GEC Elderberry Camel Bone

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abey67

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I was lucky enough to score a reservation for a GEC #77 Barlow in Elderberry camel bone. Has GEC used elderberry camel bone before? If so, would someone post pics so I can see what I will be getting? Thanks!
 
Grats on scoring a reservation! :)

If you look up the recent run of the GEC 78 American Jack, there was an elderberry jigged bone version. It's dark in some photos, lighter in others, but best I can tell, it looks like a kind of a deep fuchsia/red color. Searching for "elderberry" in this thread might fine some posts with some photos from folks who bought that version.

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I highly prefer camel over bovine because the way the dye takes. Keep an eye out for the upcoming orange #43 in camel and also search prior northwoods runs in camel.
 
Yes, but the last time (and only time, thus far, I believe) that camel bone was used on the 77 barlow, the dye job did not result in the variation we are accustomed to in camel bone. Indeed, it looked more like smooth dyed bovine than camel bone (at least to me). I was not fortunate enough to get one of the 2-blade camel bones from the very first run, so I don't have a picture to offer. But they are out there if you do a Google search. I'm still excited to see how the Elderberry Camel Bone will turn out, but I wonder if it will have the variation most people love to see.
 
I think this one has the potential to be awesome and could be the standout of the whole run. It could also tank if they don't come out quite right. Fingers crossed for something great!
 
I find it curios how someone will obligate themselves to purchase a product without knowing what it looks like or even how much the actual price will be.
 
cbr1000 said:
I highly prefer camel over bovine because the way the dye takes. Keep an eye out for the upcoming orange #43 in camel and also search prior northwoods runs in camel.
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I like Camel as it seems tougher than usual bovine material. The dye takes interestingly, but I'm finding it seems to fade faster than on bovine. Be interested to hear others' experiences.

That said, the Elderberry looked vey nice on the jigged version so this could turn out well, hope so. But I would never reserve unseen..
 
This is a "blue" camel 78 from the most recent run. As you can see it is more white than blue. This was the least amount of blue in the covers for the entire run. On the opposite end, some of the run were entirely a deep blue... the rest of the run was between the knife below to dark blue.

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Opposite end of the color spectrum for the blue camel 78's

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cbr1000 said:
This is a "blue" camel 78 from the most recent run. As you can see it is more white than blue. This was the least amount of blue in the covers for the entire run. On the opposite end, some of the run were entirely a deep blue... the rest of the run was between the knife below to dark blue.

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Even though it isn't blue through and through, the blue streaks on this knife gives it a lot of character.
 
I like the look of the blue and white on that knife! I too like camel bone and it seems to be getting a little more common.
 
Slim278 said:
I find it curios how someone will obligate themselves to purchase a product without knowing what it looks like or even how much the actual price will be.
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Ramrodmb said:
Because they are that good. You can be confident that you won't be disappointed.
A pretty good gauge of price is all the other 77 NF's that came before this one.
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I think the elderberry camel bone will probably go down as the second most popular cover choice for this run right behind the sawcut. I digress and disagree to an extent. They are no better or worse than any other GEC with steel liners imo. They are just uber collectable and limited and for that reason their secondary value is immediately 3x retail sight unseen.
 
15 years ago there was a gentleman in Australia that did mods. At the time he was experimenting at taking kangaroo dung and stabilizing it with epoxy or super glue; then making handles. They were roo-poo handles and he couldn't make them fast enough.

Polished stag, dog bone, primitive bone, etc are some of the hottest slabs on the open market - all would be essentially considered culls at most factories.

But, for anyone that wants off the list now or once factory pictures or prices are released - just send an email. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
 
I scored an elderberry too, and I'm looking forward to seeing it. :) While it wasn't my first choice of the covers, I do like the way camel bone takes/doesn't take dye, and I expect it'll be a great knife.

I have a suspicion the popularity of elderberry camel bone will depend on if the color is perceived as "purple" or "pink" :D
 
knifeswapper said:
15 years ago there was a gentleman in Australia that did mods. At the time he was experimenting at taking kangaroo dung and stabilizing it with epoxy or super glue; then making handles. They were roo-poo handles and he couldn't make them fast enough.

Polished stag, dog bone, primitive bone, etc are some of the hottest slabs on the open market - all would be essentially considered culls at most factories.

But, for anyone that wants off the list now or once factory pictures or prices are released - just send an email. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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Please take me off the list for all poop and dog o_O
 
Roo-poo. That's hilarious. Man, if German Shepherd poo was a hot seller, I'd be rich.

^I like both versions of that blue 78. They all look good.
 
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