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 F 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