GEC ACORNS! (stainless) Reference list!

[Tyson A Wright]

That "Fishtail" is this one, Tyson!! Sorry for the late answer; had to find it to take extra pics!! View attachment 1681121
The lid tells the story!!
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I am unfamiliar with this pattern; thanks for the extra pics. That has a ton of wow going on there.

 

[waynorth]

I am unfamiliar with this pattern; thanks for the extra pics. That has a ton of wow going on there.

GEC called it the "Fishtail"! They also did a two-blade with a scaler/disgorger, and called it a Fish knife!!

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Tyson A Wright]

GEC called it the "Fishtail"! They also did a two-blade with a scaler/disgorger, and called it a Fish knife!!

Interesting - when I think of a fishing knife, I think of a toothpick with a scaler blade.
I really like that fishtail butt - it reminds me of some lovely Renaissance Italian arming swords with fishtail pommels.

 

[waynorth]

Interesting - when I think of a fishing knife, I think of a toothpick with a scaler blade.

I guess we can refer to it as a "straight" Toothpick Fishing knife!!

 

[Txjohn]

681212 Dark chestnut

 

[awjones]

I regret giving the reclaimed barn oak away to a “friend”, and regret selling the other…now I’m sad

 

[black mamba]

Just added another to the 440C pile, this one in horsecut antique bone, a #73 single blade.

 

[pmek5]

Just added another to the 440C pile, this one in horsecut antique bone, a #73 single blade.

Really nice coloring (and jigging).

 

[black mamba]

Thanks Tim, I agree, it's my favorite GEC jigged bone.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Chief]

Top center right is an ESNYX mammoth recover

Gave the one on top away here a couple years back.

These are nice!

No pic of just the acorns but 33s are another of my favorites.

 

[akaMatt]

Any time, Gus, stainless is where my heart is! A few more . . .

Oh man, this one kills me every time!

 

[Duvel]

 

[Chief]

 

[Will Power]

Chief Super crop of Acorns there John, really admire your American Elk examples in particular.

Thanks, Will

 

[drj211]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[rd7fox]

I think the acorn elk knives are some of the best ever made by GEC. Classy and elegant and getting hard to find.
I may now have every pattern in every blade configuration that GEC has made.

Why did I collect them? I started my son hunting squirrels when he was a little kid. Years later we couldn't wait until elk season to head west and hunt them. What better way to remember those days than fondle a knife with squirrels on the blade and handles made from elk horn. The acorn just is a symbol of the importance of all this for us.

Thanks to GEC for all the memories and for the fun of knife collecting.