Lets talk GEC!

[J.Mattson]

This 53 Electrician may come in handy as an electronics technician Though I'm curious if it's really going to have 2 sheep foot and 1 electrician blade, I don't think I have seen a single frame with 2 sheep foot blades?

Not sure I've ever seen that before either.

 

[Jiki]

This 53 Electrician may come in handy as an electronics technician Though I'm curious if it's really going to have 2 sheep foot and 1 electrician blade, I don't think I have seen a single frame with 2 sheep foot blades?

Common on the congress pattern.

 

[Joker758]

Common on the congress pattern.

Yeah that's right, I should have specified on an electrician pattern

 

[Jiki]

Yeah that's right, I should have specified on an electrician pattern

Yeah, I don't think you're alone there.

 

[madtom]

So not a Radio Jack?

53s are bigger than 3⅞ for sure.

53s on their site are listed as 4", 4 1/4", and 4 1/8" depending on the pic you click on. I wonder if they've all been one size or if they've actually varied over the years.

 

[calm]

Locking electrician/screwdriver/blade ?

 

[Jiki]

The larger equal end knives from GEC confuse me sometimes. When is a #54 a #53, and when is a #53 a "Cuban"??

This sure seemed like an innocent question 4 days ago.

 

[Erik Hansen]

Saw these at the factory the other day…..

 

[OldSoul]

Saw these at the factory the other day…..

Looks like some SFA’s in progress for the rendezvous.

 

[Alex.Y.]

Saw these at the factory the other day…..

First pic looks like an announced electrician's knife, though doesn't seem like a 53, from that angle at least. Second pic is either a 65 (again so soon?) or a new pattern - medium copperhead bolster jack? Last one is a sunfish most definitely... or maybe a 53 rendezvous special. It's the photo distortion that confuses. Same as when I thought Shaffer Farm Whittler was a sleeveboard sunfish or something. And hey, those pics were also from you, right E Erik Hansen ?

 

[Alex.Y.]

Actually, first and last pics seem to contain the same knife, and it really looks like a sunfish. What I thought to be an extra blade is more of a reflection.

 

[OldSoul]

Actually, first and last pics seem to contain the same knife, and it really looks like a sunfish. What I thought to be an extra blade is more of a reflection.

Looks like a 35 single spear to me. My guess is 35’s and 65’s special factory assemblies for the rendezvous.

 

[Jiki]

Photo from the last run of 36s.

 

[OldSoul]

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Photo from the last run of 36s.

What about them?

 

[bbfish]

What about them?

I think hes pointing out that the sleeveboard type pattern in those pics might be 36s.

 

[Jiki]

What about them?

I think hes pointing out that the sleeveboard type pattern in those pics might be 36s.

Only 4 36s fit across a tray. There are 7 knives across the mystery trays.

 

[Jiki]

7 35s will fit in a tray.

 

[OldSoul]

I think hes pointing out that the sleeveboard type pattern in those pics might be 36s.

Pin location is incorrect. The knives look to be 35’s.

 

[Magizm7]

Is that an oak leaf shield on the sleeveboard?

 

[OldSoul]

Is that an oak leaf shield on the sleeveboard?

I thought that as well. That was DLT’s SFO shield. Might just be a grainy photo along with the jigged bone making the badge shield appear like an oak leaf.