GEC 25s - Gots 'em?

[AShearer]

I gots one!
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It's got a strong spring, but I can open it with no problem.

I still think it's leverage. So the short Blade provides less leverage to open ?

 

[r8shell]

I still think it's leverage. So the short Blade provides less leverage to open ?

I think so. More specifically, the distance between the nail nick and the pivot. That's why although I like the look of a long pull, a nick that's farther toward the tip of a blade will be easier to open even if the spring strength is the same.

 

[CrowCounty]

@Ironbut .... but a very good choice for your only, and most likely not your last #25.

Pàdruig .... that is the Northfield River Blue Basket Weave #252109EOLP. Per the GEC production list, 50 were produced with serial numbers and 29 without. They also have the River Blue Wormgroove #252208B. Per the production list, 50 were produced with serial numbers and 32 without. Both are harder ones to find as people seem to love them but I do see them listed occasionally. You just have to be in the right place at the right time (as with most of these #25s). I love both of these. Knivesshipfree also had an SFO in 20015 with blue camel bone.

Here is a better photo of the River Blues.

 

[AShearer]

So I decided that all of the knives built on the #25 frame would go in one drawer. Here it is... mainly #25s with a few #26s on the top. Not the best photo but I was too lazy to take them out of the drawer and arrange them in some fancy pattern. Only about 175 more to go to complete the collection. It's good to have goals!

Whoa!!! That's a lot of anything

 

[AShearer]

I think so. More specifically, the distance between the nail nick and the pivot. That's why although I like the look of a long pull, a nick that's farther toward the tip of a blade will be easier to open even if the spring strength is the same.

Leverage also, yes. It's about leverage after allowing for the spring. I

 

[blademan 13]

My Polished Stag shipped the day before we left for England, which meant that it sat at the post office for over a week, being held with the rest of our mail. I finally got it today, and I think it was worth the wait.

Beautiful knife, Barrett. Definitely worth the wait IMO!

 

[Pàdruig]

@Ironbut .... but a very good choice for your only, and most likely not your last #25.

Pàdruig .... that is the Northfield River Blue Basket Weave #252109EOLP. Per the GEC production list, 50 were produced with serial numbers and 29 without. They also have the River Blue Wormgroove #252208B. Per the production list, 50 were produced with serial numbers and 32 without. Both are harder ones to find as people seem to love them but I do see them listed occasionally. You just have to be in the right place at the right time (as with most of these #25s). I love both of these. Knivesshipfree also had an SFO in 20015 with blue camel bone.

Here is a better photo of the River Blues.

Thank you so much for that information, so very helpful. And that is a gorgeous picture, going to show it to my wife, she will love it.

Something I will most definitely keep an eye out for.

 

[pertinux]

Repost from the archives.

~ P.

 

[CrowCounty]

pertinux Oh how could I have forgotten that one?

 

[MCar]

So I decided that all of the knives built on the #25 frame would go in one drawer. Here it is... mainly #25s with a few #26s on the top. Not the best photo but I was too lazy to take them out of the drawer and arrange them in some fancy pattern. Only about 175 more to go to complete the collection. It's good to have goals!

This picture is a tray full of awesomeness.
Leanne, I gotta ask....top 3 favorites?

 

[Rockon75]

I've had a few varieties of this pattern over the last few years, but I've found the clip blade sfo of this run to be my favorite. I watch pocketed one today and it was such a pleasure.

What I find interesting is how the same pattern with the main blade reversed can feel so different. I.e. the 25 I like, the 26's I've passed on to others. it's like the 56/57. I absolutely love a 57, but do not care for a 56. I find it amazing how re-orienting the working side of a pattern can feel so different.

 

[CrowCounty]

MCar Hmmm I guess I will go with the following three. The Frontier Bone Bullet Jack was my first #25. The River Blue Worm Groove because it is blue! And finally, the Horsecut Antique because it reminds me of a root beer float. I do believe that I received the last 2 from pertinux . Ironically I really love acrylics on these little guys but didn't even pick one for the top 3. Perhaps I should say these are my top 3 for this moment.

 

[CrowCounty]

What I find interesting is how the same pattern with the main blade reversed can feel so different. I.e. the 25 I like, the 26's I've passed on to others. it's like the 56/57. I absolutely love a 57, but do not care for a 56. I find it amazing how re-orienting the working side of a pattern can feel so different.

You can pass your #26s in my direction but I do understand. I absolutely love the #25 and only like the #26s.

 

[Stropping Young Lad]

So I decided that all of the knives built on the #25 frame would go in one drawer. Here it is... mainly #25s with a few #26s on the top. Not the best photo but I was too lazy to take them out of the drawer and arrange them in some fancy pattern. Only about 175 more to go to complete the collection. It's good to have goals!

I might be late on this... but I'd the 26 just a backwards 25?

 

[Stropping Young Lad]

I think so. More specifically, the distance between the nail nick and the pivot. That's why although I like the look of a long pull, a nick that's farther toward the tip of a blade will be easier to open even if the spring strength is the same.

That's why I think I'll favor Tidioute 78's.

 

[CrowCounty]

I might be late on this... but I'd the 26 just a backwards 25?

Pretty much in that the main blade is on the wider end (whereas in the 25 it is on the narrow end). And then the secondary blade, on a 26, is on the narrow end (whereas in the 25 they are both on the same end). I am sure there is proper knife lingo to explain this better.

 

[pertinux]

I might be late on this... but I'd the 26 just a backwards 25?

The two patterns share the same frame with their main blades oriented on opposite sides of the sleeveboard shape, but they're not 'just backwards' relative to one another. They have entirely different blade configurations. #25s are single- or double-bladed jack knives, on one or two springs respectively; #26s are single-spring knives with a blade on each end.

Their blades are entirely different, primaries and secondaries alike-- witness a #25 jack vs. a #26 Tacky Tango®, each with a wharcliffe main:

(different blades, but you can catch the scale-- the #26's secondaries are weensie)

Down the well:

~ P.

 

[CrowCounty]

I knew someone would be able to explain things better... And for the record, pertinux , I need those for my collection

 

[Stropping Young Lad]

The two patterns share the same frame with their main blades oriented on opposite sides of the sleeveboard shape, but they're not 'just backwards' relative to one another. They have entirely different blade configurations. #25s are single- or double-bladed jack knives, on one or two springs respectively; #26s are single-spring knives with a blade on each end.

Their blades are entirely different, primaries and secondaries alike-- witness a #25 jack vs. a #26 Tacky Tango®, each with a wharcliffe main:

(different blades, but you can catch the scale-- the #26's secondaries are weensie)

Down the well:

~ P.

Thanks for the side by side. It's like the 56 & 57. I'm just realizing that now, having never owned a 26- it only dawned on me in CrowCounty 's picture above.

 

[Ratbert]

MCar Hmmm I guess I will go with the following three. The Frontier Bone Bullet Jack was my first #25. The River Blue Worm Groove because it is blue! And finally, the Horsecut Antique because it reminds me of a root beer float. I do believe that I received the last 2 from pertinux . Ironically I really love acrylics on these little guys but didn't even pick one for the top 3. Perhaps I should say these are my top 3 for this moment.

I agree it would be hard to top these three (I think I could stare at that horse cut jigging all day).
You have a wonderful collection!