waynorth
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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
I sent you a link.I wonder if any GEC dealers are going to stock the new GEC hats or do you have to buy from GEC, I'm in for the blue hat
While we're on the subject of 73s here's another favourite, Stagbone liner lock from I think 08
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I'd love to see GEC do Stag Bone again!
I actually like well-done stag bone better than the real thing.
Yes, that is what I prefer about it.I imagine there is more consistency to be had with Stag Bone
Yes, that is what I prefer about it.![]()
Here's a few different flavors of stag bone GEC have done in the past (2007-'08).
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From the left: green mountain, brimstone, burnt carved, river blue, carved pumpkin
Yes, please, GEC, make more of those!
I agree!
I actually like well-done stag bone better than the real thing.
Yes, please, GEC, make more of those!
Those are all fantastic! Really beautiful.
Where's your sense of adventure?!
I kid, of course, I completely understand the misgivings that Stag can produce. Part of me likes the surprise - buying blind, that is - usually, I am not disappointed but sometimes I have gotten a real lemon (it's happened only once or twice). If I line up all of my Stag (it's starting to become quite the lineup, albeit small), I marvel at all the differences on display - it is really rather remarkable and is what endears the material to me.
My very first GEC in Stag was a #66 and I regret, to this day, that I let that one go - it was before I had developed such a liking for the material.
Since then though, the only real lemon that I have gotten and moved along afterwards was an #82 - that Stag was not so good looking.
(please pardon the indoor pic, lots of this thing we like to call "Oregon sunshine" happening outside at the moment)
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I don't know for sure, but somebody mentioned it included knives made under other brands.does GEC's "NO SFOs" apply equally to both?