GEC #77 Medium Barlow Impressions

MCar said:
Dang. They're awesome!
I just can't over-emphasize how much I love this treatment over the radius deal. LOVE this, especially on wood!
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Amazing - I want the bottom one!
 
I don’t have too much experience with two blade pinchable knives, but does it seem to anyone else that too much of the back side of the main blade would be covered that it would no longer be pinchable? Was the previous run of two blade ones pinchable? Don’t get me wrong I think it’s probably the best blade set up on some of the best looking knives I’ve seen
 
jsdistin said:
I don’t have too much experience with two blade pinchable knives, but does it seem to anyone else that too much of the back side of the main blade would be covered that it would no longer be pinchable? Was the previous run of two blade ones pinchable? Don’t get me wrong I think it’s probably the best blade set up on some of the best looking knives I’ve seen
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The previous run of two blades was not pinch-able. But those were spears and even the single blade spears were not pinch-able (okay...a few were, but most were not to most people). That's in contrast to the last run of clip 77 barlows which were very pinch-able. I'm feeling like these two-blades WILL be pinch-able on this run, but I could certainly be wrong. I have a harness jack on the 85 frame and was surprised to find that it's quite pinch-able. I bring this up because it's a two-blade (sort of) and I did not expect that spear to sit high enough to pinch. Given that as a reference, I feel like these 2-blade clip barlows will work, especially considering how high that spine is on the main blade. But....time will tell for certain.
 
The clip blade was different shape on the last run if I recall. The new style clip is more pinchable.
 
The last run was the first time the new pinchable clip blade was used. This is the same clip as last time. I'm not sure if the secondary blade will be in the way or not.
 
Ramrodmb said:
The last run was the first time the new pinchable clip blade was used. This is the same clip as last time. I'm not sure if the secondary blade will be in the way or not.
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Correct, the blade made its debut in the single and I named it a "pinchable clip". Not many "pinchable" mains on jacks and with this high standing secondary do not expect this one to pinchable.
 
Mike knifeswapper knifeswapper wrote somewhere that he was going for the Case dark rose bone color, one of my all time favorites. I just hope that my 77 has a dark, rich, consistent color without lots of light or white patches. Judging by the orange camel bone 43’s about 40 percent retain a consistent dark color. Of course, I also read a quote from Mike that he asked GEC to soak this camel bone twice as long so maybe a higher percentage will retain high saturation of color. I applaud him for trying to recreate the Case dark rose, and I am very pleased that one will be coming my way. It has been excruciating waiting for GEC to publish some photographs of polished knives so we can get a better idea of what they will be like.
 
Leslie Tomville said:
Mike knifeswapper knifeswapper wrote somewhere that he was going for the Case dark rose bone color, one of my all time favorites. I just hope that my 77 has a dark, rich, consistent color without lots of light or white patches. Judging by the orange camel bone 43’s about 40 percent retain a consistent dark color. Of course, I also read a quote from Mike that he asked GEC to soak this camel bone twice as long so maybe a higher percentage will retain high saturation of color. I applaud him for trying to recreate the Case dark rose, and I am very pleased that one will be coming my way. It has been excruciating waiting for GEC to publish some photographs of polished knives so we can get a better idea of what they will be like.
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Actually the "smooth rose" I was going for was characterized by lots of light patches and highlights - a bit like an appaloosa. That is what most SR versions I have handled had.
But these did turn out more red than elderberry - don't really understand what went awry, but they look to be dandy's anyway.
 
So I guess it's just the elderberry bone that has yet to make an appearance on the GEC site?

Waiting for these is definitely giving me the "will Christmas ever get here" feeling I recall from childhood.
 
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