GEC #33 Conductor Whittler

gruntmedik

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Oh my, have y'all seen this? Some of them will come to live at my house for certain! The Whittler pattern is one of, if not my most favorite pattern. Mix it with GEC's fine little Conductor, and it's more than my pitiful wallet can stand.

Please, please let there be an Ebony version. I'll be needing an Acrylic, and maybe a nice dark red jigged bone, too.

I'm doomed. :hypnotysed:
 
gruntmedik said:
Oh my, have y'all seen this? Some of them will come to live at my house for certain! The Whittler pattern is one of, if not my most favorite pattern. Mix it with GEC's fine little Conductor, and it's more than my pitiful wallet can stand.

Please, please let there be an Ebony version. I'll be needing an Acrylic, and maybe a nice dark red jigged bone, too.

I'm doomed. :hypnotysed:
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Along with several other of us folks.

Ed J
 
gruntmedik said:
Please, please let there be an Ebony version.
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:D
And I love that the coping blade is rounded. Which makes it a sheepsfoot I guess?

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Hate to sound like a broken record, but do we know if it is a splitback? THAT would be costly (to me)...
 
Ditto, I think I will be down for at least two looking at the cover choices.
 
Unless I am mistaken it will be a split spring model. They showed photos of the long taper section being machined last week so I am assuming this is the case. At least this is what it looked like to me.

Will
 
I was thinking stag or primitive bone for a Northfield, and maybe a bone Tidioute, depending on which they choose - any word on this?
 
Have a look at the production schedule. The info there has been wrong in the past, but I sure hope it is correct now, I want one in snake wood :).

Tidioute:
-jigged bone
-ebony wood
-acrylic

Northfield:
-jigged bone
-snake wood
-stag
-primitive bone

Edit: Sorry, just read your question again. No idea what jigged bone they use :(
 
Thanks for the link sturzi - even if it didn't have quite the info I was looking for, it's a good resource I always forget to check.
What do you think of its potential for whittling - compared to say the #57 or #62?
 
The blades should be very thin and the clip has a nice tip, so that should have everything covered. I have a normal Conductor, but prefer the #57 and #62 frames. The #33 frame is just on the small side for me so the little finger slips off, and I prefer the flater profile of the others. But there are plenty who like the smaller frames, so it's mostly personal preference...
 
That's going to be a good one for sure. I am way overspent on knives already this year because of GEC and just ordered another Tidioute Eureka today. I don't know why I do stuff like that...

Ed J
 
TLARbb said:
That's going to be a good one for sure. I am way overspent on knives already this year because of GEC and just ordered another Tidioute Eureka today. I don't know why I do stuff like that...

Ed J
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Well, it would be MUCH WORSE if there were no new tempting knives appearing every so often. Dreary:eek:
But, I know the feeling when a whole load of irritating repair bills etc come in and threaten the knife budget:mad:

I like the 33 a lot, it's a quality item and think this will work very nicely as a small Whittler. A decent acrylic could get me in a state :D
 
FYI, the #33 whittler indeed has a wedged, split backspring configuration, as a true whittler should!
 
I've been avoiding acrylics for quite a while now.....dunno why .
 
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