Lets talk GEC!

[JohnDF]

Thay aren't hard to get.

Lol... That's kinda funny.
If they weren't hard to get, I could visit the GEC dealers' websites and pick up a new Barlow right now. Should we test that theory?

Edit: I'm back... No luck.

 

[Ramrodmb]

Lol... That's kinda funny.
If they weren't hard to get, I could visit the GEC dealers' websites and pick up a new Barlow right now. Should we test that theory?

Edit: I'm back... No luck.

This is kinda misleading although I recognize your need to complain whenever it's brought up.


I have been able to pick up about 9 out of 10 GECs that I've wanted over the past few years.

Does it take work and commitment? Yes.

Do they fall into your lap at your leisure? No.

 

[JohnDF]

This is kinda misleading although I recognize your need to complain whenever it's brought up.

Not really complaining.
But I guess it's all in how you read it.
I was just contradicting the "It's not that hard" comment.

 

[Will Power]

Thay aren't hard to get. There are a couple of dozen folks who get every single one and then post pictures here.

They'll be the very big guns, big spenders with connexions then. Might be harder for other people these days.

 

[r8shell]

Does it take work and commitment? Yes.

Do they fall into your lap at your leisure? No.

I'd prefer something in the middle ground.

 

[Matt Bernier]

Work and commitment sound kinda hard. Like, not "hold a red hot iron" hard, but like, not "work for money and then buy it" easy. Purchasing my last two vehicles combined took less work than purchasing my last GEC, ha.

 

[dovidola]

The recent move to producing larger runs of fewer variants might ease things somewhat. Theoretically at least, it means that once 'hardened collectors' have secured an example of each type available, there should be more left over for the 'regular' (if I can describe it thus) purchaser. This may also impact the secondary market, as far as the latest releases are concerned.

 

[DoubleAught]

If I kept track of the time I have spent trying to get a gec i wanted and was charged a hourly rate I would of lost the house by now lol!

 

[Pjake]

The recent move to producing larger runs of fewer variants might ease things somewhat. Theoretically at least, it means that once 'hardened collectors' have secured an example of each type available, there should be more left over for the 'regular' (if I can describe it thus) purchaser. This may also impact the secondary market, as far as the latest releases are concerned.

The "hardened collectors" are really only part of the equation. Let's not forget the considerable contingent of flippers. It is what it is.....and yes I did buy one of the recent #77 run off the secondary market. I don't have the time to invest sitting by the computer like I'm a contestant on Jeopardy. Certainly makes me significantly more selective about what I buy.

Peter

 

[rpstrimple]

I've been purchasing older GECs more often than new ones, because you need to be a rocket surgeon with an AI algorithm to be able to score one these days it seems. For example, I recently traded for this 54 and bought this 82 from a member here. Both spectacular knives (82 is my favorite carry pattern). Both probably won't be on the production list for a while.

 

[JTB_5]

The spears on the 54s (and the 92 talon spears) are my favorite spear profiles for GEC.

 

[hedd]

I wasn't into the 36 at all, but that smooth bone with the elephant shield does look kind of special and interesting. Still a very odd combination of features.

 

[Heimdall82]

Finally got a #77! Now i'm ready for a batch of single blade #42/#72!
...Or if GEC have a lot of these #88 Lambsfoot"s blades and want to make a straight handle single blade knife with these, i'll be more than happy!

 

[dovidola]

Well here we go at last - the very first time I have attempted to post a picture using a 3rd party hosting site (I think it's called). If it works, I look forward to sharing more pics of my GECs in a (hopefully) relevant way. So what better for starters than my biggest:

https://imgur.com/J13aOEl

 

[LastRodeo]

Work and commitment sound kinda hard. Like, not "hold a red hot iron" hard, but like, not "work for money and then buy it" easy. Purchasing my last two vehicles combined took less work than purchasing my last GEC, ha.

Yeah, but vehicles depreciate and GEC's appreciate in value. Would you be able to sell either vehicle for double what you paid as soon as you drove off the lot (or sooner).

 

[Jiki]

Yeah, but vehicles depreciate and GEC's appreciate in value. Would you be able to sell either vehicle for double what you paid as soon as you drove off the lot (or sooner).

Right now?

 

[Hammer67]

All I can say is that I'm glad I acquired the GECs that I have, when I did. I still admire what they are putting out and I'm glad to see there is so much demand for them, but I'm not really chasing them anymore.

 

[Matt Bernier]

Yeah, but vehicles depreciate and GEC's appreciate in value. Would you be able to sell either vehicle for double what you paid as soon as you drove off the lot (or sooner).

Relative to other luxury goods purchased with the intent to store them as investment vehicles, like fine wine and rare art, I suppose GECs aren't hard to come by.

But you're barking up the wrong tree with that rhetorical tactic, because none of my GECs would even sell for their new price. I sharpen them, regrind them, experiment with geometry because they're so easy to sharpen, cover them in coarse stone scratches from hasty sharpening, file the kicks and recut notches, oil the wood, etc. My knives all depreciate in value, except to me.

 

[LastRodeo]

Relative to other luxury goods purchased with the intent to store them as investment vehicles, like fine wine and rare art, I suppose GECs aren't hard to come by.

But you're barking up the wrong tree with that rhetorical tactic, because none of my GECs would even sell for their new price. I sharpen them, regrind them, experiment with geometry because they're so easy to sharpen, cover them in coarse stone scratches from hasty sharpening, file the kicks and recut notches, oil the wood, etc. My knives all depreciate in value, except to me.

It was a joke, not a rhetorical tactic. You are on The Porch, not FB.

 

[Matt Bernier]

It was a joke, not a rhetorical tactic. You are on The Porch, not FB.

Ha, fair enough, my apologies for missing it.