Hey KBA, I have been pleasantly surprised to see both on EDCForums and Tumblr a rather large fan base for GEC. It's cool to see people who are not strictly traditional knife enthusiasts opening up to GEC's products. They are top notch, and the exploding fan base demonstrates their quality. Traditional knives in general seem to be in a period of burgeoning interest, and I think GEC and their excellent business practices alongside their excellent products is a major contributor to that growing interest.
It blows my mind, considering other threads, that there haven't been admonitions in this thread in the last day or so. If nothing else, just for staying on topic. I am a history person through and through, and I love learning about the histories of these patterns. Though not a strict traditionalist in taste, by any means, I can appreciate that this forum needs guidelines as to what is traditional and I think it's right to spread awareness of those guidelines.
What I hate to see is established members criticizing new posters, or even going so far as to literally say that they should post/read elsewhere, simply because they have a less stringent view of what qualifies a knife as fitting under a traditional name. As long as someone has an interest in traditional knives who cares if they call a knife by a name that it doesn't deserve? Show that they are not correct by citing Levine's and move on, especially if you are a long time poster and should represent the friendly nature of this forum. One of my first posts in this subforum developed into my defense of a Spyderco Squeak as a traditional knife, when now (not that long later) I would absolutely never consider it traditional and see why it is not. Someone who has a real interest in traditionals will learn, as I did. You wouldn't expect someone in any other area of interest to know every term and custom from the start, and it is not productive to shun someone for a lack of knowledge.
Traditional knives are absolutely in a period of surging interest, let's not suppress that surge by turning a learning moment into a negative moment of exclusion. This subforum deserves its image as friendly and welcoming, let's not change that to one of exclusion and outdatedness.
I am not going to respond to this subject again, as this thread is "Let's Talk GEC" and I think that should be the content going forward.
Speaking of GEC, what is the blade shape of the upcoming cap/crown lifter #15s going to be? I can't find where I saw earlier. Thanks for any help!
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