GEC Question

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Steven65

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I am interested in purchasing this knife........

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It is described as:
Brand new Great Eastern LEFT HANDED #23M Muskrat with Good and Plenty handles. Really nice looking and unusual knife! This is the first 23 Muskrat, and it's a left hander, stamped 2007 but made in 2008.

Can someone explain to me what "left handed" refers to? The nail nick appears in the correct place and the photo is not inverted so I am a little confused.(A state I often find myself in:o)
 
That is wierd. Either the photo is not of the knife in question, or there is a nail nick on both sides of the blade.
 
I believe the blades are reversed. For a left hand knife the Clip blade is on the pile side. For a right hand knife the Clip blade is on the Mark side.

Dave
 
knowtracks said:
I believe the blades are reversed. For a left hand knife the Clip blade is on the pile side. For a right hand knife the Clip blade is on the Mark side.

Dave
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And the nail nick on the clip,would be on the mark side
 
knowtracks said:
I think in this case the nail nicks are on opposite sides. So in this case the Clip blade nail nick is on the pile side.:o
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Yep,so this pictured knife is configured opposite of what they turn out for thier RH version knife
So simple,yet if noone said nothing you may take a while before you picked up on it
 
Think about this though,why not the shield on the side of the clip ,then.
Perhaps they goofed too ??
 
VCM3 said:
Yep,so this pictured knife is configured opposite of what they turn out for thier RH version knife
So simple,yet if noone said nothing you may take a while before you picked up on it
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Ok so in this case the blades are reversed in order and therefore the nail nicks have to be reversed ..... 2 more questions....

Was there a practical reason for reversing the blade order?

The mark side I assume is the side of the blade with the makers etch....
Is the pile side the opposite of this?

(Forgive me years of collecting fixed blade customs has left me rather poorly informed to traditional patterns)
 
I think,the mark side is the shield side,so like I say,if it were a true lefty,why not that shield be opposite of what they did there
 
Not to mention that's not a muskrat pattern:confused::confused:

Eric
 
ea42 said:
Not to mention that's not a muskrat pattern:confused::confused:

Eric
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Looks to be a trapper, Scout, #73

As for being left handed, the only thing I can see is the blades are switched from the norm. Also like it was said above the shield should be on the other scale for a true lefty knife.

:confused:
 
Some Finnish & Russian fixed blades have the shield side and or main blade etchings on the right side. I've often wondered why the convention is that the shield or main markings should nearly always be on the left side with knives?

I need to ask another probably obvious question, but HOW do most of you open a slip joint? Hold in right hand, open the blade with your left hand? Yes?
 
With GECs you use what ever nail that has not been broken yet ;)
 
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It's actually a Pioneer model (4 1/2"). I think someone goofed on the nail nicks so they just made a somewhat left-handed knife. Everything (etch, shield, et.al) is right for the standard knife except the nicks and blade positioning.

Mike Latham
CollectorKnives.Net
 
So-Lo said:
With GECs you use what ever nail that has not been broken yet ;)
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So true! Though the 73s aren't TOO super tough. It's the barlows you really need caveman nails for. The 53s are downright pleasant to open. In regards to the OP- the 23 would be a Pioneer- which is the bigger, 4.5" trapper. The muskrat is based on the 53 frame- and I don't know how you could tell if it was a left handed model or not- the pattern is perfectly symmetrical.
 
Well like they say. You'll know a right hand knife when you see it... You'll know a left hand knife when you see it.. I know the difference when I see them...
 
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