Lets talk GEC!

Jiki · Mar 23, 2023

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

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.

mrknife · Mar 23, 2023

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

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.

r8shell · Mar 23, 2023

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

Has anyone PMed you their shopping list yet?

Erik Hansen · Mar 23, 2023

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…

Angry Angus · Mar 24, 2023

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…

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.

Will Power · Mar 28, 2023

There are people on this thread with superior knowledge, fanatics even

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

btb01 · Mar 28, 2023

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

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

Do TC Barlows count?

mrknife · Mar 28, 2023

btb01 said:
Do TC Barlows count?

Right in that case, 2017 bladeforums and some of Charlies I believe walnut or palo alto came in sheepsfoot, then there was the year of the ebony and cranberry

JoKr · Mar 29, 2023

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

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

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.)

Will Power · Mar 29, 2023

btb01 said:
Do TC Barlows count?

Er, no

I want a small bolster and NO EO-notch

I have the 2017 Forum, great knife but too much...bolster.

My thanks to @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

JoKr · Mar 29, 2023

Will Power said:
Er, no I want a small bolster and NO EO-notch I have the 2017 Forum, great knife but too much...bolster.

My thanks to @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

my guess... its the same answer

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

btb01 · Mar 29, 2023

Will Power said:
Er, no I want a small bolster and NO EO-notch I have the 2017 Forum, great knife but too much...bolste

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?

mrknife · Mar 29, 2023

Will Power said:
Er, no I want a small bolster and NO EO-notch I have the 2017 Forum, great knife but too much...bolster.

My thanks to @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

surely you have accumulated enough 15s for donor projects??

Will Power · Mar 30, 2023

@btb01 Yeah I know...and you're correct EZ Open notch there too- losing it me

@mrknife You'd think so, but no. Have a nice Clip Barehead not using that, ditto customised Spear, nor the stainless Clip and the rest are Barlow or EZ Open.

GEC need to do a fresh issue of 15s - to my specifications

Alex.Y. · Mar 30, 2023

Will Power said:
GEC need to do a fresh issue of 15s - to my specifications

Mine too, please.

15s are so popular (within the GEC's schedule too, I mean), I think we'll most likely see them this year.

Jiki · Mar 30, 2023

No more 15s please. Not until they have run 13s, 16s, 38s, 56, 57, 61, 66, 76, 78, 79, and 98s again. Plus 4 more PPPs. Plus any other request from the internet (excluding 77s and 86s as well).

OldSoul · Mar 30, 2023

Jiki said:
No more 15s please. Not until they have run 13s, 16s, 38s, 56, 57, 61, 66, 76, 78, 79, and 98s again. Plus 4 more PPPs. Plus any other request from the internet (excluding 77s and 86s as well).

Couldn’t agree more. Also don’t need anymore cap lifters for at least 2 years.

mrknife · Mar 30, 2023

15s are a bread and butter pattern, theyre a perennial favorite, always welcomed!

Jolipapa · Mar 30, 2023

mrknife said:
15s are a bread and butter pattern, theyre a perennial favorite, always welcomed!

Dare I suggest to non-interested-by-15s-members to leave them for once to those unfortunate who are unable to get hold of one.
In their name I promise none will compete to get any bottle opener/nose hair comb combo.

Jiki · Mar 30, 2023

mrknife said:
15s are a bread and butter pattern, theyre a perennial favorite, always welcomed!

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.