GEC 86’s for 2023

hose56 said:
I am told this is the same punch blade that was used on the GEC 98's. I also heard that the punch blades came from a third party. Many of my 98's have scale on the punch blades. I see very little scale on the 86 punch blades. I assume GEC polished it off (ot most of it). Maybe Charlie can comment on this? Thanks
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The punches were made in-house, Will!!
William made a new form for the forging, so the shape is a few millimeters different; but essentially/functionally the two are the same!!

P.S. some punches will have "scale" on their inside surface, because like many antique HJs, they are nearly impossible to polish out!!
 
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waynorth said:
The punches were made in-house, Will!!
William made a new form for the forging, so the shape is a few millimeters different; but essentially/functionally the two are the same!!

P.S. some punches will have "scale" on their inside surface, because like many antique HJs, they are nearly impossible to polish out!!
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Thank you Charlie. Good info !!
 
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waynorth said:
Some of the best, buttery Gabon Ebony I've ever seen!! A great batch!!!
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the one outlier has to be the 2014 ebony! Ive recently seen another clip example and it seems that run had a lot of lighter ebony if such a term may apply
 
Honest_Thomas said:
A day of 1st’s?

1st Post 👋 (ok I see now this isn’t true, must of been a previous life?)
1st Photo Dump (hopefully)
1st #86
1st Waynorth Cutlery (or can we count Tom‘s Choice)

Tommy.

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congrats! although generally TCs do count as a waynorth cutlery sfo, there are a limited amount of waynorth sfos that have the waynorth tang stamp, other examples include the blackjack and lambfoot
 
I had given up on the postie coming today,I jumped when the door bell went.

Taking my time I put on some good music to open the package.

Waiting for the sun had become waiting for the HJ. 😁



Nothing prepared me for how awesome this knife is in the hand,I had no idea.

It feels like its indestructible and heavy,though when I weighed it it wasn't that much heavier than the forum 86 knife.

I can pinch open the blade but cant open the awl with my hand.

So I raided my piggy bank looking for the perfect coin to help,looks like a 2p wins I may file the edged down for a better fit.

What an outstanding job from GEC and Charlie.

Now I can see why people become collectors. 😁



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Johnnythefox said:
I had given up on the postie coming today,I jumped when the door bell went.

Taking my time I put on some good music to open the package.

Waiting for the sun had become waiting for the HJ. 😁



Nothing prepared me for how awesome this knife is in the hand,I had no idea.

It feels like its indestructible and heavy,though when I weighed it it wasn't that much heavier than the forum 86 knife.

I can pinch open the blade but cant open the awl with my hand.

So I raided my piggy bank looking for the perfect coin to help,looks like a 2p wins I may file the edged down for a better fit.

What an outstanding job from GEC and Charlie.

Now I can see why people become collectors. 😁



Are all variants the same pull?





















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Beautiful knife! I think the ebony is so perfect for this. But I posted to say I have the same Rega TT. I did replace the subplatter with something a little more substantial, but it’s been a heck of a turntable the last few years.
 
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