GEC Farm & Field #99 Farmer Lock

Thanks Big !!! :)
When I clicked on it ... surprise ... Out of Stock LoL ... snooze I lose I guess
Black Delrin still available but not what I'm looking for
 
Nice!
I had a #99 in Nife-brite acrylic for a little while, and really enjoyed it until I gave it to a friend. The maroon linen Micarta really looks great -- that's one of my favorite handle materials of all, so I'm really excited to see GEC using it on some of their knives. :thumbup:
 
I purchased a #99 Wall Street this week and it arrived today! I could not be any more excited. I am in law enforcement and need a blade to cut open illicit materials, so I went with the wharncliffe blade and stag scales. This thing is a beauty! It's got great snap and is more than comfortable when in hand. Very happy with my purchase!
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Very Nice BMorgan !!! The smooth bone wall street I have, also has a wharncliffe blade. Very useful ... NOT for anything illicit LoL. That stag of yours is Amazing !!!
 
Been eyeing the green micarta version for a very long time. Can you guys tell me how the texture of the handles feel? Is it grippy or smooth?
 
I haven't picked up a 99 yet, though I will be doing so. For now, this is my maroon linen sodbuster sanded. If you wanted to do so, you will have an idea how it will turn out.


They are smooth, almost glassy prior to sanding. I went with 220 to get the finish off then 100 to roughen it a bit. It has a "softer" hand feel now, almost like a soft wood/worn in blue jeans. As a bonus, it it no longer slippery when wet.
 
NJBillK said:
I haven't picked up a 99 yet, though I will be doing so. For now, this is my maroon linen sodbuster sanded. If you wanted to do so, you will have an idea how it will turn out.

They are smooth, almost glassy prior to sanding. I went with 220 to get the finish off then 100 to roughen it a bit. It has a "softer" hand feel now, almost like a soft wood/worn in blue jeans. As a bonus, it it no longer slippery when wet.
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Thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to know. I might have to sand mine down when I get it. I love how sanded micarta feels grippy even when wet.
 
I found this pic of the 99 Wall Street wharncliffe w/ Autumn bone and man, those are super nice looking. It reminds me of the 72 with the wharncliffe blade also. (.......why isn't wharncliffe in spell check????)
I had a 99 farm and thought it had a nice size to it though I never used it. How does the end cap look on the Wall Streets w/ the bolsters? Any way, the 99 wall street's with those wharnies look super.

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glocktenman said:
Wow, that is gorgeous! Thanks for the pic. Is that yours? If so, you got a nice one.
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Yes, that one's mine. Thanks. They are real lookers. I grabbed it because I was afraid they would sell out everywhere. I don't think they made too many with Wharncliffe.
 
... and one of mine. The Wall Street is a very nicely put together pocket knife. I'm pretty picky on fit and finish and can't find a thing wrong with this one ... now.

The point wasn't proud, but the flesh of my finger tip would occasionally find its way between the bolsters and catch the blade tip when the blade was closed. I carefully took a flat jeweler's file and filed down the kick (A portion of a pocket knife blade tang that provides a stop when the blade is closed to prevent the sharpened edge from hitting or “rapping” on the front of the spring) so the blade tip was lower in the blade well. Filed and checked, filed and check, filed and checked until it was just right.

I worried that filing the kick would result in the back spring lowering exponentially at the backspring/blade transition but this was not the case. I had to file away so little metal on the kick, it made no difference ... except the blade tip doesn't catch my finger flesh from time to time, now.

OH, and it would appear ... apparently ... but I could be wrong ... that GEC doesn't modify or change the shape and contours of the blade well, to accommodate a specific blade. This #99 Wall Street would accommodate any blade ... clip, wharncliffe, spear, whatever GEC drops in during production. Not that that makes one iota of difference with anything, just something I noticed.

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I read what you said about the point of your Wharncliffe in another thread and checked mine. I couldn't duplicate what you found,on my knife...thankfully. But looking at the point, it does come real close to the top of the handles.
 
Wow nugun55 and BrotherJim - both of those Wall Streets are beautiful! That amber bone looks great...I'm thinking of getting one with a spear for my "suit days" at work.

BrotherJim - after reading your post I noticed that my finger just barely catches the blade tip when the blade is closed as well. I'm thinking of filing mine the way you did but I'm a little worried that I'll mess it up. Did you apply light pressure or heavy pressure when filing?
 
bmorgan7 said:
BrotherJim - after reading your post I noticed that my finger just barely catches the blade tip when the blade is closed as well. I'm thinking of filing mine the way you did but I'm a little worried that I'll mess it up. Did you apply light pressure or heavy pressure when filing?
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Light or heavy pressure is subjective. When using a file, you can feel it bite and when it's not biting. The 1095 is good steel, I used just enough pressure so I could feel the file bite. But even so, I didn't see much in the way of metal filings. I guess you could say I used enough pressure to take off very small amounts, with lots of stopping and blade closing to check progress. Still, it only took about 10 minutes and I took my time and made sure the file was level and plumb and payed attention to what I was doing and worked casually and in no hurry at all. I will say I was indeed a bit worried about too much pressure and the file slipping off the kick and into the blade. It did happen once maybe twice but no harm no foul (I could have covered the edge with tape or something but wasn't worried). The edge cleaned up nicely on the ceramic touch up. After all, I was using a small jeweler's file, not a big rat tail bastard file. I tried to work carefully and safely ... was only going to break out the heavy if I needed to LoL
 
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