Lets talk GEC!

Erik Hansen said:
I am going to be stopping into the GEC factory in a couple of weeks. It’s the first time I will have visited. Is there a limit to the number of knives I can purchase? Looking for three total so my two boys each get a present. I obviously need another one 🙄
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I'm sure three wouldn't be a problem. Explain to Joan Mae your intentions and she will be very helpful. She's good people.
 
Erik Hansen said:
I am going to be stopping into the GEC factory in a couple of weeks. It’s the first time I will have visited. Is there a limit to the number of knives I can purchase? Looking for three total so my two boys each get a present. I obviously need another one 🙄
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there are no restrictions on normal daily business that i am aware of. The only time there is a restriction is during the rendezvous times. And of late, they even close the factory a day before to make sure there is plenty of stock for the event.
 
Thanks for the info. I have a flight ✈️ to Florida from Maine. Then a drive 🚘 back from Maine to Florida. I’ve done the trip many times but usually have at least my dog. Solo this time….He is an English Mastiff. I wouldn’t know how to even put him on a plane. Going to map out a little western PA detour…
 
Erik Hansen said:
Thanks for the info. I have a flight ✈️ to Florida from Maine. Then a drive 🚘 back from Maine to Florida. I’ve done the trip many times but usually have at least my dog. Solo this time….He is an English Mastiff. I wouldn’t know how to even put him on a plane. Going to map out a little western PA detour…
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Cool area. I try to get in some fishing whenever I'm in the area. Everytime I go, I find another place to check out. I prefer those kind of trips over somewhere "complicated". Simple trips for a simple mind. Lol.
 
There are people on this thread with superior knowledge, fanatics even ;)o_O

Is there a GEC 15 single blade Sheepfoot, all steel Barehead?? So many 15s have come out that I can't keep up with them all. I have a Scout in that spec but it has EZ-Open notch, no two blades either.

Thanks, Will
 
Will Power said:
There are people on this thread with superior knowledge, fanatics even ;)o_O

Is there a GEC 15 single blade Sheepfoot, all steel Barehead?? So many 15s have come out that I can't keep up with them all. I have a Scout in that spec but it has EZ-Open notch, no two blades either.

Thanks, Will
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Do TC Barlows count?
 
Will Power said:
There are people on this thread with superior knowledge, fanatics even ;)o_O

Is there a GEC 15 single blade Sheepfoot, all steel Barehead?? So many 15s have come out that I can't keep up with them all. I have a Scout in that spec but it has EZ-Open notch, no two blades either.

Thanks, Will
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Apart of all the #15 TC Barlows in STL (Steel) with just one Blade, no EC (EndCap), there are just the 2013 Scout HBKs #153113 with EO (Easy Open).
(and the Northwoods Broadway Jacks, also with EO, if they count as a HBK... and if i remember right there were some very rare single pieces of them without EO.)

#153113 EO STL Scout HBK.jpg#15 STL EO – BROADWAY JACKs.jpg
 
btb01 said:
Do TC Barlows count?
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Er, no :D I want a small bolster and NO EO-notch:cool: I have the 2017 Forum, great knife but too much...bolster.

My thanks to JoKr JoKr but it seems my requirements are elusive....could cap lifter delete my Crown Lifter but don't want to, it's a nice tight knife. Anyway, getting work done seems to be getting complicated lately..

OK, I'll compromise and LOWER my standards...;) is there a single Sheepfoot 15 NOT Barlow, NOT EO and certainly Barehead that has BRASS liners???

An eager mind would like to know :)
 
Will Power said:
Er, no :D I want a small bolster and NO EO-notch:cool: I have the 2017 Forum, great knife but too much...bolster.

My thanks to JoKr JoKr but it seems my requirements are elusive....could cap lifter delete my Crown Lifter but don't want to, it's a nice tight knife. Anyway, getting work done seems to be getting complicated lately..

OK, I'll compromise and LOWER my standards...;) is there a single Sheepfoot 15 NOT Barlow, NOT EO and certainly Barehead that has BRASS liners???

An eager mind would like to know :)
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my guess... its the same answer :)

unfortunately the 2015 HBK Release have an End Cap (EC) :(

#153115 EC Production totals.jpg
 
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Will Power said:
Er, no :D I want a small bolster and NO EO-notch:cool: I have the 2017 Forum, great knife but too much...bolste
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Fair enough. You didn’t specify that in your initial query. 😉

I’m afraid they’re all either EO, Barlows or have endcaps. Even deleting a caplifter delete on a sheepsfoot Crown Lifter would still leave you with an EO notch, wouldn’t it?
 
Will Power said:
Er, no :D I want a small bolster and NO EO-notch:cool: I have the 2017 Forum, great knife but too much...bolster.

My thanks to JoKr JoKr but it seems my requirements are elusive....could cap lifter delete my Crown Lifter but don't want to, it's a nice tight knife. Anyway, getting work done seems to be getting complicated lately..

OK, I'll compromise and LOWER my standards...;) is there a single Sheepfoot 15 NOT Barlow, NOT EO and certainly Barehead that has BRASS liners???

An eager mind would like to know :)
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surely you have accumulated enough 15s for donor projects??
 
mrknife said:
15s are a bread and butter pattern, theyre a perennial favorite, always welcomed!
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Maybe, or they have just been produced a lot. One cannot tell because everything sells out except for a certain key chain knife. I'm sure the patterns I listed and many more will be well received. Also I'm not recommending a discontinuation of the 15 just an opportunity for other seemingly ignored patterns.
 
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