Let's see your GEC #74 Mustangs

[jrawk]

My 74 is waiting for me at the post office box. Sooo close...

I don't know about you, Jake, but I'd be stewing over spilling coffee on myself so I could "go home and change".


assuming you're at work.

 

[heefageLA]

Received my 'Wormy Chestnut' yesterday. I like it, but I like my jigged bone MUCH better.

I appreciate the character and history behind the chestnut version. The bone version though is just a pleasure to hold and use.

Unfortunately for me, this a catch and release.

 

[MerryMadMonk]

AL - You did good my friend.:thumbup: Hopefully by Friday I will be able to take a picture just like that.

Thanks, Ron! Looking forward to seeing your pics

Here it is with a sodbuster jr., and a Northwoods Madison Barlow, which I think is quite similar in shape, just a bit larger.

I can see a curved Barlow on the 74 frame someday.

I feel that I was very lucky to get the Grain and Color that I preferred without being able to choose . Yes , I would rather have been able to reserve the Elk , but I still like the Chestnut !!!!

That's beautiful Chestnut and a great group shot, Harry! :thumbup:

That pic always brings a smile... it's so much like us knife nuts

 

[MerryMadMonk]

Couldn't be happier with my Mustangs. Excellence all around!

 

[tstaut]

Couldn't be happier with my Mustangs. Excellence all around!

Al, you've got the best chestnut example in my book. Love the dark color of the slabs and asymmetry of the darker lines.

 

[quaboag]

Here's mine. Can't really find anything but perfection with this knife.

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[tstaut]

Mine

 

[Old Engineer]

Couldn't be happier with my Mustangs. Excellence all around!

Thanks for the kind words Al !!! You done good yourself !!! These 74s are all pretty nice !!! Someday I hope that I can buy one in Stag . Not right now , but someday . My goal is to get a Stag for each of the 23 , 42 , 72 , 73 , 74 , and 83s . Sure would have liked to have got one of the Elks this time too.

Harry

 

[Half/Stop]

These arrived in the mail yesterday. Fit and Finish is great and I am pleased with the color and grain on the Chestnut. The Burnt Orange also has some great color to it. Another Big :thumbup: for the folks at Great Eastern.

 

[Duvel]

My new elk 74 next to my Esky Zulu

 

[Old Engineer]

These arrived in the mail yesterday. Fit and Finish is great and I am pleased with the color and grain on the Chestnut. The Burnt Orange also has some great color to it. Another Big :thumbup: for the folks at Great Eastern.

They look very good Ron! Are you going to call that a Worm Hole or a Nail Hole ?

Harry

 

[supratentorial]

Ha ha! I got it!

 

[Half/Stop]

They look very good Ron! Are you going to call that a Worm Hole or a Nail Hole ?

Harry

Harry Thank you. You know I had not thought about it, the hole, that is! I think I will call it a plug. Since technically, the hole is no longer there, in my line of work we plug holes in tool steel for repairs all the time. I do think it adds character to the knife. I will have to say that IMO, AL has the best Chestnut 74 I have seen yet.

 

[willard0341]

Thanks again everyone for the praises on the knife. Thanks also to ramrod for the offer. It was explained to me that those marks are stabilized worm holes. I would never have guessed it. I guess beauty really is in the eye of the knife holder.

I use my "oil sucker rod" panels as a conversation piece, the story and history. Aesthetically it is subjective. I think yours is nice, take care

 

[Buzzbait]

I got my 74 yesterday. Beautiful chestnut covers. No worm holes for me, which I sort of prefer. But it is so close to the GEC Zulu and 72 patterns, that I think I'll pass this one on to my father-in-law.

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[Fanglekai]

Thanks for your input. I do understand that it came from old wood, and am really loving it in hand. I just can't seem to get over the "black sharpie" marks that I initially thought was on the knife when I first pulled it out of the tube.

The neat thing about traditionals is that they're unique. It's something that separates them from modern knives. No other #74 Mustang looks like yours or ever will.

 

[paulhilborn]

This orange bone arrived today, like it an awful lot:thumbup:

 

[sircharlespiko]

This orange bone arrived today, like it an awful lot:thumbup:

That's a great looking orange bone Paul. Congrats!

 

[Wurrwulf]

Paul, that is gorgeous, and I think it will age beautifully! I can't wait to see pics as it ages.

 

[Half/Stop]

Paul - Nice colors on that Orange Bone!:thumbup: