GEC should get back to basics

Im not sure how making a wider variety of styles using new kinds of steel with is getting back to basics.
It would be good to see some previous patterns resurrected .Possibly they will.

OK 2 yo tbread.
 
The craftsmanship alone is worth the price. The materials are cool, the patterns are cool, the history is cool, etc.. My only let down is that I can't carry them all year round. I personally think the company strives for simplicity...it doesn't get more basic than that...
 
They used to do a lot more different cover materials in a run. In the #53 Cubans that I collect, in 2007 they made 7 different Tidioute covers and 14 different Northfield covers in the same run! Nothing close to that now, but they make a lot more different patterns each year than back then.
 
I think GEC is at the top of their game.

The owners should keep doing exactly what they are doing, just more and better!
 
GEC has managed to prosper in a very tough pocketknife market. Companies folding, production fleeing to off-shore locations. They provide 30 or so much-needed jobs in a small town!
And they are not getting rich! I'm worried that pressure to up production will fracture the magic!!
Don't change a thing!!
 
I'd be happy if they did more in 440C. I'd love a 22 Magnum in stainless. I only own two GECs and it's simply because their stainless offerings are so limited. I have no interest in paying that much for 1095.
 
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Perry!! What a treat!! Hope all is well in your camp!!
We miss you at the Oregon Show - it's never been as tuneful since your last visit!!:D
The Rendezvous is a little closer!!??!!??
Hope you stick around!!
 
On the whole, GEC is basics: basically the best American cutler at the present time. Not beyond criticism-where's the stainless or D2????- but a fine source of additions to the user's and connoisseur's collections alike.

Regards, Will
 
Aww, Charlie you and others have made me feel so good to be back on the porch again! Been workin way too much but very close to sayin goodbye to all of it very soon. The Rendezvous does sound inviting!
 
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