GEC 25s - Gots 'em?

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jkulysses said:
Oh wow I haven't seen the blue bone before....
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Son, you need to read this thread more carefully. :D

...but those are stunning!
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Agreed. :)

Those really are gorgeous though how many of those did they make and what year?
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They are 2008s. The main blade states "1 of 50" on the back, but GEC's records indicate that just 49 were made (not rare, for the actual production number to fall short of the etched number).

The one in the foreground is a prototype I (over)paid for last year to get The Blue®. (My knives are users, so the prototype thing is lost on me. As collectors near and far shudder.) The second one is new to me, a NOS (New Old Stock) item that just floated up into an online vendor's inventory from who-knows-where; my thanks to AvoidSpam for the heads up. It was the only one, however. Sorry. :o

More picture fun:

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~ P.
 
I'm not sure how I missed that page lol. What do they call that bone? They should have named it smooth blueberry bone or smoothed smurf bone :)
 
jkulysses said:
I'm not sure how I missed that page lol. What do they call that bone? They should have named it smooth blueberry bone or smoothed smurf bone :)
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GEC calls it Stonewash Blue, though your names are possibly more accurate. Some are more "washed," such as this one-- (not mine, so don't go gettin' all hoardy-cusy again :p):

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This one is mine, the Proto under better lighting than in the "trick" shots above:
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pertinux said:
The second one is new to me, a NOS (New Old Stock) item that just floated up into an online vendor's inventory from who-knows-where; my thanks to AvoidSpam for the heads up. It was the only one, however. Sorry. :o

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~ P.
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I believe I know the online Vendor to which you refer, and I had been eye-balling this one for a little while, only to see it disappear recently. Good to know it ended up in the hands of someone that will appreciate it.
 
jkulysses said:
This shot is my favorite I think. The yellow flowers really make that blue bone pop. Thanks for sharing and this will be going on my ever expanding list of must haves. :)
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Thanks! I looked out one day in spring and saw the yellow flowers, immediately thought of my blue-handled knife, and call the resulting picture "Sweden." :) ...Sorry if I've introduced a hard-to-impossible-to-find Must Have. I know what that's like!

Mink said:
...I had been eye-balling this one for a little while, only to see it disappear recently. Good to know it ended up in the hands of someone that will appreciate it.
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Thanks! I certainly do. :)

Perhaps of interest only to me, but some minutiae:

1) Dating. The Prototype's certificate is dated 11/25/2008, the "regular run" knife's is 11/18/2008-- a week earlier. I would have guessed it would be the other way around.

Either GEC didn't/doesn't finalize Prototype paperwork until after the regular run is produced, or there be marketing gimmickry afoot in the production and valuation of "prototypes."
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2) The secondary pen blades on both blue barlows sport thinner, shallower nail nicks than is present on any other of the secondary pens on my #25s, regardless of whether they are located in front of the main blade or behind.

Quick 'n dirty pictures to try to show this:

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Blue's pen between two other pen-in-front blades:
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It's a subtle difference, but both pen blades are notably stiff, and every bit of purchase helps. More purchase would help.

I'd hoped the newer, "regular" Blue's pen blade-- assumed to be post-Prototype when ordered-- would have a deeper nail nick, but both Blues sport the same slight, shallow one.

I've cleaned Proto's joints and worked the secondary blade to make it easier open, but still might ask someone at GEC to ease it some. I haven't decided about the other, yet. I've never had a duplicate before. :o

~ P.
 
Good comparo shots P, will have to snap some pics of my budding 25 collection when I get back home from work.
 
It's marketing P. The only difference between Prototype and Regular Run is the blade etch. Oh, and the Price. Just MHO.

Speaking of "gimmickry", that is some very clever photography with the "mirror"!
 
rma100 said:
It's marketing P. The only difference between Prototype and Regular Run is the blade etch. Oh, and the Price. Just MHO.

Speaking of "gimmickry", that is some very clever photography with the "mirror"!
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What mirror, I don't see a mirror. :rolleyes:
 
rma100 said:
It's marketing P. The only difference between Prototype and Regular Run is the blade etch. Oh, and the Price. Just MHO.

Speaking of "gimmickry", that is some very clever photography with the "mirror"!
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Thanks for the information, and the compliment. I had a lot of fun taking the pictures.

It seems I may have captured more than one sort of trickery with them. ;)

Mink said:
What mirror, I don't see a mirror. :rolleyes:
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:D

~ P.
 
Well, I'll be:
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Since starting this thread a year ago, I've gone from having no #25s, to having, er, a bit o' selection.

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These little knives remain a weakness delightful preoccupation for me.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread, and please keep the pictures coming if/as you take more.

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