GEC new #43 pattern, who’s excited?

Well my 43 frontier Bone #16 arrived and couldn’t be happier ! This one is staying In Oregon :D
The pictures on knife connection didn’t do it justice as it looks even better in person which was a nice surprise . Lots of character, blade is dead centered , nice walk and talk :thumbsup: Fit and finish is one of the best of any Gec I’ve ever owned .
Yup she’s a keeper !!
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TheFactor said:
Well my 43 frontier Bone #16 arrived and couldn’t be happier ! This one is staying In Oregon :D
The pictures on knife connection didn’t do it justice as it looks even better in person which was a nice surprise . Lots of character, blade is dead centered , nice walk and talk :thumbsup: Fit and finish is one of the best of any Gec I’ve ever owned .
Yup she’s a keeper !!
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You ended up with an amazing example of an Oregon frontier.
 
Mitt said:
You ended up with an amazing example of an Oregon frontier.
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Thanks Mitt I’m beyond happy .
I seriously have you to thank because if it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t have this fine example .
Thank you !

It also came razor sharp didn’t even need to strop it . I wish I knew who was on the Gec assembly line when they made this one because I would buy every pattern !!
 
TheFactor said:
Thanks Mitt I’m beyond happy .
I seriously have you to thank because if it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t have this fine example .
Thank you !
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You're welcome and I'm glad you gave it another shot. I really like how it has an aged saw cut look around the shield.
 
Mitt said:
You're welcome and I'm glad you gave it another shot. I really like how it has an aged saw cut look around the shield.
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Me to :) I almost didn’t and wanted to run away as fast as I could was my first reaction lol. It really has some nice character but not to extreme it’s very tasteful .
For my preference anyway :thumbsup:
 
Is it me or does that red Jig bone look to busy sorta speak ? Maybe it’s the size of handle being so big and all the jigging ?
I normally like a jig bone pattern .
Or maybe it’s just because there’s so many knives in one picture lol :confused:
 
Any blade rap on closing with these? I looked through a bunch of posts, didn’t see it mentioned but asking because my Madison hits. I had to put in a tiny piece of rubber where it makes contact.
 
spyderg said:
Any blade rap on closing with these? I looked through a bunch of posts, didn’t see it mentioned but asking because my Madison hits. I had to put in a tiny piece of rubber where it makes contact.
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No blade rap on my 43 frontier Bone but can’t speak for everyone of course.
 
TheFactor said:
Is it me or does that red Jig bone look to busy sorta speak ? Maybe it’s the size of handle being so big and all the jigging ?
I normally like a jig bone pattern .
Or maybe it’s just because there’s so many knives in one picture lol :confused:
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I think it looks pretty good!
 
spyderg said:
Any blade rap on closing with these? I looked through a bunch of posts, didn’t see it mentioned but asking because my Madison hits. I had to put in a tiny piece of rubber where it makes contact.
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I think it is probably something they check for on this pattern and hone it out.
 
JTB_5 said:
I think it looks pretty good!
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Hmmm not for me .
I think on a handle with so much Real estate it looks better with a smooth handle.
To much jigging going on or maybe just the continuous pattern looking the same with so much handle .
I’m sure some will love and some not so much ;)
 
TheFactor said:
Hmmm not for me .
I think on a handle with so much Real estate it looks better with a smooth handle.
To much jigging going on or maybe just the continuous pattern looking the same with so much handle .
I’m sure some will love and some not so much ;)
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It is definitely one of those subjective features of knives. What do you think about the rusty red as opposed to the brighter shade?
 
JTB_5 said:
It is definitely one of those subjective features of knives. What do you think about the rusty red as opposed to the brighter shade?
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Love the rusty red :thumbsup:
For sure different likes no doubt . Normally I like Jig bones but on a smaller handle I guess .
 
spyderg said:
Any blade rap on closing with these? I looked through a bunch of posts, didn’t see it mentioned but asking because my Madison hits. I had to put in a tiny piece of rubber where it makes contact.
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Yes
 
We need to all meet in Tennessee this weekend so the 50% of folks that don't like the light colored Frontier can swap with the 50% that don't like the dark. I have officially petitioned GEC to never again offer a slab option that has any type of variance in color or texture; especially if it is natural.
 
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