Looking at GEC knives and Wondering

Not sure about wharncliffe barlows but they have made jacks. The first one in my post is a single bladed one.
 
ive periodically on and off their site (no knife money at the moment :p) but i don't recall seeing a wharncliffe Barlow.... time to go back and look (drool) again :D
 
2Dead said:
Not sure about wharncliffe barlows but they have made jacks. The first one in my post is a single bladed one.
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Ive looked and considered them, I actually really like the furtaker trapper but its a little big for my preference... i like my knives around the 3in mark. If i recall correctly the jacks are 3 1/2 ?
 
A little Googling, I found this. So yeah, they have made a wharncliffe barlow. I think this one was mammoth bone. Not sure what year.

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I looked over GEC's website and they do not currently have one but man that is a beautiful knife.... I might have to search a little bit to see if i can find one..... or one in snakewood :eek:
 
Here's a picture of my little Wharncliffe end-capped #25, which now belongs to someone else.

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I think there are still some two-bladers left with the Wharncliffe main.
 
All the #25s are 3" closed. I did some searching and confirmed there are still a few out there but here are GEC's pics of ones I've seen still available.

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I know its doesn't have the main blade you're looking for but I do have a #25 in Snakewood. This was my first GEC and really got me hooked, I've already purchased two more GEC knives over the last couple of months with no end in sight :D

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In your OP you asked: "personal opinion who makes the best traditional knife?"
Canal Street Cutlery is another American manufacturer of very well made knives. I have a few but am not familiar with their full range of patterns. They also made some excellent knives with the "Rigid" branding that are being sold at a discount by a dealer who is also an active and helpful forum member.
Check out CSC knives before deciding. At least you'll get to see some very attractive knives and the overall style or 'feel' is a bit different from the GEC's.
That said, i have a number of GEC knives and every one is top notch and considering the price difference, a much better deal than the Case/Bose collabs.
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Thanks again guys, I might ditch the wharncliffe main for that snakewood, I love the look of that stuff!

And what i mean by ditch is either wait till i can buy both or just buy the wharncliffe 2nd :D
 
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How 'bout a 56 weaver jack. I was just looking at one dealer's stock and he has it in snakewood. My mistake, cocobolo. Gorgeous cocobolo.
 
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2Dead said:
All the #25s are 3" closed. I did some searching and confirmed there are still a few out there but here are GEC's pics of ones I've seen still available.

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How did I miss this until now?!

I love the slight swoop at the tip of the secondary blade.

Sweet little package.

~ P.
 
The 25 is a great solid small pattern with broad handle that offers good handling characterics. I particularly like their single blade EZ-Open variants, one comes with a very decent Sheepsfoot.

The 26 is also well worth contemplating. Single spring 2 blades, some offer Wharncliffe as well. I recently got a 26 pocket sunfish in Primitive Bone, the master blade-Clip is broad and sturdy despite small size, the pen blade very handy too. This knife has immaculate build/finish. The thickness of the scales match, the colours are different but BOTH sides are attractive, this is more important to me than matching appearance. The pins are properly set and finished- neither sticking out to catch your nail nor recessed deeply, moreover, GEC knives inlet their shields very well indeed no rough edges poking out from bone or stage. CASE/Bose collabs can learn a lesson here.... It does have a very firm pull on the master blade (with correspondingly resounding snap!) some people don't like this, fair enough. Myself, i abhor weak/light pull with no snap, but we are all different, fortunately!

I like the fact that GEC constantly introduces new patterns, lately, I've not been interested in some of these, but others will follow. There's always something to look forward to and this is welcome. They've only been in production since 2006, but without a doubt, they've re-maped the Tradtional knife world. World being the operative word, as they have a keen following outside the USA as well.

Thanks, Will
 
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