Lets talk GEC!

MCar said:
I have I have said it before, but I would really love to see Great Eastern Cutlery produce a harness jack with a liner lock on the punch.
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It's a good idea. I'd like for them to use some of the alternative lock releases though. I'm happy to send Bill some samples of 100 year old Schrades (press down other blade to unlock) and Remingtons (press button to unlock) for patterning.
 
I am going to try one but I really do think it will not be very well received. I think it will sit on shelves at the dealers forever. Once thing for sure, a 77 Barlow is not going to happen this year.
 
A wait and see approach is the route I'm taking regarding the Northfield barlow. I'd be surprised if it didn't happen this year. On the other hand, with Washington Jacks potentially coming next year you would think it would make manufacturing sense to run them back to back on two different production schedules. Either way, who knows what will happen... always fun to speculate GEC's production schedule. Funny thing is the speculated schedule is wrong most of the time so we mostly entertain ourselves with no physical result . My hope is for late this year NF barlow with early next year Washington Jacks. Both favorites!
 
I might be in for a #78. I like jack knives and the fact that they're 3 3/4 inch. If only they'd do a long pull on the Tidioutes and no shield or at least one without writing on it. I much preffer the plain bolsters on Tidioutes than all the additional stuff on the Northfields.

I'd also love to see a farmer's jack on a #57 frame instead of a #38. That'd make a very sturdy working knife.
 
The #78's are sort of a "wait and see" knife to me. I really like the thought of one but with the fat spearpoint blade I am thinking they may be to similar to an #85 to justify purchase? Of course all that goes away if I can find a single blade in extra nice stag.....
 
I surely look forward to having my jigged bone tidioute 78 in my hand. A pen blade in front of a spear main blade is my ideal knife, and the size is great. And umm, gimme a 9 pull!
 
Has anyone confirmed whether or not the Tidioute #78s will have a shield? The moc ups have not always proven to be indicative of the final product's finer details.
 
Sabercat said:
Has anyone confirmed whether or not the Tidioute #78s will have a shield? The moc ups have not always proven to be indicative of the final product's finer details.
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Anything but that hideous hotdog shield, puhleeeeeeeease.
 
tstaut said:
Anything but that hideous hotdog shield, puhleeeeeeeease.
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I believe GEC built a homemade submarine and took the hotdog shield tooling on a 2 day trip and when there was a complication on the sub that turned critical they had to commit the hotdog shield tooling to the deep. The police found the tooling, but it was missing the upper die and the die cam and all the wear plates had been removed.
 
Hopefully, once they recovered from the shock of losing the hotdog tooling they earnestly began making dies for the new Federal shield?
 
Man... That liner lock tab on the #35 calf pen is looking a bit proud. I don't know how comfortable that will be during use...

In these pics, it seems that the second blade isn't closed... I do not know why.
I will be looking for another pic showing how the lock will ride during use.
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I actually don't hate the hotdog shield.

Runs away!

I don't like the standard "tidioute" shield, though. They've been doing the right thing and getting more creative recently.

Give me a houndstooth!
 
That big tab on the liner lock would make it easy to use with gloves on. I think this is truly designed to be a work knife.
 
It's not a straight on shot, so you can't get a clear view as to how the liner lock tab sits in relation to the spine on the secondary, but there was this pic too:
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That being said, filing down the top of the liner lock tab to sit below the spine of the secondary would be an easy modification. One that I could see being done regularly by those that plan to use the knife (if it is an issue at all).

Does anyone else have any worries about the hook on the one arm digging into their pinky during use?

Might be a good platform for a clip point modification...
 
One wonders why they put their effort, manpower, and energy costs into something like this. I finally decided that this knife is not my deal. Withdrew my reserve.
 
NJBillK said:
I think the changing of the one-arm to a clip might make me more likely to buy one.

Once I see them in hand, it will be the deciding factor.
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I didn't get the one arm blade either, but there may be some reason behind the choice.
 
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