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Anybody there can a feel for what this is?
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Maybe it is GEC telling us they are getting into the business of making flashlights.

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Anybody there can a feel for what this is?
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On the tour, I noticed in packaging dept. The woman was packaging hand held flashlights in the tubes. I did not as and I am not sure what was going on with that. There were many though. Maybe everyone gets one at the picnic or something. But when I look at this photo, that is clearly what it is. Looks exactly like those flashlights and the bordering color orange is the same as the tubes(GEC Farm and field tubes). It is definitely a superimposed image though. There was no banner or poster in the hallway of this.Anybody there get a feel for what this is?
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WOW very good. You are on the right track!!Maybe it is GEC telling us they are getting into the business of making flashlights.![]()
Wow. Meeting Charlie for the first time was so awesome and acquiring a few of his knives at this rendezvous was a real treat. He gave me his undivided attention for as long as I wanted it. A truly awesome dude. Any questions I had about anything traditional, GEC, or Barlows, he answered them.WOW very good. You are on the right track!!
Kay guys, I kept hearing about how people come out in the middle of the night and camp out for the Rendezvous knife. Seeing as this is likely my only time to come to the Rendezvous, I wanted to take a shot at getting one.
Long story short, I'm posting this at 3:23 am on GEC's front stoop... and I'm the only one here!![]()
That's commitment, my friend. Hope you got something nice out of it!![]()
I agree with Barrett, Colin; that certainly is commitment!!Yup! I just stopped back at the hotel to fetch the wife. I got a Rendezvous knife... and an embarrassing amount of store knives... which I'll probably have to sell a couple of...
Having a great time with great people,so much fun to meet Duncan and Paul and get together again with Charlie,Lyle,their wives and all the others.
The Rendezvous knife is a beautiful 38 in abalone done with the higher grade abalone,beautiful colors.
Colin, the line Thursday morning was about 30 people long at 7am with 3 or so that camped out on the porch most of the night. Donna and I were about 15th in line and about the last to get that days allotment of Rendezvous knives.
More details and pictures will have to wait until I can get home to a better Internet connection.
Thanks for the on-site updates, Augie; much appreciated!The parts knives and store knives are interesting this year, lots of stag handled knives from 2013 that have shields, several one off knives that disappeared quick, I picked up a 92 with black acrylic handles that was the only one. Also picked up a stag 79 workhorse ans a stag cotton sampler, wife found a great stag 06 with wonderful stag for such a small knife.
Sounds like you're enjoying yourself, NewBlades!!Wow. Meeting Charlie for the first time was so awesome and acquiring a few of his knives at this rendezvous was a real treat. He gave me his undivided attention for as long as I wanted it. A truly awesome dude. Any questions I had about anything traditional, GEC, or Barlows, he answered them.
Even though I've never met him, I get the feeling he is a special kind of person.Wow. Meeting Charlie for the first time was so awesome and acquiring a few of his knives at this rendezvous was a real treat. He gave me his undivided attention for as long as I wanted it. A truly awesome dude. Any questions I had about anything traditional, GEC, or Barlows, he answered them.
Even though I've never met him, I get the feeling he is a special kind of person.
Do the parts knives have an "s" on the main tang? Yesterday, I was 6th in line but the first 3 guys pretty much had that display hoarded.The parts knives and store knives are interesting this year, lots of stag handled knives from 2013 that have shields, several one off knives that disappeared quick, I picked up a 92 with black acrylic handles that was the only one. Also picked up a stag 79 workhorse ans a stag cotton sampler, wife found a great stag 06 with wonderful stag for such a small knife.
This is a superimposed image. There was noI looked down the hall when I was there and didn't see it.
Do the parts knives have an "s" on the main tang? Yesterday, I was 6th in line but the first 3 guys pretty much had that display hoarded.
This is a superimposed image. There was no
Poster or banner displayed like this.
No apologies. My ignorance!! Hahaha.Sorry, my offbeat sense of humor led you astray!
Where were the parts knives that did not have the "s" like the one you got here??Some did, some didn't.
This is maybe my most alluring from the Rendezvous haul. It's a parts knife (ahem, "Factory Special Assembly") but does not have a stamp on the tang. It's a white acrylic barehead 48 with a houndstooth shield. Christine said they made up 9 for the Rendezvous.
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Did you get that today???Some did, some didn't.
This is maybe my most alluring from the Rendezvous haul. It's a parts knife (ahem, "Factory Special Assembly") but does not have a stamp on the tang. It's a white acrylic barehead 48 with a houndstooth shield. Christine said they made up 9 for the Rendezvous.
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Anybody there get a feel for what this is?
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Did you get that today???