Little Sunfishies

Woodrow F Call

Woodrow F Call

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My tastes constantly change. Lately, I've been thinking about a small sunfish pattern. That stubby blade, is it surprisingly useful?

Thoughts? Maker Pref? I'd like bone or wood...... who all fits the bill?
 
I have the 36 on its way but don't think it would be considered small at 4 1/4 closed.
 
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Would a sleeve board work for you? Here is my #26 next to a Northwoods Femont.

The little stubby blade is actually very useful.
 
I was gifted this one by a member of our forum :) , a Rough Rider 118 Sunfish in an Amber Jigged Bone, they sell for under $15 does from many places.

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I'm crazy about both baby sunfish and canoe patterns. S&M has a fantastic new stag baby sunfish out which I was going to get but it looks like Santa will be bringing me a stag canoe instead.
 
I sent my brother one of the small Rough Riders. He said he used the small (3/4") blade to field dress a deer once just to see if it could be done. And when he told me about it he said that while he eventually got done, he'd use something a little more suited to the task from then on.
 
Peter Parker said:
I'm crazy about both baby sunfish and canoe patterns. S&M has a fantastic new stag baby sunfish out which I was going to get but it looks like Santa will be bringing me a stag canoe instead.
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Spiderman, I really liked the idea of the Baby Sunfish, but I rarely get happy with stag. Do they make them in bone or wood?

I'd really like to see Queen City do that pattern. I like their jigging on the bigger knives.
 
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You can look for some on Ebay or something but other wise the closest you can get is the GEC 26 mentioned above; they make them with a spear main blade.
 
Peter Parker said:
You can look for some on Ebay or something but other wise the closest you can get is the GEC 26 mentioned above; they make them with a spear main blade.
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The 26s also came with a wharncliffe/coping combination too, this particular model intrigued me the most, but I have yet to acquire one myself. I think they look great though.

Paul
 
My favorite knife is the all steel sunfish from GEC.

The secondary blade is pointy enough and thinner than a scalpel. The main is stout, but still thin. Nice long thin cross section makes it cut dandy.







 
pmew said:
The 26s also came with a wharncliffe/coping combination too, this particular model intrigued me the most, but I have yet to acquire one myself. I think they look great though.

Paul
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I like mine, I will say that I wish the secondary blade was a pen, even though I'm a big fan of coping blades, just seems redundant, the #26 is built like a tank, I would have liked if they reshuffled the blade combos on these maybe, spear/coping, wharncliffe/pen , clip with either pen or coping, just my opinion, but the knife makes a great carry if you want to carry something a little more robust than a pen knife but don't want to give up pocket space.


Pete
 
Stich2442 said:
I like mine, I will say that I wish the secondary blade was a pen, even though I'm a big fan of coping blades, just seems redundant, the #26 is built like a tank, I would have liked if they reshuffled the blade combos on these maybe, spear/coping, wharncliffe/pen , clip with either pen or coping....
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I love the tiny secondary blades on GEC's #26s-- they make me smile-- but entirely agree that the wharncliffe mains should be paired with pen secondaries, etc. (For some reason, paired bellied blades don't bother me as much as a straight main without a complementary bellied secondary. Familiarity, perhaps?)

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~ P.
 
pertinux said:
I love the tiny secondary blades on GEC's #26s-- they make me smile-- but entirely agree that the wharncliffe mains should be paired with pen secondaries, etc. (For some reason, paired bellied blades don't bother me as much as a straight main without a complementary bellied secondary. Familiarity, perhaps?)

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~ P.
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