Lets talk GEC!

[Jiki]

Well, I've never received a GEC that wouldn't cut right out of the tube. Have you ever gotten a new GEC that wouldn't cut?

My SFA 62 pocket carver still had a burr on the main blade.. I knew I was going to send it to Tom Krien to regrind so it didn't bother me.

 

[Kiteman72]

Well, I suppose I do always have my dealer hand select a perfect example so that may factor into my personal experience with GEC.

 

[dantzk8]

Every knife should cut, so badly sharpened knife is always an issue, I suppose.

If a knife is truly "badly sharpened" like a wavy edge or no edge, then it should go back to the factory.

With all due respect to the GEC cutlers i would prefer they let the blades unsharpened. I don't expect them to know the kind of edge i like to use which isn't anyway the one everybody like.

Dan.

 

[dovidola]

Back to what's at the end of the hall - might the abundance of Panama hats indicate a Panama Trapper a la Case?

 

[Alex.Y.]

With all due respect to the GEC cutlers i would prefer they let the blades unsharpened. I don't expect them to know the kind of edge i like to use which isn't anyway the one everybody like.

Dan.

Well, nowadays they actually make a decent edge with their CNC, very narrow edge bevels.

 

[JohnDF]

I don't have any problem with GEC's edges, maybe not perfect but certainly not that bad... Sometimes good enough is good enough.

 

[btb01]

I’ve always appreciated that GEC doesn’t overdo it on sharpening. Their blades are thin behind the edge and usually ground at an angle slightly more obtuse than I might use myself, which makes sharpening them to my liking an easy task. I usually do it before I drop one in my pocket for the first time.

 

[ferdiad]

No, but I don't have much of them really.


Agreed. Some people like their edge to be razor sharp and mirror polished, that's their habits not manufacturer's oversight. But maybe ferdiad got some bad luck there too.

Bad luck, no! I have the pleasure of owning 14 GECs! I’ve wondered if they had some staffing issues during covid, where maybe they had some apprentices working. I don’t expect my knives to come Taichung Spyderco or Ritter GSK sharp, but I do expect decent, even bevels and somewhat sharp. My 36s were every bit as sharp as any Taichung Spydie, which exceeded my expectations.
Half of my GECs are work knives, so a little issue here and there doesnt bother me too much. The 86 Angus and the Rosewood 73 are some of the beat working knives I have ever owned.

 

[Travman]

It would be cool to see a two-bladed 22 with a spear point main blade made in 2022. The tang stamp would be 222222.

 

[ferdiad]

It would be cool to see a two-bladed 22 with a spear point main blade made in 2022. The tang stamp would be 222222.

I am 100% in!

 

[Alex.Y.]

It would be cool to see a two-bladed 22 with a spear point main blade made in 2022. The tang stamp would be 222222.

So 888222 wasn't enough?

 

[Magizm7]

Freshly waxed.

 

[untytled]

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Wonderful variety of blackwoods there! Tough to pick a favorite from that bunch. thanks for sharing

 

[Wharn]

A new clue… cattle outside and a cowboy and bull playing cards and drinking inside. It’s hard to read what’s on the bottle.

 

[LastRodeo]

A new clue… cattle outside and a cowboy and bull playing cards and drinking inside. It’s hard to read what’s on the bottle.

All signs are pointing to a cattle knife with a caplifter. Mighty close to the scout knife I have been wishing for.

 

[Modoc ED]

66 Calf Roper maybe ????????????????? A SWAG

 

[DavidABQ]

Where can none go to see the end of the hallway?

 

[DKIN]

* Edited out of existence for dumbness.

 

[Jiki]

Sticking with my cattlemen call.

 

[Nature Boy]

Bullbuster