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Haha I'm hoping for a "micro brew scout" on the #14 pattern (same as the beer scout but a smaller watch pocket version)

The GEC "tall boy" sounds like a nice pattern too.
 
Signed up for a blood red jigged bone. I have a Big Jack and really like it, but it is heavy, so I'm intrigued by a single blade version. It should be noticeably thinner. And I do like the oak leaf shield that DLT uses. I'm guessing these are 30 days out or so?
 
Ratbert said:
Signed up for a blood red jigged bone. I have a Big Jack and really like it, but it is heavy, so I'm intrigued by a single blade version. It should be noticeably thinner. And I do like the oak leaf shield that DLT uses. I'm guessing these are 30 days out or so?
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I'm guessing 6 weeks myself. I figure they're on the production schedule already so you know that normally means they are coming soon. GEC seems to be getting through the 48's fairly quick (Hawthornes mostly done, single blades showing up at dealers...). You wouldn't think the 38's would take very long because there's only 5 variants. Who knows, it could take 2 months depending on which 54's are started first because there's 10 or so different 54's so it seems like larger run.
 
cbr1000 said:
I'm guessing 6 weeks myself. I figure they're on the production schedule already so you know that normally means they are coming soon. GEC seems to be getting through the 48's fairly quick (Hawthornes mostly done, single blades showing up at dealers...). You wouldn't think the 38's would take very long because there's only 5 variants. Who knows, it could take 2 months depending on which 54's are started first because there's 10 or so different 54's so it seems like larger run.
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Good points on breaking down the time frame. Patience is a virtue, right?
 
GE Jr said:
Anyone receive their new 48 Bloodwood Weasel yet? While waiting for mine to ship, some owner pics would be good to gawk at in the meantime. :D
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One solitary little weasel was waiting for me when I got home yesterday evening. It has a really nice oily wood smell that I haven't noticed on other new GECs.
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AlwaysTomboy said:
I have NF bone on pre-order and I just bought a bloodwood in case I don't like the bone. I'm telling myself I won't keep both, but we'll see how that goes. :p
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Indeed. We will see how that goes[emoji3]
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Oh good grief. The 48 Northfield bone is green. Aaaany other color jigged bone and I could have let it go no problem, but the pickle green calls to me; it calls to me like a siren. :p:o

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AlwaysTomboy said:
One solitary little weasel was waiting for me when I got home yesterday evening. It has a really nice oily wood smell that I haven't noticed on other new GECs.
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Oh good grief. The 48 Northfield bone is green. Aaaany other color jigged bone and I could have let it go no problem, but the pickle green calls to me; it calls to me like a siren. :p:o

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That Bloodwood looks great, AlwaysTomboy! :thumbup: I'm thinking mine's gotta ship soon...hopefully. I do think I see a Pickle Green headed your way.:D
 
Crossdraw said:
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. :D
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Rob,

Way too much thought went into that one, sign me up for 2.....:D
 
Really happy with the pickle green Northfield. Always a little risky pre-ordering a GEC mystery cover release, this one paid off handsomely. Very attractive knife.
 
blademan 13 said:
Really happy with the pickle green Northfield. Always a little risky pre-ordering a GEC mystery cover release, this one paid off handsomely. Very attractive knife.
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It is a nice color, although I may prefer their Spring Green ever so slightly more. I reserved the 2-blader, so I'm hoping they use the same color for it. Though there's a few other colors that would be cool too.
 
I'm a visionary, Jamie. I know what the people want... Haha!
 
BTW, I like the pickle green too. I have a lot of knives on pre-order and reserve, but I may break down and pick one of those up. I love green covers, especially jigged.
 
btb01 said:
They're calling it "Tiger Eye Acrylic," although it sure looks the same as the Draft Beer Acrylic to me. :rolleyes: :D

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Mine should be here tomorrow. :thumbup:



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It's the same as the draft Beer acrylic they did just change the name .
 
That's what I thought too... so similar.
 
Got my Bloodwood #48 in the mail today, but with a somewhat busy Friday afternoon/evening, I didn't have a chance to take any photos. I do have one small gripe about it, which coincides with something I've seen on some other recent GEC's (going back to the most recent run of Beer Scouts) and has to do with the edge/bevel. Within the last year or so, it seemed that GEC's factory edges were improving, but lately I've received a few knives where the bevel on one part of the knife is rounded off so that it almost looks like a convex edge, if that makes sense. Here's an example from a #13 Clerk. You can see towards the tang where the bevel tapers away and the main grind is rounded off right down to the edge.

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It's easily remedied with the first sharpening (which I do with any new knife I plan on keeping/using anyways), but it's still a bit disappointing, as it's less than I've come to expect from GEC.

There was a little bit of this rounded bevel on the #48, but in addition to that, there was a bit of recurve towards the tang, where the straight edge curved down a little bit and, well, wasn't straight. This, for me, was a little more concerning than the rounded off bevel, because my only sharpening experience (and equipment) is on flat sharpening stones, which aren't well suited to sharpening blades with recurve. I was able to carefully use my coarsest DMT stone (Fine) to straighten out that part of the edge and then sharpen the knife successfully, but again, I wasn't exactly thrilled with this little defect. It seems like most of the other #48's I've seen don't have this issue and look nice and straight in photos (I forgot to take a before photo, but you would definitely have been able to see this in a photo).

Has anyone else experienced the rounded off bevel on recent GEC's? (I noticed it on two Beer Scouts, one #13, and a little on this #48.) I'm also curious if anyone else has noticed the same slight recurve on their #48?
 
btb01: I just checked mine and the edge is true and uniform all the way back to the plunge; no rounding off, and no slight recurve.
 
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btb01: I just checked mine and the edge is true and uniform all the way back to the plunge; no rounding off, and no slight recurve.
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That's good. :thumbup: I think (or at least, I hope) both issues are uncommon, but having seen the rounded off bevel on a few knives myself, I'd be surprised if there weren't a few others out there.

I took some photos of my Bloodwood Weasel this morning.

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