Lets talk GEC!

[akaMatt]

Wow, great pair of knives, Camillus !

 

[Bluemantra]

I'm started to get excited about what patterns we'll see in 2022. Hoping for a 77 release!

 

[Kevin-B]

Loving the #83 today.

 

[Will Power]

I have one and love it! Great pattern. The two blade is awesome too. A real gem.

That's a behemoth alright I like the fact that back in those days GEC really experimented with the frame, the 56/57 coming in many varieties soon after release. r8shell I too think it must be a handful to use, especially being 'three thick' in a Jack formation.

Here's my 56 Hawkbill Ez-Open, I really find this a useful carry around the garden and like the bone they used.

Then a group shot of some of the variations in 55/56/57 frame. I favoured the Spears over Clips in the 56.

 

[AZCoyote]

Loving the #83 today.

What were you cutting to get a bright patina like that?

 

[waynorth]

That's a behemoth alright I like the fact that back in those days GEC really experimented with the frame, the 56/57 coming in many varieties soon after release. r8shell I too think it must be a handful to use, especially being 'three thick' in a Jack formation.

Here's my 56 Hawkbill Ez-Open, I really find this a useful carry around the garden and like the bone they used.

Then a group shot of some of the variations in 55/56/57 frame. I favoured the Spears over Clips in the 56.

Quite a nice collection, Will!! I like your "naturally dried" raisins also!!

 

[hedd]

Pocket knives look so much better with some normal, everyday life applied to them.

 

[Angry Angus]

Well, one is a fixed blade, and one a folder. Can you not carry fixed blades in England? Northwood's are very nice knives, but so is the 74. If it is for carry, I would do the 74 personally. You won't need another tool to open it. They generally have excellent action.

Wow, that Jack the Ripper guy really screwed things up over there.

 

[Angry Angus]

Thank you! I can't tell you how many vexillological arguments I've had to listen to about this subject.


If I'm reading the photos correctly, these flag handles seem to be some kind of flat print, covered with clear acrylic. There was a company (Novelty Cutlery, Canton) back at the turn of the last century, that sold knives with custom handles using photographs under celluloid. Sometimes wholesome family photos, sometimes more risque subjects. So yes, it seems like a novelty souvenir, but there's also a legitimate nostalgia factor. How cool would it be to have a GEC with your own choice of image under the looking glass covers?

They don't do many like this. Actually the one they did a few years back with the Christmas theme is one I would really like to own. Advertising and novelty types were made by many long ago, so it fits the whole traditional thing. I like them, so ya, to each his own. One thing for sure, they will be done right from GEC. Looking forward to getting one in hand. I can see that being the rendezvous knife for 2022. Maybe a pic of the factory under there. Hehe. Had to throw that in.

 

[untytled]

gotta wait and see the bone version.

 

[JTB_5]

That's a behemoth alright I like the fact that back in those days GEC really experimented with the frame, the 56/57 coming in many varieties soon after release. r8shell I too think it must be a handful to use, especially being 'three thick' in a Jack formation.

Here's my 56 Hawkbill Ez-Open, I really find this a useful carry around the garden and like the bone they used.

Then a group shot of some of the variations in 55/56/57 frame. I favoured the Spears over Clips in the 56.

Great collection! I go back and forth on whether I like the looks of the 55/56 pattern with or without end caps. I wish I would have pulled the trigger on getting one before the secondary market went haywire.

 

[JTB_5]

What!!??

 

[Pàdruig]

What!!??

Oooooo, I like that! Lambfoot, muskrat clip, and a sowbelly frame?! Yep, I dig it.

 

[Camillus]

In Australia we would call it the estuary trapper

 

[JTB_5]

Oooooo, I like that! Lambfoot, muskrat clip, and a sowbelly frame?! Yep, I dig it.

Seems like a great pair of blades for that set up. A really straight blade and a really angled sweeping blade.

 

[MililaniGrown]

What!!??

This is gonna be a serious workhorse! Also, are my eyes playing tricks on me or is that secondary blade a lambsfoot? Maybe we'll get another single blade lambsfoot in '22?

 

[Pàdruig]

Seems like a great pair of blades for that set up. A really straight blade and a really angled sweeping blade.

In my opinion, it is a perfect blade combo for a Sowbelly. 1.) It does away with the spey blade which I never use - 2.) It somewhat resolves the obtuse Sheepfoot issue by swapping it with a full size Lambsfoot ( I think this will make it easier in the hand) and 3.) the low profile of the muskrat clip will feel better in hand while using the Lambsfoot blade versus a traditional clip.

Seriously, I dig this - it's an exciting offering.

 

[tmd_87]

This new knife is gonna be great. Two large blades in a nice pattern. Can’t wait to see it.

 

[Pàdruig]

Kind of curious that their pattern number designates that main blade as a regular clip. Looks more like a muskrat clip to me. I guess it could be a scaled down version of the clip they put on the 74 Stallions awhile back.

 

[JohnDF]

The #88 is a crazy looking knife, very different, not for me though.