Great Eastern Cutlery ( GEC ) group shots / photo requests

[pmew]

Nobody?

 

[Sonnemann]

85, 73, 92, 55.

 

[pmew]

Give me a few minutes, I can compare it to a few others.

Cheers mate! The thread disappeared down the order and I was worried no one would notice it.

 

[JustinR]

15, 85, 92

 

[pmew]

Thank you very much gentlemen, I shall have to buy one. They are rather elegant those #92s.

Paul

 

[pertinux]

(Yes, a Case knife wandered into the picture.... )

~ P.

 

[timberweasel]

-Brett

 

[2Dead]

GEC "Pen" knives. Top to bottom, GEC #33 Conductor, #53 Cuban Pen, #68 White Owl, #89 Gambler

 

[Will Power]

Thanks for showing these Trand. I'm a devotee of the single-spring knife, a test of skill nesting those blades and getting the spring right. I suppose the 57 Half Whitt would count as a Pen type knife, it being single-spring?

Been brooding about one of those Cuban Pens in bone, but I think it's going to be too heavy for my carry tastes, fine example mind. I've got the same Tortoise Conductor and it's a beautifully made knife, a real gem, its larger sibling the white Owl in Kryptonite is also much admired by non-knife types. Acrylics can really make a knife sensational.

I'm really looking forward to the next Northwoods project that looks like a Norfolk! Another fine single-spring pattern, if they get the Wharncliffe to be long enough, use NS liners it will be Knife of the Decade as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks, Will

 

[Hammer67]

 

[Boggs]

HEARTY COLORS

So what you 're looking at left to right

#23 Pioneer Autumn Gold
#42 Missouri Trapper Cooperhead Jig
#92 Eureka Jack Autumn Gold
#76 Outlaw Gunstock ( KRACK-A-JACK KNIVES ) Cooperhead Jig
#81 Coon Skinner Muskrat Chestnut Jig

 

[biglmbass]

Nice showing & great pic, Boggs. Appears as though the 76 & 81 use the same size bolsters. Neat.

 

[Will Power]

That Coon Skinner sports some really good bone, Old School in the right way.

Thanks, Will

 

[meako]

MEAKOHHH you have been accused of frittering your tax return away on quality penknives.How do you plead?

Guilty as charged your honour!

 

[burnside]

My humble collection all lined up...

oops! mixed up the order for this one, lol.

Sorry about the quality of the cell phone pics. The sun was down, and my hand shaky from one cup of coffee too many. My cell phone does much better photos in the proper lighting situation.

 

[2Dead]

Thanks for showing these Trand. I'm a devotee of the single-spring knife, a test of skill nesting those blades and getting the spring right. I suppose the 57 Half Whitt would count as a Pen type knife, it being single-spring?

Been brooding about one of those Cuban Pens in bone, but I think it's going to be too heavy for my carry tastes, fine example mind. I've got the same Tortoise Conductor and it's a beautifully made knife, a real gem, its larger sibling the white Owl in Kryptonite is also much admired by non-knife types. Acrylics can really make a knife sensational.

I'm really looking forward to the next Northwoods project that looks like a Norfolk! Another fine single-spring pattern, if they get the Wharncliffe to be long enough, use NS liners it will be Knife of the Decade as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks, Will

No problem. I suppose the #57 Half Whitt counts as a general "pen knife" but is better classified as a half whittler. I put "Pen" in quotes for these because I feel (and could be wrong) that some of these are bigger than you would expect for a pen knife, ie the #53 and #89. Also, the #89 actually has 2 very slim springs rather than 1 larger spring but it works in much the same way so I included it.

As for the #53, I really do like that pattern. In my daily life, I do a lot of food prep or things that only require a small blade to "dirty" up like opening packages. Anything more than that and I use a different knife. The #53 feels in hand like a heavy duty single blade knife but it has the bonus of having an extra pen blade. Plus, I really like the simple and proportional look of this knife.

 

[Boggs]

Great Eastern Pioneer #23's

L to R

River Blue Single Blade w/EC s/n #5-9 2009
River Blue 2 Blade w/EC s/n #6-6 2008
River Blue 2 Blade n/s 2007
River Blue 2 Blade Cyclops etch n/s 2007 ( considered one of the few left hand models since the spey blade is forward )


Great Eastern Northfield Pioneer #23's

L to R


River Blue 2 Blade n/s 2010 ( lined bolster )
River Blue 2 Blade n/s 2010

 

[pertinux]

Blue beauties all, Boggs, and all the more striking in array.

In addition to your great pictures (again!), thanks for including the knives' descriptive information, including their years of production-- that helps me understand their "what" and "when?" once I move past the initial visual impact.

[It probably also forestalls a lot of questions from the Peanut Gallery. (What is that one? How many blades? Wait, when did GEC make those? ... )]

~ P.

 

[festerfromnzed]

MEAKOHHH you have been accused of frittering your tax return away on quality penknives.How do you plead?

Guilty as charged your honour!

Should have plead temporary insanity ..plenty here would have backed you up......nice bling by the way.......................FES

 

[festerfromnzed]

Great Eastern Pioneer #23's

L to R

River Blue Single Blade w/EC s/n #5-9 2009
River Blue 2 Blade w/EC s/n #6-6 2008
River Blue 2 Blade n/s 2007
River Blue 2 Blade Cyclops etch n/s 2007 ( considered one of the few left hand models since the spey blade is forward )


Great Eastern Northfield Pioneer #23's

L to R


River Blue 2 Blade n/s 2010 ( lined bolster )
River Blue 2 Blade n/s 2010

BOGGS....Those Blues are just superb....What is that type of jigging? on the CYCLOPS called?...Its very cool................FES