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Buzzbait said:
I think today is going to be a very good day. I have a micarta 77 Barlow and an elderberry Eureka Jack in my mailbox. It'll be a tough choice as which to use first. The nod may go to the Eureka, as I generally prefer 2-blade knives over single blades.

Also, this weekend is probably my last weekend of camping out in the Adirondacks for the year, and the drier air of fall is quickly settling in. So it should be safe to start carrying my carbon steel knives again next week.
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I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the 92, Buzz. Unfortunately, due to GEC's very annoying practice of split shipping a dealer's orders, I won't see mine until sometime next week perhaps.

It will be my first 92 so I am pretty excited to check it out, I've admired them for awhile now.
 
It had been an easy year on my wallet. My only new GEC offering I'd purchased in 2019 was Charlie's wonderful lambsfoot.

But now the house of cards is starting to topple. The elderberry Eureka Jack and micarta 77 Barlow arrived last night. I'm waiting on my green micarta Eureka preorder to come due, as well as the 86 Bladeforums knife, and I'm really liking the design of the 86 jack.
 
Buzzbait said:
It had been an easy year on my wallet. My only new GEC offering I'd purchased in 2019 was Charlie's wonderful lambsfoot.

But now the house of cards is starting to topple. The elderberry Eureka Jack and micarta 77 Barlow arrived last night. I'm waiting on my green micarta Eureka preorder to come due, as well as the 86 Bladeforums knife, and I'm really liking the design of the 86 jack.
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Can't wait for my green micarta eureka it was my only planned knife purchase the rest of the year but I think you talked me into an elderberry with your post in the #92 thread. I'm not a big fan of owning bone but it does look fantastic. Thanks!.......I think. :D
 
can someone illuminate me regarding "cyclops knife works"? I see it appears on some of the earlier GEC knives.

Was this just a GEC term (like TIDIOUTE, etc) or was it a dealer SFO?

I heard it was a term they used when stainless steel was used?

not much info available on the internets...

Thanks in advance
 
Ron Sabbagh said:
can someone illuminate me regarding "cyclops knife works"? I see it appears on some of the earlier GEC knives.

Was this just a GEC term (like TIDIOUTE, etc) or was it a dealer SFO?

I heard it was a term they used when stainless steel was used?

not much info available on the internets...

Thanks in advance
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Yes, the Cyclops stamp is used on GEC stainless blades.

I think I remember reading that the current GEC building is the old Cyclops steel manufacturing plant.
 
Thanks 'splitter & mamba.

That's very helpful.

Pretty sure I have a 2007 knife that says "cyclops knife works" but blades are carbon. CKW is etched on the blade but the stamp says "Great Eastern Cutlery - Titusville knife works"
 
Cyclops Steel Works = 440C
Titusville Iron Works = 1095
I've never seen Titusville or Cyclops Knife Works.
There were a few Farm & Field knives made with O1 tool steel, but I haven't one, so don't know how they were stamped.
 
black mamba said:
Cyclops Steel Works = 440C
Titusville Iron Works = 1095
I've never seen Titusville or Cyclops Knife Works.
There were a few Farm & Field knives made with O1 tool steel, but I haven't one, so don't know how they were stamped.
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The Farm & Field O1 tool steel are stamped "GEC O1 TOOL, TITUSVILLE, PA".

Dan.
 
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