GEC Orange Crush Whittler

Modoc ED

Modoc ED

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I received this "Factory Test Production Run" GEC NF Orange Crush Whittler (541308W) yesterday. It is a 3-spring knife with a closed 4 1/8" length. The clip blade has a long pull and is 3" long. All blades have 1/2-stops. The cover material is Orange Crush Perylic. The effort to open the clip blade is a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 while the effort to open the spey blade and pen blade rates between 6 and 7 on the same scale. I took the photos in direct sunlight in order to show that the covers are somewhat translucent.

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I don't think there's any big deal about the knife being a "Factory Test Production Run" knife. The dealer still has at least one for sale so, who knows how many were made.

GEC's Production Total list for 2008 shows that a total of 20 541308W Orange Crush Perylic knives were made but the Certificate of Authentication that came with the knife shows that 21 of these knives were made. Go figure.
 
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That's a beauty, Ed. I've got four of those #54 whittlers, 2 each in Tidioute and Northfield, and they are great.

The orange crush might be the prettiest of the bunch, and one I don't have. As they say, "That one has all the patents."
Pinched, slanted, lined and serialized bolsters, long pull, cut swedge, half-stops . . . and BLING! I like it a LOT!
 
Thanks Jeff. The Orange Crush really popped out at me. It does have pretty much all the bells & whistles that GEC puts on their knives. It is pretty big what with 3-springs but still manageable in the pocket.
 
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