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supratentorial said:
Many of the people who learned the term "swayback jack" learned it from Case. I love Tony's pattern but it's Tony's. Knives are "rebirthed" from old catalogs and old knives, not by reproducing Tony's work or Case's work. GEC should go back to the old catalogs and rebirth the long slender Sway-back as shown in Levine's Guide on page 180. Nobody else is making them. Would be very cool! Here's an oldie.

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Yes. Put a short wharncliffe blade on it, and we've got ourselves an Ettrick. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
supratentorial said:
I see. The book definition of pattern usually includes handle and blades. I misunderstood. I think the 35 handle die was first used on last years forum knife so it's about a year old. Not very long ago but not recent either. I hope there will be more new handle dies. And I hope they go back to old catalogs and knives rather than copy other manufacturer's current work.



The viper and hayn' helper are "curved jacks". A lot of folks learn "swayback jack" from Case and apply it incorrectly to any knife that is similar. Levine's Guide is a good reference book. It has definitions of "curved jack" and "sway-back jack". If GEC makes a "swayback jack", I hope they "rebirth" the old knives instead of copying Case and Tony. GEC should make their own way.
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Actually I was also confused with "curved jack" and "swayback jack".
 
Sabercat said:
What!? No cap lifter? Useless.
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Hope they sold it with a hefty pair of suspenders.
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Haha! Bottle caps were invented about 40 years after the knife was made. But the knife is useless without one now and that's why it's behind glass. ;) :D

r8shell said:
Yes. Put a short wharncliffe blade on it, and we've got ourselves an Ettrick. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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I'm new to the Ettrick pattern and I've only seen them in photos. Might be the first one made in the USA!

Rambler said:
Actually I was also confused with "curved jack" and "swayback jack".
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We're on the same page now. :thumbsup:
 
■ #15 Tidioute Cutlery, Barlow (Special Factory Order: Blade Forums)
This is on GEC's home page now under What's in Production....... YEE HAW......
 
Pàdruig said:
I am finding I almost like those Tidioute lined bolsters on the 25s more than the Northfield stamped one...
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Yup and the Northfields are an SFO through one dealer. I think it should have been more options with other dealers in Northfield trim.
 
NewBlades16 said:
Yup and the Northfields are an SFO through one dealer. I think it should have been more options with other dealers in Northfield trim.
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I want to bring this to everyone's attention.... This needs to be referenced from now on in the posts where people complain about all the SFO variations ;)
 
NewBlades16 said:
So you feel there should only be one SFO option?
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Oh, no. Don't matter much to me one way or another. I just get what I like and that's about it. There's people that complain about too many SFO's - what they are really trying to point out is that with all the SFO variations there's not enough regular run stock. Then (usually the same people) complain when there's only one SFO because there's not enough to go round...

Really just trying to poke fun.. didn't really mean much by it.
 
cbr1000 said:
Really just trying to poke fun.. didn't really mean much by it.
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No, it's all good. Just want to make a mental note next thread that shows aggravation for all the SFO's - that there are some folks that want more....
Very few acts or decisions suit everyone, but at least people are passionate about them... That's a great start.
 
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