Lets talk GEC!

Good point Dr. M I hadn't even thought about the 57 pattern/57 varieties thing.:cool: Hidden messages..:D:D:eek:

FANTASTIC to see the Acorn shield out and about again, I might need to order a stainless Navy Knife. Could somebody remind me of the scale options please?
 
I would like to say thanks to GEC here for listening to us and producing interesting and appealing handle options in a non SFO knife, and of course for the stainless steel. Both things we've been asking for for a while.
 
I have a Navy knife in Chestnut pre-ordered from 6 weeks ago. I sure hope they put an acorn shield on it, like they did to the Micarta.

Thank you GEC !!
 
A majority of the knives that GEC produces are non-SFO. Additionally, changing to a stainless steel would require new machines, something Bill Howard has stated that he is not ready to transition to. Thirdly, and most importantly, Great Eastern Cutlery does produce a lot of appealing handle options. Just recently on the new #18 they produced several in several jigged bones, acrylics, micarta, stag, and cocobolo. How many handle options do you want?

I know you were being sarcastic, but we should all let Great Eastern do what Great Eastern does best, otherwise, who knows, they may start producing like Queen -- and nobody wants that!
 
cbr1000 said:
Just when the pickle saga ended GEC posted an updated image of the mystery barrell

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Hmmm... Does the hall lead back to the front of the building? :confused:;)

Is this another clue? There was a barrel on the beer scout tube label and glasses.

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heefageLA said:
Three of those almost look like Oak on the handles.
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It's Jobillo on the #92.

Back to the barrel, what do you think that barrel is made of? I'm guessing it's a bourbon barrel? Maybe it's a white oak for the beer scouts?

Edit: My final guess on the floating barrel is, bourbon barrel aged white oak for the 72.
 
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somber said:
A majority of the knives that GEC produces are non-SFO. Additionally, changing to a stainless steel would require new machines, something Bill Howard has stated that he is not ready to transition to. Thirdly, and most importantly, Great Eastern Cutlery does produce a lot of appealing handle options. Just recently on the new #18 they produced several in several jigged bones, acrylics, micarta, stag, and cocobolo. How many handle options do you want?

I know you were being sarcastic, but we should all let Great Eastern do what Great Eastern does best, otherwise, who knows, they may start producing like Queen -- and nobody wants that!
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Do/did they make stainless under the GEC trademark?

I'm new to traditionals and honestly wondering because I've read that GEC marked knives are stainless but I've also never actually seen a GEC marked knife for sale anywhere.
 
ohiobr said:
Do/did they make stainless under the GEC trademark?

I'm new to traditionals and honestly wondering because I've read that GEC marked knives are stainless but I've also never actually seen a GEC marked knife for sale anywhere.
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Yes. For example, there are a handful of stainless GEC knives on the Collector Knives and Gunstock Jack (Bladeforums dealer members) websites. A lot of the older stainless GEC knives were sold out long ago. Most of their knives are 1095. The upcoming rope knives will be 440C
 
Here are a few examples of older stainless GEC knives...




(in this photo, the knives on the left and right are stainless. the knife in the middle isn't. the stainless knife on the right was a special factory order.)
 
My 92 in stag isn't going to have the oak leaf shield from the looks of it, and that has me kinda bummed. I (apparently quite wrongly) assumed that this SFO with the special shield would have that oak leaf on all versions but the pic on GEC's site shows no shield. Rats.
 
cbr1000 said:
It's Jobillo on the #92.

Back to the barrel, what do you think that barrel is made of? I'm guessing it's a bourbon barrel? Maybe it's a white oak for the beer scouts?
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I'd say that's a very solid guess on the mystery barrel. Since bourbon barrels are only used once by distilleries ( at least those producing bourbon exclusively) there are a lot of them available at great prices and they are most often white oak which is a really solid wood. White oak bourbon barrels are also the most common choice for use in craft brewing these days with wine barrels coming in second. The question that sits with me is will they actually be using that barrel or others like it? Or is the mystery barrel symbolic of something else? Either way who doesn't like a little mystery? If nothing else it's genius marketing. I know there was a lot of people on the fence because of the generic listing of handle materials on the upcoming #15's and this is proving to be a good move to build anticipation and increase interest. I had looked this morning at one set of pre order slots on the NAVY knives just for the sake of seeing how full they were. I checked again this afternoon and with the knowledge of acorn shields they had almost doubled in reservations! This technique I find innovative and impressive and definitely not boring.
 
somber said:
I know you were being sarcastic, but we should all let Great Eastern do what Great Eastern does best, otherwise, who knows, they may start producing like Queen -- and nobody wants that!
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I would love it if they produced more like Queen. I have several GECs that I love and I'm a big fan of theirs, but Queen gets it right more often than GEC IMO.
 
Cory Hess said:
I would love it if they produced more like Queen. I have several GECs that I love and I'm a big fan of theirs, but Queen gets it right more often than GEC IMO.
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I'm going to venture a guess that you are in the minority. I love the steel on queen knives, but even their file and wire are no where near GEC on consistent quality and are more expensive.
 
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I put our best and brightest on it...



Still can't figure out dubya-tee-eff is going on at GEC... :grumpy:
 
knifeswapper said:
They had their own beer brewed for the get together....
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Well then I can only hope they're bringing in an empty barrel for later use, wouldn't want that beer going skunky waiting for everybody to arrive. :)

ALLHSS said:
If I may ask... what about Queen do you like better? This is a perplexing opinion to me.
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I think Cory's context was regarding keeping regular production stock on hand and ready for shipment, i.e. he prefers Queen's tendency to produce en masse and keep dealers stocked. I kinda see both sides of the ongoing debates about the "lolly scramble" model but GEC has no problem doing what they're doing and keeping the company flush. That's what we want American SMBs to be doing, right?

I also appreciate what the Daniels and Queen do, and with one or two notable exceptions I have not had the negative QA experiences many have (those I have had have been commented on in other threads), and I appreciate the ability to go out and easily secure a stylin' stockman, workin' man's carbon-blade Barlow or a deluxe Congress for fancy times. This is also why I support Case as much as I do, though I imagine I barely blip their particular radar. :p

GEC makes a really, really nice knife. It's a little more involved getting their product, though you are getting a more exclusive product in the end. Markets bear out value but the real value is in how you enjoy the knife. Having only recently gotten my first GEC, catching that bug caught me by surprise but I "get it" now. :D

Of course, if I end up with zero #14 Barlows I'm going to be a scowlface for quite some time.

P.S. Speaking of GEC, my last word on the subject for now will be: Those of you owners who swore you could smell 150 year old oil on your sucker rod Beagles are nuts. That's the oil GEC puts on the jernts. It's a fun little fantasy, though. :D
 
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