Lets talk GEC!

In this first day of august i already can say 2020 is a great year from a cutlery standpoint.

We have had the 62 Pocket Carver. An original, though traditional design, very well made. The nesting of 3 blades without any rubbing on the 3 Farm & Fields i've got requires high skills. A great achievement.

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And now the 35. A usual and expected blade to cut sausages, a cap lifter for the favorite Indian Pale Ale of the week which incorporates a fork for picking olives, it becomes interesting, and supreme refinement, a comb for the beard.

Et voilà, we have a Hipster Survival Tool.

Dan.
 
IF this is a real run, then it's more than bizarre and borderline pathetic in its lame whimsical humour ;)

COULD be the guys at GEC having a laugh at the combo of gullibility and or pompous outrage that some followers of GEC might show. Whatever we show 'em they'll believe :D Testing the waters you see...:)

Time will tell:cool:
 
Camillus said:
The disappointment I feel with this knife on the 35 frame is that it’s such a missed opportunity for GEC to make a cool knife that I really want to use and carry - a new classic. Opportunity lost.

It’s disappointing to think we could all be sharing experiences using that type of knife in all sorts of great outdoors and working environments. Instead we get knives like the odd calf pen, the too big texas cattle knife and its variants, endless leather punches in a world that has moved on from leather, bail and chain. These are often cool knives in their own right, but lack a little functionality that could be added with some tweaks. In other words, if GEC is set on making odd patterns and variations (and I hope they continue to) I would really like to see some variations based on functionality to balance out the whimsy.

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GEC has the ability to make cool and practical variations on this type of knife and I really hope they do.

Anyway, just my thoughts, probably too much given there is so much to be positive about regarding GEC, I’ll close up on the negativity now.
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Nice #70 !
 
I am not falling for this mockup until I see the comb blade in production pictures. That blade is not easy to make and makes what is otherwise a slightly modifed "BS" knife into an added expense. With his other "Things to Ponder" he is obviously catering to market demand - why would this be so off the wall.
 
knifeswapper said:
I am not falling for this mockup until I see the comb blade in production pictures. That blade is not easy to make and makes what is otherwise a slightly modifed "BS" knife into an added expense. With his other "Things to Ponder" he is obviously catering to market demand - why would this be so off the wall.
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I’m starting to think the same, especially since in the mock-up it shows the comb to have an etch which doesn’t make much sense. Also, adding in the description to the comb seems intended for maximum work up. The fork doesn’t get a special description for whether it’s an pickle fork or whatever it may be intended to be.
 
dantzk8 said:
In this first day of august i already can say 2020 is a great year from a cutlery standpoint.

We have had the 62 Pocket Carver. An original, though traditional design, very well made. The nesting of 3 blades without any rubbing on the 3 Farm & Fields i've got requires high skills. A great achievement.
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Nah, you can’t call it that, maybe it’s the hipster eating utensil? Mommy and daddy’s credit card has long been established as the preferred hipster survival tool. Great photo.
 
I like it. I’ve looked at the mockup long enough that I would actually be disappointed if it didn’t include the comb.

For all of you that are upset about it being a waste of a pattern, we aren’t certain that there won’t be other runs with different blade options. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a cattle knife. So, it’s entirely possible that he’s trying to make something different to drum up conversation/attract new eyes, as well as release something that will appease his current customer base.

I also didn’t realize how triggering hipsters are to folks here lol. If GEC can tap in to that market, it’s a gold mine. You have a cap lifter, a beard comb, and a fork in one knife. It’s unusual and it will appeal to that demographic. I’ll be buying one or two. That is, unless all of you beardless folks hoard them lol.
 
Man I do love to hate hipsters...if GEC wants in on that market they still have a ways to go. They’ll need to check the following boxes:
1. All materials have to be made out of something super rare, exotic and...sustainable.
2. Really needs to be made in a loft in Brooklyn or somewhere not at all zoned for industrial use.
3. Some sort of crowd sourced funding startup money needs to be involved.
4. Needs to be made by some guy with a made up name and his three bros.
5. Man bun and his bros need to have expensive useless degrees and no idea what a machinist is or does
6. No middle aged blue collar folks around that have been making knives their entire lives.
7. Everything gets a bail and 6 ft chain.
8. It’s got to be harder to get than it is now. Think txt message meetup in sketch industrial areas at night.
9. Prices should start at eBay TC Barlow levels.

There, that’s a good start. I’m probably missing some rules.
 
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