Great Eastern Cutlery: #66 - Equal End Serpentine

Beautiful ironwood, Tony, I'm hoping mine arrives on Monday. I just cannot resist ironwood.
 
Kiteman72 said:
Why certainly! It's folks like you, that make such positive contributions, that make this such a fun place to spend time.

How is the snap on your speys and sheeps, btw?
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All three of my examples have light springs on those two blades. I have a low tolerance for lazy snap too and I still find them satisfactory. But just barely.

On my virtual "snap scale" of 1-10 with 1 having to be pushed closed and 10 being a bear trap, I would rate the secondary blade's snap at about a 3. Clip blade on all three is about a 6.

EDIT: It should be noted that I'm very biased toward the three blade 66's so I'm giving the somewhat lazy snap more of a pass than I might on other knives.
 
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Tony, you can really see the "satin-ness" of those bolsters on the micarta along side the polished ones. Almost looks tactical.
 
I have an Oily Bone on reserve and I gotta admit that I almost changed it up a couple times as it seemed every release was looking soooo good, particularly the Desert Ironwood and the Hemlock. I am glad I was patient as I really like the look of the Oily Bone although the Hemlock's shield may haunt me...:rolleyes::D
 
Very disconcerting news about the lazy blades. I have an absurdly low tolerance for excessively light walk and talk. Especially on knives that I plan to whittle with.
 
sticktodrum said:
Would it not also be a product of tight pivots? I've known unsnappy blades to smoothen out with use, which may bring some snap to the knife.
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I had a 62 Whittler that had lazy springs on the secondaries, but only when both secondary blades were open.

A little flushing and some wear, and presto. The springs were never near traps, but the were certainly crisp.
 
Thank you for the information Wilted Kilt. Hopefully I won't have to use it on my 66 Hemlock when it comes in, but at least I know something to try now.
 
Man I cannot believe how nice this one is, its a work of art how well this was put together.
I bought this one for a user but I am having a hard time now using it, hopefully it will pass once the other ones arrive.
I gave it warm soapy bath, oiled the joints, and now the snap on all three blades has improved greatly.
Oh also, I did polish mine up a little. I only had tripoli on my buffing wheel so its not a super gloss more like semigloss finish.
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jlhoffman74 said:
Man I cannot believe how nice this one is, its a work of art how well this was put together.
I bought this one for a user but I am having a hard time now using it, hopefully it will pass once the other ones arrive.
I gave it warm soapy bath, oiled the joints, and now the snap on all three blades has improved greatly.
Oh also, I did polish mine up a little. I only had tripoli on my buffing wheel so its not a super gloss more like semigloss finish.
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It came out really nice.

I'm not a micarta guy outside of spacers on stacked handle fixed blades, but the OD green looks really nice on this pattern.
 
First impressions of my new 66 (like others here) are most favorable. Usually I prefer a Jack over a Stockman being that rarely have I needed more than two blades on any particular knife but, the 66 stockman kept calling to me. Since it contains such a great blade combination (clip main/short sheepfoot) and both of those blades open from the same end, it began to look to me like a Jack with an additional blade. Reasoning that the spare blade didn't add to the knife's overall size and because the 66 was available wrapped in beautiful ironwood, I decided I had to have a GEC 66. Wow, have I been happy with that decision!

After lowering the sheepfoot a tad (thanks ~P) the 66 is as handy, pocket friendly and useful as any knife I know and... looks far better that most. It's F&F is second to none (in a production knife) including the Moki Fishowl who's F&F I once wrote "rivaled custom knives"... yeah it's that good! The transitions from it's decorative and rugged ironwood covers to bolster, end cap and shield are undetectable. The only sharp edges are where they belong, on the cutting edges. Pins are set at just the right depth and the walk and talk is excellent. The springs are flush in both the open and closed positions, there is no half-stop. The main blade's pull is a perfect 5-6 and the secondaries are just slightly lighter.

This is as good as it gets folks... a definite keeper! Ownership could actually result in the conversion from a diehard Jack-fan to a Stockman affection-ado. If you can get one of these (IMO), you will not be disappointed.
 
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jlhoffman74 said:
Man I cannot believe how nice this one is, its a work of art how well this was put together.
I bought this one for a user but I am having a hard time now using it, hopefully it will pass once the other ones arrive.
I gave it warm soapy bath, oiled the joints, and now the snap on all three blades has improved greatly.
Oh also, I did polish mine up a little. I only had tripoli on my buffing wheel so its not a super gloss more like semigloss finish.
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Lookin' good, Jeff. :thumbsup:
It's not the same without one of your nice patinas. :cool:

redsparrow said:
First impressions of my new 66 (like others here) are most favorable. Usually I prefer a Jack over a Stockman being that rarely have I needed more than two blades on any particular knife but, the 66 stockman kept calling to me. Since it contains such a great blade combination (clip main/short sheepfoot) and both of those blades open from the same end, it began to look to me like a Jack with an additional blade. Reasoning that the spare blade didn't add to the knife's overall size and because the 66 was available wrapped in beautiful ironwood, I decided I had to have a GEC 66. Wow, have I been happy with that decision!

After lowering the sheepfoot a tad (thanks ~P) the 66 is as handy, pocket friendly and useful as any knife I know and... looks far better that most. It's F&F is second to none (in a production knife) including the Moki Fishowl who's F&F I once wrote "rivaled custom knives"... yeah it's that good! The transitions from it's decorative and rugged ironwood covers to bolster, end cap and shield are undetectable. The only sharp edges are where they belong, on the cutting edges. Pins are set at just the right depth and the walk and talk is excellent. The springs are flush in both the open and closed positions, there is no half-stop. The main blade's pull is a perfect 5-6 and the secondaries are just slightly lighter.

This is as good as it gets folks... a definite keeper! Ownership could actually result in the conversion from a diehard Jack-fan to a Stockman affection-ado. If you can get one of these (IMO), you will not be disappointed.
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Excellent write-up. :thumbsup:
Photos to follow? :)
 
black mamba said:
Tony, you can really see the "satin-ness" of those bolsters on the micarta along side the polished ones. Almost looks tactical.
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It does. I didn't really care for the satin bolsters (my first one was on the 85 SFO with CK). But the ones on the 13 micarta are aging nicely with pocket scratches. I hope the same happens with these.
 
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