Great Eastern Cutlery: #66 - Equal End Serpentine

black mamba black mamba Wonderful 66 Jeff!!!
@Jfowler Yes it was #29
Thanks traum & Mark. I couldn't resist the ironwood and would love to have a oily creek, ebony, hemlock, tortoise... what a great run!
 
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Well thanks, I just caved and ordered a ironwood. I just received a chestnut bone in but half of the back isn't cross jigged, only in one direction.
Back that one goes. Never happened to me before on a GEC.

The build overall is really sweet on the knife though.

I could still bite on a stag, or hemlock or stainless if it came so who knows what I will end up with.
 
Great pattern, executed very well. No lazy blades or blade rub here. Awesome wood and one of my favorite shields!:thumbsup::thumbsup: 2 thumbs up!
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I've never owned a knife with 2 blades much less 3. When I got my ebony in the mail it felt so perfect that I couldn't resist ironwood after seeing production pictures. These 66s are my favorite GECs I've collected through the last 10 or so months. The ironwood is a 2nd and will become a user along with a cv sodbuster that doesn't leave my pocket. It's been a joy to pour over threads and internet searches on the GEC topic. Each knife that's come home to me has been great but none have had that feel, including a few barlows, as this pattern. 10/10 for me
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Is it me or does it seem the #66 Ironwoods have the least problems with secondary blade pull? From all the post I feel the Ironwoods are near perfect.
 
Mine should be here tomorrow it seems, so I'll weigh in with what I find. I picked up #21, and the wait is unbearable at this point.

That peach seed jigging looks nice. It's very similar to the beaver tail handle, at least to my eyes.
 
The secondary blades on mine are around a 5 which feels perfect for me. The main is just a tad heavier at maybe a 6.5. Still good in my opinion.
 
I'm all about the Hemlock. I'm so happy that I didn't preorder a green knife. I don't have anything against green as a cover color, but it's not my fist choice. And that brown with federal shield looks iconically traditional.
 
Beautiful tstaut

Bob I think that chestnut jigging needs to be done on a lot more knives. I would order it every time.

How about the tortoiseshell.. I think it is the sleeper hit of this run. With tortoiseshell, it's all about proportion of steel to acrylic - which this one gets right - the Northfield features which are needed to offset the extra level of detail in the acrylic, and of course the centred shield. There isn't much not to like.
 
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Camillus said:
Beautiful tstaut

Bob I think that chestnut jigging needs to be done on a lot more knives. I would order it every time.

How about the tortoiseshell.. I think it is the sleeper hit of this run. With tortoiseshell, it's all about proportion of steel to acrylic - which this one gets right - the Northfield features which are needed to offset the extra level of detail in the acrylic, and of course the centred shield. There isn't much not to like.
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I have a general aversion to acrylics, but that tortoise shell is testing me. It really does look excellent in the production pictures.
 
Is there a good amount of clearance for the wharncliffe blade after bringing it down? I'd sometimes run into a bit of pocket squish where the blade is pressed down to the back spring without much clearance.
 
thanks GuestWho101 GuestWho101 ! I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

sticktodrum sticktodrum there is still about 3/16" clearance between the blade edge and the back spring on my knife after lowering the sheepfoot. Absolutely no chance of detrimental pocket squish or blade wrap even when snapping blade shut.
When filing a kick to lower a blade always go slow and check clearance often. Also, be aware that filing the kick can change the closed spring height. My springs are slightly lower when closed but only by an almost imperceptible amount. YMMV
 
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