Lets talk GEC!

[Crossdraw]

Yeah, it makes sense now. Excellent.

 

[knifeswapper]

Are they going to call the two-blade version the "Improved Weasel"?

It is actually the "Rabid Weasel".

Honestly, does anyone know how/why they came up with the name Weasel? I wonder if at GEC HQ, when they are picking a new name for a production pattern run, they all sit around and brainstorm crazy names, post them all on a wall... and then throw darts blindfolded at them until they hit one.

Maybe since it is a muskrat clip but muskrat name is already taken, they picked his closest cousin...

 

[r8shell]

I can kind of see the resemblance...

I believe you have ferreted out the truth.

 

[biglmbass]

I sure wish they would let someone do some all steel stockmans, gunstock jacks and dogleg jacks

Amen. A new run of 56s would be well received

 

[supratentorial]

Oh, I can definitely see it now... thanks. Sorry, my mind is a bit clouded. When I hear the name Weasel, I have a Pavlovian response and picture my wife's ex-husband.

Someone else comes to my mind. The names are just marketing. Sometimes they get confused with pattern names... for example, someone posted an antique figural knife shaped like lady's leg and thought the pattern name was always called "French Kate".

 

[Crossdraw]

It is actually the "Rabid Weasel".



Maybe since it is a muskrat clip but muskrat name is already taken, they picked his closest cousin...

Makes sense, Mike. It is good to see they have a little fun with these names on occasion. Of course, I'm waiting for the 77 "Honey Badger" Barlow... maybe with a "FU" engraved on the bolster and two matching wharnies... because Honey Badger don't care. Haha.

 

[AusLoX]

Went with the Single Spear blade 54 this time. That's right, single blade.

 

[GE Jr]

Mine arrived earlier today. Just clean... loving the satin, no etch blade... and that bloodwood has a beautiful sheen to it.

Looks great - love the wood! :thumbup: Thanks, Rob.

 

[Txjohn]

Just got confirmation that one of the 54 SFO will be single spear blade( might be news to me alone) Unfortunately I'm not a fan for the shield they use .

 

[AusLoX]

Just got confirmation that one of the 54 SFO will be single spear blade( might be news to me alone) Unfortunately I'm not a fan for the shield they use .

The Leaf? That's the shield they're using this time.

 

[Crossdraw]

I'd like to see a single spear on the 54... interesting news. Thanks.

 

[AusLoX]

I'd like to see a single spear on the 54... interesting news. Thanks.

They're up...I went with the Appaloosa. The ones they've done in the past look great.

 

[cbr1000]

Too bad the bolsters are straight.. at least they are single line. I like the oak leaf on Snakewood.

 

[Txjohn]

Auslox - that's right , oak leaf.

 

[cbr1000]

Oak leaf also works for me on white bone. The appolusa bone is supposed to be underlying white with brown hues like the 25 GEC did in I think '09.

 

[AusLoX]

Auslox - that's right , oak leaf.

Ah ok. Because they use a cloud sometimes as well

 

[cbr1000]

This one

Grr, cell phone

 

[TheFactor]

They're up...I went with the Appaloosa. The ones they've done in the past look great.

I went with the same and also a Burlap 👍

 

[biglmbass]

Not to split hairs, but can a single blade 54 be correctly called a big jack?

 

[supratentorial]

Not to split hairs, but can a single blade 54 be correctly called a big jack?

"Jack knives" is a very broad category. It seems like standard usage to me.