My GEC's past and present...

Nicely refined collection, Gary!
I'm proud (of course) you've chosen a TC Barlow to be included in this esteemed grouping!;)

More important, It was a real pleasure to meet you face to face at the well from which these creations spring!!

Thanks for the great pictorial contributions you make in this place!!
 
Thanks Charlie, it was great to meet up with you as well, you had such a long trip to get there too!! I hope you can make plans to come back next year?
G2
 
here's a crazy processing of a photo of my 2 bladed GEC Montana Workhorse #79 with bark ivory scales, thought it was kinda cool as it was just a ipod touch photo in dim light, so the texturing made up for the poor lighting ;)

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G2
 
Pretty crazy stuff actually, you can make out it's a folder and even it's brand but it's ... well different looking, I just tried to make a larger version and it didn't come out near as neat as the smaller sized image, wanted to make a print of it, I'll have to work on that! :)
In the mean time, I'll use it :) !!
G2

edited to add this shot showing the ivory and boker, traditional pairing, along with my watch, flashlight and pen, but, of course in a different light ;)

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and the 'normal' shot...

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Well I'll be adding another one to this thread soon, traded into a GEC #79 burnt stag Montana Workhorse, it'll be shipping out tomorrow, as I've missed the two I use to own and had an itch to get one back, it'll be the only GEC that I'll have in my kit as all the rest have traveled on to new and exciting homes :( maybe in August I'll be able to find something nice at the GEC open house, as I plan to make a visit there this year, enjoyed last year's time there.

G2
 
I'm hoping to be able to attend this year's event.
 
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Gary W. Graley said:
Well, I've made a vow, I guess not a real strong vow, well, yeah, I'll probably break it but for now, I made a vow that I'm done getting folders, happy with the current family of steel I have.
G2
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Gary ,
How many knives have you had through your hands since this famous statement less than 12 months ago :)

I think it must be true when they say " it is better to have loved and lost , than to have never loved before "
You have had some absolute beauties that just take my breath away . Your skill at finding those knives and photographing them with professional precision is a treat to behold .

Ken
 
Tis true, certainly better to have loved and lost, especially in this case ;) and thanks sir, my family at home reminds me every time a box arrives "thought that last one was your last one?" I just smile and fortunately they also smile. As my true vow is I only pay for these toys out of money from selling ones I have or from money I gather while making sheaths, so that takes away any other guilt, plus I'm not building up any credit card payments either, plus plus :)

And indeed, they were some beauties! Several I had lucked into meeting personally, which is always better to handle before buying, and some were from people that posted such nice photos you could tell what would be arriving. And I do miss most of them dearly, especially that two bladed ivory one, that hurt a lot to part with!.

Also figured this would help to be a nice thread show casing some GEC folders too ! The one inbound is in need of some help, it has the blades with forced patina and bolsters in need of some clean up, but he assures me it was treated well and all blades are good, no play, so with that I know I can rouse her back to how I like them, as I'm not a patina kinda guy. I'll TRY to remember to take some before photos...
G2
 
Arrived today, he did a great job of forcing the patina on all three blades, I was going to give it some time to see if I grew to like it, but, didn't take me that long ;) so I cleaned up the blades just a little and gave the knife an overall bath;

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Knarly stag on this thing too, very grippy, I've missed having one of these GEC #79 Montana Workhorse's and this one has nice swedged blades and long pulls, very cool

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79_close.jpg~original


Good stuff, we'll see how long this lasts, might hang around a while, just has that feel about it.

G2
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Arrived today, he did a great job of forcing the patina on all three blades, I was going to give it some time to see if I grew to like it, but, didn't take me that long ;) so I cleaned up the blades just a little and gave the knife an overall bath;

79_bath.jpg~original


Knarly stag on this thing too, very grippy, I've missed having one of these GEC #79 Montana Workhorse's and this one has nice swedged blades and long pulls, very cool

79_side.jpg~original


79_close.jpg~original


Good stuff, we'll see how long this lasts, might hang around a while, just has that feel about it.

G2
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Gary

I'll show my ignorance and ask what Blade configuration it has ?
Clip , Sheepsfoot , ?

Ken

PS - You have an uncanny knack of finding beauties :)
 
Thanks Ken, she has the best of 3?worlds

Main blade spear
Smaller blades clip and sheepsfoot

All three sweetly sharp too !
G2
 
quick shot of the blades;

GEC_79_Stag.jpg~original


G2
 
While all of these have moved on to new and good families ;) I was finally drawn back into the realm of the GEC again when an opportunity to get this Eureka came up. Now this use to have a spear point blade, I've ground that down into a pointier clip, which I prefer more, guess I'm not big on spear points for what ever reason.

Here's a few shots to add to this record of GEC history of G2...

Eureka_closed.jpg~original


Eureka_open_.jpg~original


Eureka_clip.jpg~original


Good stuff, both exceedingly sharp and ground down to a thin edge as GEC knows how to do, while they don't always arrive as sharp as we would all like them to, it isn't rocket science to get a good edge on a knife, just practice, practice, practice...

G2

edited to add, that looking back through this thread certainly caused some minor chest pains ;) they were great knives, especially that ivory handled one...:(
 
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