GEC is Off Center!

Lenny · Sep 17, 2012

I can't for the life of me figure out why GEC decided to put the shield off center on the #66??
I'm a big fan of non-symmetrical things, and I guess the off centered shield plays well with the non-symmetrical nature of the Stockman pattern.
Lenny

biglmbass · Sep 17, 2012

Placed in that manner, there's less chance of pin cracks. Early on they put the shields dead center on many of the 53 cigar frames.

IVANKERLEY · Sep 17, 2012

looks like normal stockman placement to me, my Case medium stockman has a similar placement as does the jumbo
regards

Gene

Modoc ED · Sep 17, 2012

Looks good to me. I've got that very knife on order (Blood Red Bone). Shoot it from a different angle so we can give it another look.

Humppa · Sep 17, 2012

I own three GEC #66s and on every knife, the shield is of centered... that depends on the pattern you have. On my GEC #33 the shield is centered. But on the #73 it isn´t, too.

Don´t worry!

ndeezl · Sep 17, 2012

That bone looks nice and rich :thumbup:

Nathan

richstag · Sep 17, 2012

biglmbass said:
Placed in that manner, there's less chance of pin cracks. Early on they put the shields dead center on many of the 53 cigar frames.

I agree with biglmbass, there isn't much room for it dead center.

Vandal783 · Sep 17, 2012

biglmbass said:
Placed in that manner, there's less chance of pin cracks. Early on they put the shields dead center on many of the 53 cigar frames.

What he said, theres not much room on some of those smaller patterns and you just cant get it too close to those pins.

Will Power · Sep 17, 2012

I think it's just for variation rather than pin cracking.
The Tidioute White Owls are centre pinned, so too the 26 Pocket Sunfish UNXLD and that has four pins.