GEC #77 Medium Barlow Impressions

Glad to hear you like yours so much Will, my single blade micarta 77 should be here tomorrow and I can hardly wait to lay hands on it!
 
Will Power said:
Got my Ivory Bone single on Wednesday morning, many thanks to Brett for facilitating this.:cool:

This year I've been more or less very lucky with the knives I've got in, no dogs slipped through, wreaking havoc in the Knife Knirvarna:D mostly I've been extremely pleased. You might imagine that the more knives you get the more critically attuned your eye grows, or jaded and picky as the case might be:eek: But as I say, I've been very fortunate so far..

The 77 Barlow more than exceeded my hopes and expectations. I vehemently dislike the word 'perfect' it's an overused non word that usually appears in 'lifestyle' venues :barf: but I can find NOTHING to dislike in the one I got, nothing to reproach anyone for, it's an exceptionally satisfying knife that pleases me, totally. I'm a fan of single-blades yet I do admire multis too, but I like Barlows as singles most. The Bone is a beautiful mellow colour already, impressive workmanship & aesthetics, wonderful blade length:handle ratio and not at all heavy in the pocket. Great work from GEC and Mike Latham together, I'm very happy.:thumbup:

No pix yet as I had a long day and hospital treatment so the time I got home the light was kaput. You've seen plenty of pix by now, nearly all better than I can ever do so I wanted to write a short appreciation or is that homage? Mind you, my 77 IS better :D:D

Thanks, Will
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This is the kind of feedback that needs to be framed on GEC's wall like your first $1 bill !!!
 
pistonsandgears said:
Really like the way the Autumn Gold bone turned out on the 2 blade version, looks something like tortoise shell to me.
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One of the nicest I have seen! Great photo as well!:thumbup:
 




Finally back from vacation and picked up the new ones. My impressions are that GEC has maintained the ability to make some very nice knives for a fair price.You will know quality when you see it.All knives were as expected except for the Smooth Ivory bone. The appearance of it is even better than I thought it would be. As you can see , I now have enough 77 Barlows to fill out my Tower. Mike and his people did an amazing job of orchestrating the complete project. Thank you very much CK. When Mike does the next run , I guess that I will have to make another tower , but I will want some other handle options .

Harry
 
Totally agree on the smooth ivory bone. It exceeded my expectations as well. I always tend to go for blackwood or ebony so this time I thought I'd go the other direction. Glad I did. It's gonna be a user.

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Old Engineer said:
Finally back from vacation and picked up the new ones. My impressions are that GEC has maintained the ability to make some very nice knives for a fair price.You will know quality when you see it.All knives were as expected except for the Smooth Ivory bone. The appearance of it is even better than I thought it would be. As you can see , I now have enough 77 Barlows to fill out my Tower. Mike and his people did an amazing job of orchestrating the complete project. Thank you very much CK. When Mike does the next run , I guess that I will have to make another tower , but I will want some other handle options .

Harry
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Great looking knives and tower, Harry! The Stag is beautiful!
 
Thanks Al. As you know , Stag is my favorite handle material. The picture does not show it , but the stag is pretty fat too.


Harry
 
Harry I agree with Al that is one very nice looking stag handled NF spear folder! Best I think I have seen but then all the stag spears in this release are just outstanding. And what a nice rack--of blades. Very nice presentation. Lloyd
 
Thank you Lloyd. I was busy when it was time to choose which stag , so Mike had to make my choice for me.

Harry
 
My current collection of Medium Barlows...love the size; big enough to mean business, slim enough to ride comfortably...

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Two of my lighter colored knives. This TC in particular came from CollectorKnives as well...

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Both Blackwoods, but both with very different characters...

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Pokerface said:
My current collection of Medium Barlows...love the size; big enough to mean business, slim enough to ride comfortably...

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Two of my lighter colored knives. This TC in particular came from CollectorKnives as well...

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Both Blackwoods, but both with very different characters...

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Did the clip Blackwood start that dark or darken with time?
 
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