GEC New Aged

MHill said:
I'm not sure what to think of it either. I have a patina on my GEC's from use and I like the look better with a patina. What I'm not sure of is that I like how the patina forms differently on each knife I own depending on its use. It's kind of like owning jeans that you wear a hole into. I'm cool with that. Buying jeans with a hole already in them? Yeah, not so much.
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An apt simile. Very much like that for me as well.
 
I don't mind it. I know its not an earned patina, but I think it looks alright...

One plus in my eye, is that they don't have the big logos on the blades :D
 
MHill said:
It's kind of like owning jeans that you wear a hole into. I'm cool with that. Buying jeans with a hole already in them? Yeah, not so much.
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My first thought was much along those lines, back before preholed jeans, they sold pre faded, over bleached, acid washed etc... some were sand papered by the makers to fade them(a task also popular with with wearers to fake patina them too)

Its like the new cowboy boots i just bought, I wan to be able to develop stains, marks, creases etc and remember my adventures when looking at them a decade from now. just like the pair i just retired. Same with my knives.

Its one thing to buy something pre-owned, and see the wear, you can wonder "What did that guy do?!?!" or the ever classic, "Why didn't that idiot get a @#$%! screw driver/crow bar instead!"

New old/ distressed look on stuff has always bugged me on price too... It takes a lot of work to do several years of wear in a short time before sale, so they charge more to make up for the work... But the item is then half worn out.. paying more for less? No thanks.

G.
 
cj65 said:
Patina grows on you slowly. When I first joined BF, the thought of a beautiful shiny knife turning all dull grey just made no sense to me. It took me more than a year and a half to even let one of my cv blades do that. I can now let it happen, but it was not a quick or easy transition for me. I applaud GEC for stimulating excitement and expirementing with products in this way. I would rather start out shiny, and then decide which path it would take on it's own.
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I was the same, now I purposely use my trads in the kitchen more so they get that nice patina going...the more onion and tomatos I cut up the darker they get. :D

I prefer my blades to patina after I get them though.
 
for myself i like the option of leaving blade shiny or letting it develop a patina. if it comes already colored that limits your options.--dennis
 
I think what GEC has done is a nice look. It's no different than what Kerry Hampton does with some A2 blades. At least its a nice even patina, which is not what can be said for most of the at-home forced versions that some try.
Kudos to GEC for adding trying something new. Love 'em or hate 'em, they don't hold back from attempting new things. :thumbup:
 
I'm reading this in the description...
We will periodically remove, in very limited quantities, older finished Tidioute and Northfield knives from out inventory to be New-Aged processed. On completion of the New-Aged process we will present these knives for sale here on our Great Eastern Cutlery website.
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as these are already completed knives that haven't been selling. So they are applying a patina to them and then posting them up for sale again. I don't think I'd get one of these but if it helps them sell knives that are sitting around then I don't have a problem with it.
 
Can't say it really appeals to me, but evidently GEC thinks there is a market for it. Time will tell.
 
I think it's fine. What I do like is that with this choice, you get no etching and if you want to start your own patina just use a little Filz and remove it and start over plus no etch.
 
I don't care patinas
the idea is good and a nice marketing move
someone will like it

I'm going back to the newer gecs
a new steel like CPM154 on some would be great, 1095 can be kept though
 
i like mine to earn them or do them myself...
an aside am i the only one that thinks that is an odd looking pattern or combo of blades? The more i look at it the odder it seems...
like it should have a pen blade secondary rather than the clip...
i think a sleeker body would look better with the wharnie too...
love the scales though
gene
 
Personally I like it! I have used a cup of vinegar to apply an even gray patina to GEC 1095 and Case CV and I love the result, which looks a lot like that #25 pictured. Their site says they are also adding a patina to the springs as well, which sounds good to me.
 
I wanted to mention that I really like that blade combo, odd as it may be. I really like small clip blades, and I like the wharncliffe on the GEC #25.
 
How thoroughly do the vinegar and other acidic food based patinas protect against rust? Thanks.
 
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