GEC: where do the different Pattern names come from?

[Will Power]

Why/whence Conductor?

 

[Nature Boy]

Great Eastern Cutlery gives their Patterns names like

Mustang/ Stallion/ Saddle Trapper /Cotton Sampler /Ranch Hand... for the #74 Pattern​

some names are more, some are less obvious and deductive.​

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lets use our collective knowledge, our porch knowledge to get together all what we know about the countless GEC Pattern names.​

#68 White Owl named after a Cigar Brand ​

the #68 Pattern includes small knives (3.50'') with equal ends, straight design, no belly, no curves, no serpentine, not tapered from one end to the other.​

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A few other cigars made the cut: 35 Churchill and 53 Cuban

 

[cricks1492]

i suppose the congress is an easy one since Lincoln was known to carry one.

I think it's called a congress because the four blades meet in the middle of the knife when closed and one of the definitions of congress is "the action of coming together."

 

[waynorth]

Why/whence Conductor?

I can't find that pattern name in my knife books - I think it came from the fertile minds at GEC!!! Maybe inspired by the bail; a train conductor would have a few handy tools hanging from his/her belt!!
This pattern is traditionally a "swell center, pen" knife!! It's almost robust enough to be considered a "double-end Jack" knife!!

 

[JohnDF]

GEC comes up with some great names for their knives.
They really harken back to the good old days when people used their knives every day for work.

 

[waynorth]

I like "Bullwinkle"!!

 

[cudgee]

I like "Bullwinkle"!! View attachment 1661119View attachment 1661120View attachment 1661121View attachment 1661122

 

[cudgee]

They really harken back to the good old days when people used their knives every day for work.

When a knife was a tool, and looked after and maintained regularly, most people only had one knife back then.

 

[Danke42]

When a knife was a tool, and looked after and maintained regularly, most people only had one knife back then.

Let's not get all bogged down with facts.

 

[cudgee]

Let's not get all bogged down with facts.

Sorry my fault, i have a history of getting out of line. Thanks for pulling me back into line.

 

[JoKr]

A few other cigars made the cut: 35 Churchill and 53 Cuban

yes, and Churchill is a cigar size:



and obviously the Cuban is the country of origin

Olbertz Cutlery in Germany (Bulldog Brand) made some Tobacco Barlows for the US- market in the 1980s with names of tobacco plant/crop species/ types on the main blade.

 

[Nature Boy]

Grinling Whittler named after Grinling Gibbons, Britain’s most celebrated wood carver.

Ben Hogan named after the most infamous man in the Pennsylvania oil fields.

French Kate name after Kate LeCounte, Ben Hogan’s notorious one time partner.

 

[Planterz]

The #18 Beagle is a peanut knife. Snoopy from the "Peanuts" cartoon is a beagle.

 

[Nature Boy]

Congressional roles on the #13 congress frame: Speaker, Whip, and Clerk

 

[Will Power]

Congressional roles on the #13 congress frame: Speaker, Whip, and Clerk

True, they might have considered Two Faced to be too daring

 

[JohnDF]

The #18 Beagle is a peanut knife. Snoopy from the "Peanuts" cartoon is a beagle.

I've never made that connection... Now i want one.

 

[JoKr]

The #18 Beagle is a peanut knife. Snoopy from the "Peanuts" cartoon is a beagle.

and why is it called 'Peanut'?
because it is small enough for Charlie Brown's 4 fingers hand?





and there is also the #18 Coyote... named after him?

 

[Txjohn]

Nice BSK collection, Rob!! So many knives wound up carrying the "Scout" sobriquet!!View attachment 1660280View attachment 1660281View attachment 1660284

Particularly fond of the “crest“ like shield / Girl Scout shield close second

 

[sceva]

Grinling Whittler named after Grinling Gibbons, Britain’s most celebrated wood carver.

Ben Hogan named after the most infamous man in the Pennsylvania oil fields.

French Kate name after Kate LeCounte, Ben Hogan’s notorious one time partner.

I learned something. I always assumed it was named for Ben Hogan the Golfer

 

[CujiWuji]

Grinling Whittler named after Grinling Gibbons, Britain’s most celebrated wood carver.

Ben Hogan named after the most infamous man in the Pennsylvania oil fields.

French Kate name after Kate LeCounte, Ben Hogan’s notorious one time partner.

Wow looked up some pics of Grinlings work, and that is seriously impressive. Well deserving of the name!