Lets talk GEC!

calm said:
How valid is the Guide to knives, for knives produced outside the US (Uk, Germany, Italy, France, Japan etc.) or for knives produced after 2001 (when a lot of companies started major traditional production - GEC for example, and various Italians)

Is there a new edition coming out soon?

I do not have the book and I am thinking about getting one.
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The IVth edition is the last one Bernie did. They did not renew his option! The publisher did a 5th which is crap!! A later one is a little better.
 
Gotta share at least one pic of a 71 on 7/1, right? I know many were not the biggest fan of this model, but I think it was a stroke of genius to add a cap-lifter while keeping the overall thickness the same.

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Hoffmajo89 said:
Gotta share at least one pic of a 71 on 7/1, right? I know many were not the biggest fan of this model, but I think it was a stroke of genius to add a cap-lifter while keeping the overall thickness the same.

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Can we see the caplifter?
BTW, is that knife from 2022?
 
Hoffmajo89 said:
Gotta share at least one pic of a 71 on 7/1, right? I know many were not the biggest fan of this model, but I think it was a stroke of genius to add a cap-lifter while keeping the overall thickness the same.

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I wonder if anyone can do a pic of 71 #71s on 7/1? 😁

17 of ‘em might be more doable, if we use the day-month-year format like the rest of the world and today was 1/7. But then we wouldn’t be doing #71s, would we?

waynorth said:
Can we see the caplifter?
BTW, is that knife from 2022?
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Hoffmajo89 said:
For sure! Here’s the cap lifter and the tang stamp. Sorry about the bad lighting…

This is one of the 2022 knives that they did in green micarta. Just stumbled across it one day and had to have it, you know how it goes 😁

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GEC did a nice job on those Sudbusters!

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They even thinned the scales out enough that they’re actually thinner than the single blade Bull Noses!

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btb01 said:
I wonder if anyone can do a pic of 71 #71s on 7/1? 😁

17 of ‘em might be more doable, if we use the day-month-year format like the rest of the world and today was 1/7. But then we wouldn’t be doing #71s, would we?




GEC did a nice job on those Sudbusters!

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They even thinned the scales out enough that they’re actually thinner than the single blade Bull Noses!

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Those were really nice knives,I was advised to put away my 85 cap lifter/fire pit knife and get the 21 to which I agreed but I found my Bannock grabbers were not quick enough on the exchange,I'm not a big micarta fan but they work on the 71,now a jigged bone maybe.
 
Their Micarta Farm&Field make for a great comfortable user, go anywhere worker such is the durability of Micarta. However, a wood handled version could be very desirable too and if say Osage Orange were used it would be tough & reliable, but for some reason Osage Orange seems to have vanished from the GEC scheme of things. Too tough to work with?
 
Will Power said:
However, a wood handled version could be very desirable too and if say Osage Orange were used it would be tough & reliable
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Dang, now that you mention it a F&F in Osage would be a natural match that I’d love to see! I’d really love to see a 71 or a 47 done with the stuff. Maybe one day…
 
Hoffmajo89 said:
For sure! Here’s the cap lifter and the tang stamp. Sorry about the bad lighting…

This is one of the 2022 knives that they did in green micarta. Just stumbled across it one day and had to have it, you know how it goes 😁

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I like the looks of this, I think the cap lifter is an extra bonus. 👍
 
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