Travman
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GEC is clearly the best knife factory. Their knives look and feel the best. They faithfully recreate vintage patterns. They make nice full blades. Other brands tend to have shorter blades compared the overall length of the handle. The blades also have beautiful swedges. Some other brands don’t even add swedges. Take a look at the clip-point blade from a GEC 15 pattern and then compare it to one of Case’s or Boker’s clip-point knives. The aesthetics aren’t even close.
Those that feel GEC pulls are too hard are probably not familiar with what a pocket knife should feel like. Please don’t ask for softer pulls and ruin it for the rest of us.
I will agree that GEC’s standard light jigging pattern is not my favorite. I wish they would do more random and rounded jigging. I do wish that they would polish their Northfield polished blades to a higher level. I do wish they would put shields back on most stag knives. I do wish they would not do satin finishes on any of the wood or Micarta knives. I do wish they would stop with the pin—edged light red dyed knives and get some truly deep red dyed bone.
Those that feel GEC pulls are too hard are probably not familiar with what a pocket knife should feel like. Please don’t ask for softer pulls and ruin it for the rest of us.
I will agree that GEC’s standard light jigging pattern is not my favorite. I wish they would do more random and rounded jigging. I do wish that they would polish their Northfield polished blades to a higher level. I do wish they would put shields back on most stag knives. I do wish they would not do satin finishes on any of the wood or Micarta knives. I do wish they would stop with the pin—edged light red dyed knives and get some truly deep red dyed bone.
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