GEC Monsters!

qncygnnr · Oct 30, 2012

My Tidoute Ebony Stockman (53 pattern) is a pocketful - but worth it. Since I only carry it on the weekends in a pocket sheath I don't mind the weight or the length. My weekday EDCs are a bit thinner but not really smaller (just slightly shorter) ... GEC Toothpicks and Powderhorns. And, hopefully an S&M F&W Gunstock single blade jack in the near future. I like bigger folders - but to each his own. The Buck medium stockman is the EDC of choice where I live - a fine knife in it's many variations ... just too small for my tastes.

Kalsu · Oct 30, 2012

I like the larger sized GEC knives. My #42 finds itself in my front right pocket a lot. I do carry it in a KSF slip pouch. That really helps it stay in place and upright in my pocket.

Sonnemann · Oct 30, 2012

Those KSF pouches seem likes they're custom made to fit the 42. Great combo.

Kalsu · Oct 31, 2012

Sonnemann said:
Those KSF pouches seem likes they're custom made to fit the 42. Great combo.

They fit like a glove for sure. I need to make a slip pouch this weekend for my 2012 BladeForums GEC. Something that nice needs a pouch.

2Dead · Oct 31, 2012

Get a Lumberjack or Whaler. Then you're #54 won't seem so big anymore...

I need to put a GEC trapper pic together... #23, #73, #48 and #74.

BRL · Oct 31, 2012

this thread makes me chuckle because I was just thinking yesterday about how much I'd love a supersized #33 Conductor. I've got the CK one with ebony and a coping blade, and a giant framed version with an upscaled primary clip but retaining the coping blade's original size would give you a hell of a lot of utility... plus you would still have the genteel nature that I feel that design offers.

Gonna put that in a letter to Santa right away

IVANKERLEY · Oct 31, 2012

2Dead said:
Get a Lumberjack or Whaler. Then you're #54 won't seem so big anymore...

I need to put a GEC trapper pic together... #23, #73, #48 and #74.

AWESOME LUMBERJACK!!! Like a Woodworkin whaler

I love GEC but my complaints more than the sizes has been the wharnie blades in everything, to each his own i just dont get it... and i like my wharnie Seahorse Whittler, it fits the aesthetic of the knife and just looks right... but In a barlow, etc. as a primary blade just doesnt appeal to me
Gene

2Dead · Oct 31, 2012

Thanks Gene. I like the Lumberjack and its single blade brother more than I thought I would. I've been thinking about adding a "more pocketable" Elephant's Toenail to the collection.

For Dave, I took some quick pics of the #45 with a #23 Trapper and a #53 Cattle Rancher which I believe is the same thickness/size as the Cattle Baron.

akadave2 · Oct 31, 2012

2Dead said:
Thanks Gene. I like the Lumberjack and its single blade brother more than I thought I would. I've been thinking about adding a "more pocketable" Elephant's Toenail to the collection.

For Dave, I took some quick pics of the #45 with a #23 Trapper and a #53 Cattle Rancher which I believe is the same thickness/size as the Cattle Baron.

Wow! Now that is a chunky group!

yablanowitz · Oct 31, 2012

Buy an Opinel #13. In a week, you'll be wishing for a bail on your 54 so you can put that tiny thing on your keychain.