GEC's French Kate Knife has been revealed

I'll pass. Even if sold at Rough Rider prices, I still Pass.
I see only a very limited market for these, as mentioned, gag gifts and novelty items. A run of 25 in ivory micarta would give it some collectors appeal...

Somewhere though there's a very serious Lady Leg Knife collector who's going crazy over these. Best wishes to him.

Thomason said:
Would you carry this one? I sure would.

http://www.arizonacustomknives.com/products/index.php?id=5725
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In that version it appears that the heal can't even be used as a bottle opener. ?
 
You never know. They might cancel production of this pattern and the ones available could be some rare collectors pieces.
 
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Stag anyone? Seems weird someone would fork over that much for a novelty item. Bet that guy on Christmas Story stocked up though, the one who got the Lady Leg Lamp as a prize. Good grief, they went overboard on the handle selection on these too.
 
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I have a lock back, whos handle scales are naked mermaids... Perhaps GEC could take a crack at that design next? :D
 
I'm sure the quality is there but for me I've always felt the "leg knife" was a bit cheezy I dunno this is really the last pattern I would expect from a great company like GEC when I think leg knife a company like GEC doesn't come to mind I think of a company like Rough Rider or steel warrior I just don't know of many people who would be willing to drop that kind of money into a novelty knife.
 
It's an interesting pattern...reminds me of the lamp in A Christmas Story. I think I'm having the same reaction as Ralphie's mom :)
 
Some ideas were bad regardless of who had them or when they were had. This was one of those. Rest in peace, PLEASE!
 
ptradeco said:
Some ideas were bad regardless of who had them or when they were had. This was one of those. Rest in peace, PLEASE!
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This has got to be the ugliest knives I've ever seen.

There might be a market if they were being sold in a souvenir shop at a brothel, but I can't see anyone paying seventy-five to a hundred bucks for one.
 
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It's a shame that for some unknown reason GEC felt the need to make this a "leg knife". Can you imagine if they would've just made it a regular equal end or swell end knife:

3 1/4" long. Check.
Nice looking clip blade. Check.
Long pull. Check.
Threaded bolster. Check.
Available in nice handle materials. Check.

Could've/would've been a nice looking, nice carrying, nice size knife. Like their 25 series only bulked up a little bit.
 
Maybe I'm the weird one, but I kind of like the pattern. Now, I wouldn't be carrying it in every situation, but it does have a sort of campy charm to it. I'd actually been eyeing the RR versions and looking for one that has scales I like. May have to search out a deal on these, instead.
 
Daniel Dorn said:
Maybe I'm the weird one, but I kind of like the pattern. Now, I wouldn't be carrying it in every situation, but it does have a sort of campy charm to it. I'd actually been eyeing the RR versions and looking for one that has scales I like. May have to search out a deal on these, instead.
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A Rough Rider for $6.00,maybe......Nahh,not even.
 
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