GEC 25s - Gots 'em?

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(The UN-X-LD bolster is too busy with a serial number, especially located on the front as on this one, but in this picture I enjoy seeing how the engraved numbers catch the light in a wholly different angle/way than the letters in the stamped bolster. The numbers are not readily visible in most lighting; here, they glow!)

~ P.
 
I can't decide if the eye candy in this wonderful thread has helped me or not. My last purchase for a Northfield single blade 73 burnt stag a few months ago and it's been my constant companion, mostly having ousted my beloved ebony clip/pen 15 from my pocket. I'm looking to make another purchase soon, this time a small knife for the watch pocket. I'm settled on either a 25, which would probably have to be a Barlow version (single or double blade I can't decide though) or a single blade Pemberton. One of the Pemberton threads had almost made up my mind, but this thread has swung me back to deadlock again. Going to have to agonize over the pics in both threads again, which itself is a winning proposition at least! Beautiful selection Pertinux. Not been posting or reading much (or buying) because school's been eating up my time and money, but this thread has given me the fever again.
 
NoNameNomad said:
I'm settled on either a 25, which would probably have to be a Barlow version (single or double blade I can't decide though) or a single blade Pemberton. One of the Pemberton threads had almost made up my mind, but this thread has swung me back to deadlock again. Going to have to agonize over the pics in both threads again, which itself is a winning proposition at least! Beautiful selection Pertinux.
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Thanks! Yours is a tough call, as Pembertons and #25s are such different knives. The Pembertons definitely carry small, while the #25s...? Chunky little beasts! Here's my two-blade Pemberton with a Case Peanut, a single-blade #25, and a couple 2-blade #25s:
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Of all of them, I'd say the Pemberton is the most practical choice (so much blade in such a small package), but its the WLSTs®, in all their mostly-impractical proportions, that have my heart. No surprises there!

I enjoy unlikely juxtapositions:
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... Once again, the #25 proves thicker at its bare end than the much larger #36 at its bolster (one double-spring, one single, no true basis for "comparison" other than that they are both traditional knives-- but I love looking):
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:)

~ P.
 
The 25 seems like something I could maybe carry when I want to have just one knife on me and want something smaller yet with some heft to it. The Pemberton might be better as the watch pocket companion to my 73. Perhaps I'll get both:) The 25 can be my Sunday/church knife. Maybe, maybe.

Oh, I forgot to ask, what does WLST stand for? Seen it used a couple of times in this thread and can't figure it out.
 
NoNameNomad said:
The 25 seems like something I could maybe carry when I want to have just one knife on me and want something smaller yet with some heft to it. The Pemberton might be better as the watch pocket companion to my 73. Perhaps I'll get both:) The 25 can be my Sunday/church knife. Maybe, maybe.
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Too bad you're not closer; there really is nothing like having knives in-hand by which to make a comparison (or a clearer decision to get both ;)).

NoNameNomad said:
Oh, I forgot to ask, what does WLST stand for? Seen it used a couple of times in this thread and can't figure it out.
pmew said:
Weird Little Stubby Thing :)
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pmew said:
All royalties go to Pertinux who has the registered trademark. ;)
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Yes! It all started in Charlie Campagna's estimable thread, What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?, in which he presented scans of his traditional barlows of yore and then slowly but surely unveiled the on-going development of what would become the #15 TC Barlows.

When it was clear that new, 3.5" barlows were indeed the pipeline, puukkoman did say, and I quote:
puukkoman said:
I'm really looking forward to these, too. It's exciting to see GEC produce a REAL barlow, instead of that weird little stubby thing they've been making.
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And off we went! So, Alex/puukkoman gets original credit, but as pmew notes, I jumped on the trademark right away. To whit:
pertinux said:
Of these Weird Little Stubby Things®, I'm going with the one in the middle. ;)

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:D

~ P.
 
Ah, I see, I see:D I used to think it was a weird looking pattern, and thought that about the 57 (still do to some extent), the 26s, the 79s, but these patterns hold a lot more appeal now. The 79 workhorse whittler in particular. All of these seemed weird to me, but now they have a strong appeal. I feel a bit more swayed towards the 25 I think, just a bit!:)
 
For whatever reason, I consider this one my "Thanksgiving" knife. So, it's along today and through the week end-- at the least. :)

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With a much larger (but not thicker!) member of the extended family, a #36 Sunfish that's been in my back pocket almost every day since its arrival:

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~ P.
 
pertinux said:
For whatever reason, I consider this one my "Thanksgiving" knife. So, it's along today and through the week end-- at the least. :)

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With a much larger (but not thicker!) member of the extended family, a #36 Sunfish that's been in my back pocket almost every day since its arrival:

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~ P.
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Always a pleasure to see that 25 P. Are you walking kind of funny with that Sunfish? ;)
 
Pertinux asked me to put my 25s in here and here they are, both of em. Wish Id'a bought more.
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singin50 said:
Pertinux asked me to put my 25s in here and here they are, both of em. Wish Id'a bought more.
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Ah, very nice! Thanks much.
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Does your white bone with the wharncliffe main have a pen secondary, or the little swoopy clip? I'd assume "clip" because I haven't seen otherwise with the wharncliffe, but the spine looks more like that of a pen from this angle.

Meanwhile, what's this?

singin50 said:
This little Tidioute is what I carried today, closest I can come to celluloid but in acrylic.
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... That's a fine #25 Jack, not a barlow like the two beauties above, but a #25 all the same-- and a good lookin' one at that. :thumbup:

(I thought I'd bring its picture over myself instead of pestering you again.)

:)

~ P.
 
Three fine 25s, Perry. The picks of various litters!!

That does look like a pen blade behind the smooth bone . . . . . . .
 
waynorth said:
Three fine 25s, Perry. The picks of various litters!!
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For true. :D

That does look like a pen blade behind the smooth bone . . . . . . .
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It does, but it could just be a trick of perspective...? I haven't seen the wharncliffe paired with a secondary pen on this pattern. But then again, I'd not seen a #25 barlow in smooth white bone until Perry posted his!

A refresher: here's the typical blade pairing:
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And here, it's not obvious that the secondary is a clip:
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(If Perry hasn't caught on already, every picture graciously provided tends to awaken a thirst for More. :cool:)

~ P.
 
You're right there Lyle! Everytime I look around the folder threads here, it makes me spend money.
Pertinux, the secondary blade is in fact a pen blade. No small Clip here! I will say this, this smooth bone is a very early one.
According to Barry and some I've talked to, these at first were made with this Pen blade, but the stamping on the bolsters didn't work so good.
You won't find many in this configuration.

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