Great eastern cutlery 25 beerlow

[Jody744]

#25 SFOs were more a @knifeswapper Mike Latham thing.

I’m waiting on any sfo of Charlie’s

 

[Will Power]

Then there's that lanyard hole on such a small knife... makes for more production work and expense but why?

 

[JoKr]

I’m waiting on any sfo of Charlie’s

you are right,
we need more cowbell

 

[BJE]

Many have referenced to GEC going towards the hipster and collector side of things, I don’t want to believe it with a true knife aficionado at the helm like Howard, but it’s hard to imagine any true knife user, especially one of his ilk, signing off on something bigger than a SAK rambler with the same blade length and half the functionality, that is, unless catering to the instagramers that don’t use them anyway, and only buy them to post pics and garner likes.

 

[DustinK]

For those that think this is somehow dangerous. If you manage to cut yourself trying to open a beer with this you know you have had way to many. Either than or you ain’t real bright.

 

[Jon0385]

I dig fun knives like this. I’m going to go after one of the bar glows.

 

[Ruhiger Sturm]

I’m scratching my head on why these are getting so many cover options…

I actually like the thin profile spear but caplifters just don’t appeal to me. I’m sure they will sell out fairly quick even with the mixed opinions.

 

[black mamba]

I like how they put a stress riser right at the start of the blade so if you only wanted the caplifter you could just snap the blade off, clean.

 

[rdave]

lunch box tool

 

[CallMeDave]

... it’s hard to imagine any true knife user, ...

Because "any true knife user" is going to have other user knives to satisfy other use cases, and might find this tool to be convenient and delightful to have in a pocket on a loop?

 

[celticrogues]

If you are in such a hurry to open your beer that you can’t put your knife blade away first…

You might be a redneck.

 

[Jiki]

Pass the popcorn.

 

[BJE]

Because "any true knife user" is going to have other user knives to satisfy other use cases, and might find this tool to be convenient and delightful to have in a pocket on a loop?

One could argue that anyone that would own multiple knives would also own a bottle opener, or learn how to easily pop a top with nearly anything at hand, including the spine of the blade itself.
If it were a secondary tool, I could get behind that, as then it would double as a screwdriver and light pry tool, but to lose half the blade to such a superfluous “feature” is asinine.

 

[BJE]

The main blade, especially on a single bladed and small knife, shouldn’t be a combo tool, unless you are just a collector, scalper, or instagramer. Only my opinion of course, it’s nothing serious, just my own musings.
I have a beard and still thought the beard comb was a novelty as well, but at least they didn’t sacrifice half the usable blade length for the comb gimmick… er…feature.

 

[DustinK]

The main blade, especially on a single bladed and small knife, shouldn’t be a combo tool, unless you are just a collector, scalper, or instagramer. Only my opinion of course, it’s nothing serious, just my own musings.
I have a beard and still thought the beard comb was a novelty as well, but at least they didn’t sacrifice half the usable blade length for the comb gimmick… er…feature.

Just my musings but on a forum that is dedicated to talking about knives, there’s a very large percentage of us that are collectors. We can’t all be hardcore Jedi “real knife users”.

 

[Frank Morris]

I like it and will try to get every version. According to the comments that might be easy.

I havent compared it yet but how does the cotten sampler blade length compare to cutting edge?

 

[Pàdruig]

I like it and will try to get every version. According to the comments that might be easy.

I wouldn't count on that

In my experience, the knives from GEC that are the easiest to dub as novelties usually tend to be pretty hot sellers. Plus, there are a number of #25 collectors out there that will be champing at the bit - rest assured, this run will be pretty hot.


That said, my only interest is from a collector's frame of mind. If I can land one, I don't see it replacing any of my favorite tools - I just really like GEC's red sawcut, it's one of my favorites.

 

[Frank Morris]

I wouldn't count on that

In my experience, the knives from GEC that are the easiest to dub as novelties usually tend to be pretty hot sellers. Plus, there are a number of #25 collectors out there that will be champing at the bit - rest assured, this run will be pretty hot.


That said, my only interest is from a collector's frame of mind. If I can land one, I don't see it replacing any of my favorite tools - I just really like GEC's red sawcut, it's one of my favorites.

Wishful thinking.

 

[AntDog]

These are ugly as a mud fence. From the tang stamp to the tip anyway.

 

[calm]

People were complaining that the the unsharpened part of the cotton sampler was useless, wasting blade space, so GEC listened to them and used that same idea incorporating a bottle opener in the same space, and people still complain.