GEC Cuban Cigar Patterns #53 & #54

[knowtracks]

Great job to both Jeff and Logan!!

Dave

 

[Stropping Young Lad]

I figured this is the place to ask this question:

I’m on a mission to collect one of every Stockman pattern GEC made in Natural Stag, and my whole collection to this point has the UN-X-LD shield inlay. I’ve seen a few 53 Stockmans in Natural Stag, but none with the shield.

We’re any shielded Natural Stag knives made?

 

[black mamba]

Colin, the last #5383xx Cuban stockman knives with the muskrat clip main were made in 2011, before GEC came out with the Natural Stag. They just had Genuine, Burnt, and Elk stag back then.

 

[black mamba]

My only Natural Stag Stockman with a shield is this #811313.

 

[Stropping Young Lad]

Colin, the last #5383xx Cuban stockman knives with the muskrat clip main were made in 2011, before GEC came out with the Natural Stag. They just had Genuine, Burnt, and Elk stag back then.

Gotcha, I’ll aim for the “Genuine”, then. Thanks! I was never sure what the difference was between genuine, natural, and now Sambar Stag.

So did any of the genuine stags have Northfield shields?

 

[Stropping Young Lad]

My only Natural Stag Stockman with a shield is this #811313.

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I’ve got the 82, 81, 68 (somehow) and 66 so far. I think I just need to hunt down a Maverick and a 53... unless I overlooked something along the way.

 

[black mamba]

Genuine stags were always shieldless. They made a tie tack out of the shield and included it in the tube.

 

[neal70]

black mamba -so there were 3 models with awls? The HJ, Baron, And I assume SFO Cattleman’s? I have a mate with a yellow rose Baron, I’ve seen the HJs, but the Cattle Knife is new too me; very low numbers I’m guessing? Haven’t checked yet, but probably will after this, lol.
Thanks, Neal

 

[neal70]

189 between Ulster and “Waldon”, lol, 100 and 89 respectively. Not bad then, they’re out there.
Thanks, Neal

 

[MerryMadMonk]

Cattle Rancher and Cattle Baron

 

[black mamba]

Here is a nice pair of the #54 HJs in bone and stag.



Here's a trivia for ya: I believe this is the only Tidioute branded stag knife that GEC ever made besides 2nd or 3rd cuts, a #53 Cuban in Caribou stag. They made ten only.

 

[jerryd6818]

 

[markpmc]

These things started my misadventures in knives.

 

[TheChunk91]

53 cattle rancher in stag. I really like these 53's with the full width blades.

 

[Rockon75]

53 cattle rancher in stag. I really like these 53's with the full width blades.

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As that is a 53, can you verify that it has half stops? I have a customized 53 that I thought was a cattle rancher, but it has half stops and i was under the impression that 53's were non half stop and 54's were half stops.

 

[TheChunk91]

As that is a 53, can you verify that it has half stops? I have a customized 53 that I thought was a cattle rancher, but it has half stops and i was under the impression that 53's were non half stop and 54's were half stops.

It doesn't have half stops. Neither does my 53 cuban.

 

[c-mac]

Here is the first 54 I got along with an 86 for a size comparison. Carved pumpkin jigged bone with a punch. According to GEC's production totals this is 1 of 6.

 

[black mamba]

My most recent and hardest to obtain addition, a 1 of 6 only 2008 burnt stag #53 Cuban.

 

[TheChunk91]

My most recent and hardest to obtain addition, a 1 of 6 only 2008 burnt stag #53 Cuban.

Nice knife Jeff. Does that complete your cuban collection?

 

[black mamba]

Paul, sorry to say NO, I'm still two short, and they only made two each of those I'm missing. Still, you never know . . .