-deployment gift to myself and I had such a bizarre emotional attachment to my original Bull Buster, which is the knife I learned to sharpen and process game on, that I haven't been able to fill with any other knife. Pretty pumped right now, there's something about these knives with a slipjoint that just feels right. I got a two-bladed GEC off the exchange here sometime back but it just isn't a practical work knife. A buddy sold me his unused locking Bull Buster (the Mud Bug) out of pity, but it wasn't the same, just didn't have the same mojo the slipjoint had. These are amazing practical knives if you intend to actually work them, they take a fine edge and are pretty tough, but easy to clean up if you nick or roll the edge. The size is perfect in my opinion for general use, and they're probably at the limit of practical comfortable daily carry if you just toss it in your jeans pocket like I do.

I like to think that by paying the scalpers their markup, I am figuratively heaping hot coals on their head as God is always watching LOL. I don't begrudge guys who collect the knives and don't use them, GEC makes enough that that shouldn't screw over the rest of us. I just really have a hard time stomaching the flagrant scalping, people buy multiple knives with the implicit intent to resell them at cruel markup. These F&F knives are not show knives, they are working knives and after searching high and low, I am certain nobody else on earth makes their equal at this price point. The Case is fine, but the fit and finish isn't the same, the attention to detail is lacking. This is a very GOOD knife at a price point where you won't feel bad using the knife in its intended role. It's such a shame that selfish people have to ruin that for the rest of us.
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Honestly I don't think $120 is a bad price, especially on the bay with their 13% selling fee. Happy for you! 👍
 
spittle8 said:
Man, I just found one for $129 on ebay and dude took my $120 offer. On the one hand, I feel a heavy karmic debt of sin heaped on my head by rewarding an industrial-scale scalper. On the other, this is my post-deployment gift to myself and I had such a bizarre emotional attachment to my original Bull Buster, which is the knife I learned to sharpen and process game on, that I haven't been able to fill with any other knife. Pretty pumped right now, there's something about these knives with a slipjoint that just feels right. I got a two-bladed GEC off the exchange here sometime back but it just isn't a practical work knife. A buddy sold me his unused locking Bull Buster (the Mud Bug) out of pity, but it wasn't the same, just didn't have the same mojo the slipjoint had. These are amazing practical knives if you intend to actually work them, they take a fine edge and are pretty tough, but easy to clean up if you nick or roll the edge. The size is perfect in my opinion for general use, and they're probably at the limit of practical comfortable daily carry if you just toss it in your jeans pocket like I do.

I like to think that by paying the scalpers their markup, I am figuratively heaping hot coals on their head as God is always watching LOL. I don't begrudge guys who collect the knives and don't use them, GEC makes enough that that shouldn't screw over the rest of us. I just really have a hard time stomaching the flagrant scalping, people buy multiple knives with the implicit intent to resell them at cruel markup. These F&F knives are not show knives, they are working knives and after searching high and low, I am certain nobody else on earth makes their equal at this price point. The Case is fine, but the fit and finish isn't the same, the attention to detail is lacking. This is a very GOOD knife at a price point where you won't feel bad using the knife in its intended role. It's such a shame that selfish people have to ruin that for the rest of us.
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Thats honestly not a bad deal at all man. You essentially paid the higher end of what the retail prices have been. Glad you got one.
 
I was lucky enough to get one from a retailer at $129 (red Micarta). I traded it for a 19’ black Micarta. The other 2 I have gotten from here from some generous members. I didn’t realize some were selling for under $100…
 
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