Gary W. Graley
“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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- Mar 2, 1999
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Well I've had this little gem for a while now, been on the road traveling and finally thought I'd better hang some photos up and do a mini review of this knife by Great Eastern Cutlery, called the Geppetto, handle size seems to fit me better at it's 3 1/2" long frame, had a small sleeve board whittler with similar main blade but the frame was only 3" and just didn't hold well for me.
This has three blades, main wharncliff, two smaller blades, clip point and a coping blade. For me I find I use the coping blade the most, with a nice shaped handle it is easy to control it's cut.
Here's a few images taken today, nothing fancy, didn't have my regular camera and stuff out to get better images but these tell the tale pretty well.
Now one thing with these GEC knives, the nickel silver bolsters do show markings pretty quick from pocket carry, so you lose the nice polished bolster look, SO, I took some 600 grit sand paper and gently stroked the end of the bolsters, using my thumb and pushing out from the stag to the end in as straight a motion as I could to keep the lines flowing in a straight line, so now they have a brushed finish which still looks nice and is easy to maintain later on.
Nice knife, easy pocket carry, also while I was 'brushing up' the bolsters, I knocked down any sharp edges along where the stag wasn't covering up to all of the bolster, just to make the handling smoother in use.
All blades have a solid feel to them, no blade play whatsoever, the main blade rides on the two springs that back the smaller blades.
G2
This has three blades, main wharncliff, two smaller blades, clip point and a coping blade. For me I find I use the coping blade the most, with a nice shaped handle it is easy to control it's cut.
Here's a few images taken today, nothing fancy, didn't have my regular camera and stuff out to get better images but these tell the tale pretty well.
Now one thing with these GEC knives, the nickel silver bolsters do show markings pretty quick from pocket carry, so you lose the nice polished bolster look, SO, I took some 600 grit sand paper and gently stroked the end of the bolsters, using my thumb and pushing out from the stag to the end in as straight a motion as I could to keep the lines flowing in a straight line, so now they have a brushed finish which still looks nice and is easy to maintain later on.
Nice knife, easy pocket carry, also while I was 'brushing up' the bolsters, I knocked down any sharp edges along where the stag wasn't covering up to all of the bolster, just to make the handling smoother in use.
All blades have a solid feel to them, no blade play whatsoever, the main blade rides on the two springs that back the smaller blades.
G2
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the tip was just high enough that you could catch your finger on it and with it's needle sharp point, it made quick work of opening a path through the tip of my thumb !!! So I took a dremel and very very carefully ground down the kick on the blade so it sits just a tad deeper into the frame, much safer now!!!
but the EdgePro does a very consistent job and on small blades like these, any slight change in angle will eat into the small blade, here's a couple shots of the main blade's edge;
I only knew the concept of his nose.
