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Here's one you don't see too often, 85 polished stag with factory sabre grind.

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Speaking of factory grinds, I usually put a 15 degree bevel on my knives. Then, with frequent honing, I rarely need to touch them to a stone after that. I find that the factory 20 degree, or so, is a little steep. What angle do most of you sharpen to, or do you leave the factory grind on them?
 
For me, 15° is too acute and catchy for some uses, but not slicy and acute enough for others. For this one, I went with 17.5° on the main, 17° on the secondary. For a whittler, I might go as shallow as 12° or 13°.

Incidentally, the main blade on my 73 is one of the thinnest GEC edges I've ever seen. I need to get a pair of calipers on it.
 
Mark Wells said:
Speaking of factory grinds, I usually put a 15 degree bevel on my knives. Then, with frequent honing, I rarely need to touch them to a stone after that. I find that the factory 20 degree, or so, is a little steep. What angle do most of you sharpen to, or do you leave the factory grind on them?
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I use water stones, so I can't say what my precise angle is, but I'd say it is between 15 and 17. I like a slicier profile.
 
For those that follow GEC's rate of production much closer than I do, is there a belief they will try to squeeze another run between the fixed blades and the upcoming 86s? I think I recall reading a comment from Charlie that we should see production of the forum knife in November. Based on the current production schedule with the trappers and the fixed blades will that run right up to the start of 86 production?
 
AZCoyote said:
For those that follow GEC's rate of production much closer than I do, is there a belief they will try to squeeze another run between the fixed blades and the upcoming 86s? I think I recall reading a comment from Charlie that we should see production of the forum knife in November. Based on the current production schedule with the trappers and the fixed blades will that run right up to the start of 86 production?
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I think we will see something in there and they are already in production. We just don't know about it yet.
 
Jiki said:
I think we will see something in there and they are already in production. We just don't know about it yet.
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Boy they are really keeping their cards close to their chest these days. I really enjoyed seeing the hints and everyone's speculation at what was up coming.
 
Well, we know that there will be some fixed blade H10's.... the sign down the hall has me puzzled... I don't know the significance of Spring Street, but the oak leaf? Isn't that the shield GEC used on their stainless blade folders, like the 74 Mustang, etc? Or was that an acorn? Perhaps a stainless ....... something that has to do with Spring Street?

edit:..... ok, the oak leaf has been used on SFO's for DLT.... and the acorn was on the stainless 74's..... that's the sum of my knowledge on this topic...
 
AZCoyote said:
Boy they are really keeping their cards close to their chest these days. I really enjoyed seeing the hints and everyone's speculation at what was up coming.
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They ran a lot of the 15 run earlier this year with no info out.
 
I do feel that the facet of their business that has kept us reasonably engaged with their production runs has been lacking in the last year and a half or so. Likely due to staffing changes/shortages as well as their current SFO policy. Where I used to check in on their site a few times a week, I only look in on it two or three times a month now - I'm no longer all that surprised when I discover not much has changed.

There are usually folks here who get info via the various social media avenues and share it here - even then though, it is usually rather cryptic. These days, if there is something new, I can tell by where this particular thread sits on the front page.
 
hornetguy said:
Well, we know that there will be some fixed blade H10's.... the sign down the hall has me puzzled... I don't know the significance of Spring Street, but the oak leaf? Isn't that the shield GEC used on their stainless blade folders, like the 74 Mustang, etc? Or was that an acorn? Perhaps a stainless ....... something that has to do with Spring Street?

edit:..... ok, the oak leaf has been used on SFO's for DLT.... and the acorn was on the stainless 74's..... that's the sum of my knowledge on this topic...
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Spring Street Barlow is the planned name for the Forum Knife.
 
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