Is there a market for more GEC traditional knives with extra features?

IMO GEC has a great deal to thank Charlie for. He guided them to the right designs for success.

Best regards

Robin
 
Pipeman said:
IMO GEC has a great deal to thank Charlie for. He guided them to the right designs for success.

Best regards

Robin
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I believe a partnership works both ways. I'm pretty sure Charlie would agree he has a lot to thank Great Eastern Cutlery for.
 
meako said:
Get him a bottle opener without 'beer' written on it then.Be aware that no matter what YOU think your son may think differently.
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Well the scout knives are a variation of older Boy Scout and TL-29 patterns, every, or most multitool or SAK on the market have a bottle opener and do not identify them as beer bottle openers

Historically all bottles had caps, here in Texas as are lucky can find Mexican coke products and Topo Chico fairly commonly in local stores my kids love Jarritos
 
Look at the jigged bone on the new TC's. It doesn't get any better than that on a production knife made today.

I'm a little thirsty for a cold beer after reading this thread. :D

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fan·boy
\ˈfan-ˌbȯi\
noun
:a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something
First Use: 1919
 
On the original topic - any time a maker decides to add special features: a bird hook, a scaler/hook degorger blade, a hoof pick, a bail, a different shield, specific wording or branding - they run the risk of turning off more buyers than they turn on. As long as they overall sell enough knives at their price point to the target market, then they are doing OK.

I think it's neat that makers add those little extra features and designs like that. It adds to the variety and gives people a lot of interesting choices. Just because I don't happen to want a particular knife with some of the extra features doesn't mean they shouldn't make them. It may mean that some day they will make one with just the mix of features that delights me that maybe some others don't like.
 
And just to add the thought that "special features" are as old and traditional as pocket cutlery.
 
texasshipagent said:
...a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something...
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Friendly suggestion - I think we are all (including the ladies who participate) extremely or overly enthusiastic about some aspect of our knives, else we wouldn't have registered and actively posted here. But the term which I left out is usually pejorative and should probably not be used here.

Just recognize that everyone has their own particular tastes and preferences, and enjoy it all.
 
scout: verb (used with object)


to examine, inspect, or observe for the purpose of obtaining information; reconnoiter:
to scout the enemy's defenses.

to seek; search for (usually followed by out or up):
to scout up a date for Friday night.

to find by seeking, searching, or looking (usually followed by out or up):
Scout out a good book for me to read.
 
For anyone that doesn't like the "Beer Scout Knife" on the shield of the Beer Scout Knife, you can tone it down by getting an old fashioned, wooden, toothpick, dipping the point of the toothpick in Naphtha or perhaps some other solvent and run it over the black lettering in the shield. That will remove the black highlighting in the words and leave it plain - less noticeable.

And then there's - "if ya don't like the shield, don't buy the knife".
 
rma100 said:
scout: verb (used with object)


to examine, inspect, or observe for the purpose of obtaining information; reconnoiter:
to scout the enemy's defenses.

to seek; search for (usually followed by out or up):
to scout up a date for Friday night.

to find by seeking, searching, or looking (usually followed by out or up):
Scout out a good book for me to read.
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Very good Bob. These guys shouldn't confuse the word scoot with scout either but sometimes ya gotta scoot to scout.

Did you see my post above about how well the #63 Makos are selling? I thought you might have some insight into it.
 
Texasshipagent, you've turned this thread into another rant about your dislike of the design aspects of the Beer Scout Knife and your platform to call the people who are liking it as "fanboys."

As was stated, there are variations that will have different shields and will have no connection to the word "beer." Happy hunting for one when they come out, and you can enjoy opening a Cola with it.

As far as extra features, I think it's a good thing otherwise GEC would basically be making the same knives over and over. The #15 pattern is the best selling and most carried pattern by GEC. They need to incorporate different variants to keep the pattern interesting otherwise we'd all have the same #15 with a spear point and a pen blade.
 
rma100 said:
scout: verb (used with object)


to examine, inspect, or observe for the purpose of obtaining information; reconnoiter:
to scout the enemy's defenses.

to seek; search for (usually followed by out or up):
to scout up a date for Friday night.

to find by seeking, searching, or looking (usually followed by out or up):
Scout out a good book for me to read.
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Ok let's be real here the # 15 is the boys knife pattern and the "scout" concept was spawned in the homage to classic Boy Scout knives, am i wrong, here is an antique scout knife what common features do you see with the beer scout knife ??
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I'm not sure why this whole thing is such a source of contention, but if you want to get real, this was what the original release of the #15 Scout looked like. It wasn't offered with a caplifter originally.

 
texasshipagent said:
Hey still up for trading this knife out for a non beer version..............................
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You are not the right color to talk about/do trades or sales at BF and we don't talk about/do trades or sales in Traditional anyway.

Here's a suggestion. Remove the "Beer Scout Knife" shield from your knife replace it with some self-leveling black epoxy. Buff it out and you'll be good to go.
 
Jsega51 said:
Texasshipagent, you've turned this thread into another rant about your dislike of the design aspects of the Beer Scout Knife and your platform to call the people who are liking it as "fanboys."

As was stated, there are variations that will have different shields and will have no connection to the word "beer." Happy hunting for one when they come out, and you can enjoy opening a Cola with it.

As far as extra features, I think it's a good thing otherwise GEC would basically be making the same knives over and over. The #15 pattern is the best selling and most carried pattern by GEC. They need to incorporate different variants to keep the pattern interesting otherwise we'd all have the same #15 with a spear point and a pen blade.
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No not the case I commented on the OP specific to the beer scout which i felt is where the discussion should lie then the OP suggested conversation move to this topic.

I am not ranting on anything, just seems an interesting debate and conversation, am
just bemused the level of blowback on my opinion.

Sure fanboy maybe could be negative connotation but heck you would think I posted that Selena Gomez was right to dump Justin on the Beiber forums :) hence the reference.

No glass houses here, the amount of time I spend discussing and researching pocket knives makes me guilty as any, sure I am a fan and proud ! just seems odd on this forum at times you go against the herd any and the Cowboys stick you with the cattle prod :)

It's all good guys, look at work I learned to keep conversation in writing short and neutral read the HBR guide to better biz writing where the author suggested never put any thing in writing you would not want read back in court or see published in WSJ

But this is a hobbyist forum, is debate not healthy ?
 
texasshipagent said:
here is an antique scout knife what common features do you see with the beer scout knife ??
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I'm afraid I don't have access to my knife books at the moment, but if you have a look for a pre-1923 New York Knife Co official 2-blade BSA knife or the 2-blade unofficial Remington Scout knife, you might see the resemblance to the earlier GEC Scout knives :thumbup:
 
Jack Black said:
I'm afraid I don't have access to my knife books at the moment, but if you have a look for a pre-1923 New York Knife Co official 2-blade BSA knife or the 2-blade unofficial Remington Scout knife, you might see the resemblance to the earlier GEC Scout knives :thumbup:
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Your exactly on point ImageUploadedByTapatalk1436115787.918388.jpg
 
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