GEC 98 Texas Cattle/Whittler

[Duper]

Boker has a single blade cattle knife. Almost 4.5 inches closed. Spear blade over 3 inches. I have glanced at it a few times.

,,,Mike in Canada

 

[pmek5]

 

[rcs86]

Very Jealous! I will not give up on my quest to find one!

I had posted this in the daily carry thread, but i wanted to quote myself here to say I got one. Woohoo!

 

[waynorth]

I had posted this in the daily carry thread, but i wanted to quote myself here to say I got one. Woohoo!

Congrats on the determined Quest, Ross!! Hard to find!!

 

[rcs86]

Congrats on the determined Quest, Ross!! Hard to find!!

Thanks Charlie! I have a huge issue now though... I want the others! Haha, you put together some beauties!

 

[willc]

Kingwood 98 Cattle Knife.
Very cool knife but something I have never carried.
Not because of functionality but it is a bit too pretty.

 

[Blades of Glory]

This is probably my #1 grail GEC right now. Every one I’ve seen is immaculate but that thing sure does scream user

 

[OtisCampbell]

Believe it or not the 98s were around for quite awhile at release just like (some of) the Beer Scouts were.. seems incredible but it’s true..

 

[el gigantor]

The GEC 98 was tailor-made for someone with my enormous mitts. Unfortunately I heard about it well after it was commercially available..

 

[sf fanatic]

Boker has a single blade cattle knife. Almost 4.5 inches closed. Spear blade over 3 inches. I have glanced at it a few times.

,,,Mike in Canada

Mike, I have one and it’s a very good knife. Try one and they are available at a much more reasonable price. It’s the one on the left. The Club is cool to. View attachment 1647894

 

[Duvel]

My 98s

 

[nyrico]

There are quite a few knives that I kick myself in the arse for not ordering when they released, the 98 Whittler being one of them. When I first started collecting, I had particular tastes and never liked multi bladed knives, but , the porch and all of its enablers...lol cured me of that. I whiffed on the pre-order for these and after seeing them here got my first, the first one sparked and all out search for these, I had wanted to collect them all, I think that I am 3 short, and stopped myself once I realized that I would probably never get them all, there were only 2 smooth white bones made. These are some of my favorite GECs and I actually carry and use the ebony Tidioute. For such a large traditional it carries so nice because of its slim width.

 

[Riz!]

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Kingwood 98 Cattle Knife.
Very cool knife but something I have never carried.
Not because of functionality but it is a bit too pretty.

It would look better with a patina!

 

[CujiWuji]

There are quite a few knives that I kick myself in the arse for not ordering when they released, the 98 Whittler being one of them. When I first started collecting, I had particular tastes and never liked multi bladed knives, but , the porch and all of its enablers...lol cured me of that. I whiffed on the pre-order for these and after seeing them here got my first, the first one sparked and all out search for these, I had wanted to collect them all, I think that I am 3 short, and stopped myself once I realized that I would probably never get them all, there were only 2 smooth white bones made. These are some of my favorite GECs and I actually carry and use the ebony Tidioute. For such a large traditional it carries so nice because of its slim width.

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Wow what a set! I had always heard they're on the larger side, but they look like theyd be perfect as an everyday carry.

 

[nyrico]

Wow what a set! I had always heard they're on the larger side, but they look like theyd be perfect as an everyday carry.

Its funny, its the size of a large Sebenza, but slim, so with a good slip it carries well. You also have a good selection of blades, the secondaries are small but large enough to be very useful. I love the pattern

 

[Buckeye Sharp]

I’m missing the 98 Smooth White Bone Northfield Whittler of which there were two made according to the Production Totals. Here’s the rest of them and an extra American Whittler to hold its spot.

 

[nyrico]

Nice , I whiffed on the “cattle association” 98 early. On and regret.

 

[Oldy]

I love these big boys. Still missing a couple to the complete set.
I had a couple of duplicates which I put up for trade. They did not seem that popular. I still have one spare, have contemplated putting it to use next hunting season. The size should be ideal, though maybe too much for every day use.

That is a heck of a collection, you end up using one for hunting

 

[Buckeye Sharp]

A tip of the hat to Oldy for rejuvenating this thread! Seeing my postfrom 2021 reminded me that I need to take a revised group photo of the completed 98 Whittlers since I found one of the two Smooth White Bone listed in the GEC Production Totals that I was missing. Here’s the final piece to the puzzle.