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Let's talk Northwoods

I guess going with a micarta gives the advantage of not having to browse. Red is my favourite colour so it was a no brainer.

,,,Mike in Canada
 
Are the bolsters polished or like a brushed finish? Some pics they look shiny and others they aren’t. I got red micarta
 
I’m happy for everyone that got a knife yesterday.

I was a frustrated with the website.

I tried buying a mammoth ivory #51 that looked white but it wouldn’t allow me to put it in my cart.

Nothing else jumped out at me so I was content with nothing this round.
 
I got one in green micarta. This will be my first Northwoods (and my first attempt at snagging one.) How often do these get released?
 
Scott Free said:
I got one in green micarta. This will be my first Northwoods (and my first attempt at snagging one.) How often do these get released?
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It all depends on what KSF can work out with GEC for any given year. We as the consumer will never know about a release until days defore the drop.
 
These knives are beautiful! Does GEC produce all the Northwood knives? I think I read somewhere online that there were 500 pieces in this last offering. I don't know if that was true or not. I wonder if that means that there were 100 pieces in each handle material?

Was the Burlap(?) Micarta a new material for them? Also, is that a wharncliff blade? Thanks.
Larry
 
boykinlp said:
These knives are beautiful! Does GEC produce all the Northwood knives? I think I read somewhere online that there were 500 pieces in this last offering. I don't know if that was true or not. I wonder if that means that there were 100 pieces in each handle material?

Was the Burlap(?) Micarta a new material for them? Also, is that a wharncliff blade? Thanks.
Larry
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I believe that particular variant of burlap micarta (Smoke) was new, however, they've used burlap in many of their past releases. I got a Lincoln Jack with burlap covers that I really wasn't too fond of...it had too many voids for my liking. I never had that problem with linen, paper, canvas or denim micatra in the past. I think the blade shape it's a categorized as a modified wharncliffe....kind of in between a sheepsfoot and a wharny. Whatever it is...it looks awesome! I have a red linen on the way...shipped this morning :)
 
boykinlp said:
These knives are beautiful! Does GEC produce all the Northwood knives? I think I read somewhere online that there were 500 pieces in this last offering. I don't know if that was true or not. I wonder if that means that there were 100 pieces in each handle material?

Was the Burlap(?) Micarta a new material for them? Also, is that a wharncliff blade? Thanks.
Larry
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GEC has produced the Northwoods knives for the past few years but others have made them before that. There are quite a few Queen made Northwoods knives from the past.

I'll let somebody else answer your other questions because I have to sign off now.
 
The Fayette is still my favorite Northwoods. I've sold, traded, or gave away all my other Northwoods, but I just can't let the Fayette go. Probably because the #56 is my most favorite frame. So thin and curvy...
 
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