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pat9198 said:
Autumn Peach Sawcut Bone

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Might have to hit the exchange for one of these.would be my first barlow,and my first sawcut bone.so it's twofer or how ever that goes.now if it was a little bit bigger,but beggars can't be choosers. It is an interesting color and design,I think the blade might just compliment a 3 inches.
 
AZCoyote said:
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Was hoping for some northfield 14s with bottle openers but looks like they are just coming out with pen blade secondary.
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Same, almost bummed, a northfield bottle opener could have been nice. But also I get it everyone else is tired of bottle openers. Way I see it a 14 is so small it basically already is the pen blade, if you're gonna put a second thing on it don't make it an even tinier pen blade but I'll still buy it. Just wish I had known that before I decided not to get one of the beer cub ones holding out for the northfield
 
Can we just take a second to celebrate how many cover options the last few runs have had. A big complaint I’ve seen last year and the year before is that patterns were only getting 2, maybe 3 cover options per run.

But lately it seems the minimum has been about 5 and the recent 47s had 6 options? Looks like these 14s will get at least 7 variations. Can’t even count all the versions of the recent 86.

Glad to see it.
 
Hoffmajo89 said:
Can we just take a second to celebrate how many cover options the last few runs have had. A big complaint I’ve seen last year and the year before is that patterns were only getting 2, maybe 3 cover options per run.

But lately it seems the minimum has been about 5 and the recent 47s had 6 options? Looks like these 14s will get at least 7 variations. Can’t even count all the versions of the recent 86.

Glad to see it.
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you should count how many options the 14s of 2018 had, this run is a pittance compared to that.
 
Hoffmajo89 said:
Can we just take a second to celebrate how many cover options the last few runs have had. A big complaint I’ve seen last year and the year before is that patterns were only getting 2, maybe 3 cover options per run.

But lately it seems the minimum has been about 5 and the recent 47s had 6 options? Looks like these 14s will get at least 7 variations. Can’t even count all the versions of the recent 86.

Glad to see it.
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Options are cool but that means a percentage of the buyers will feel compelled to get every option…. Which means that hundreds of knives will be tied up by dozens of buyers, which probably notably affects the number of knives available to everyone else. Less options, all things being equal, means faster production of more knives and more people getting one.

BUT more options are nice too, so it’s kind of a wash in my book. Increases the odds one combination will call to me, but decreases my chance of getting one, at least at a reasonable price.
 
GaiusJulius said:
Options are cool but that means a percentage of the buyers will feel compelled to get every option…. Which means that hundreds of knives will be tied up by dozens of buyers, which probably notably affects the number of knives available to everyone else. Less options, all things being equal, means faster production of more knives and more people getting one.

BUT more options are nice too, so it’s kind of a wash in my book. Increases the odds one combination will call to me, but decreases my chance of getting one, at least at a reasonable price.
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This is the struggle, but seeing as I’ve got finite resources I vote “more options” so that I have more awesome knife pictures to look at on here 🙂
 
GaiusJulius said:
Options are cool but that means a percentage of the buyers will feel compelled to get every option…. Which means that hundreds of knives will be tied up by dozens of buyers, which probably notably affects the number of knives available to everyone else. Less options, all things being equal, means faster production of more knives and more people getting one.

BUT more options are nice too, so it’s kind of a wash in my book. Increases the odds one combination will call to me, but decreases my chance of getting one, at least at a reasonable price.
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thats right, and the people who hoard a few to force trades for the ones they dont have and then flip them after they get all the options
 
Finally got my first GEC today. Now I just want to put it up. Wish the store had 2. One to use one to keep put up. Anyway it's a GEC #14 Barlow Macassar Ebony Tidioute 2 blade. Thought I would post here told the wife she didn't get it. Figured you all would appreciate it a little more.

Mike
 
Mike22 said:
Finally got my first GEC today. Now I just want to put it up. Wish the store had 2. One to use one to keep put up. Anyway it's a GEC #14 Barlow Macassar Ebony Tidioute 2 blade. Thought I would post here told the wife she didn't get it. Figured you all would appreciate it a little more.

Mike
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Congrats. Barlows and ebony wood are some of the finest. Don’t worry, wives usually don’t get it.
 
"What's Going On? " asked Marvin Gaye. :cool:

The 14 is a very small thin pattern, have/had a few, both single and 2 blades and like the look of them immensely, but as users...? Not really. Now I get violent urges for a Northfield Barlow (prefer Smooth Bone or Wood) :D Well, never had a Barlow version and never had a WOODEN scaled Barlow. There's my excuse.

But my chances of getting one at a non prohibitive price and getting it into the EU are about as likely as a real cure for baldness that doesn't involve painful operations and eye watering amounts of cash. Why is it actually, that hair stops growing in some places as you age only to become a feral pest in other places???:eek:
 
Will Power said:
"What's Going On? " asked Marvin Gaye. :cool:

The 14 is a very small thin pattern, have/had a few, both single and 2 blades and like the look of them immensely, but as users...? Not really. Now I get violent urges for a Northfield Barlow (prefer Smooth Bone or Wood) :D Well, never had a Barlow version and never had a WOODEN scaled Barlow. There's my excuse.

But my chances of getting one at a non prohibitive price and getting it into the EU are about as likely as a real cure for baldness that doesn't involve painful operations and eye watering amounts of cash. Why is it actually, that hair stops growing in some places as you age only to become a feral pest in other places???:eek:
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A friend of mine once told me, " I have the same amount of hair as I did 40 years ago - it just grows in the wrong places"
 
Does anyone have the 66 serpentine Jack as well as 68 pony jack and what are the differences, I'm thinking maybe the 66 has more girth and weight. I am one member who would like to see the 66 moose made again.
 
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