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My goal this year is to buy a... GEC.

If you don't get down to getting one, it'll be sold out before you know it! I've missed a few this way by dithering, learn from the voice of experience:D:eek:

Thanks, Will
 
I bought a GEC, Geppetto Whittler. Sent one back for excessive blade play. Second was better in that regard, but the backs of the blades above the scales were sharp enough when closed to cut my pants pocket. After a couple months of pocket carry, the buffalo horn cracked around the rivet. It appears to me that a lot of GEC knives are bought and immediately become safe queens. Mine certainly did not stack up as an EDC.
 
Coyote - You have had some bad luck. The only GEC models that I carry regularly are the 73 and a toothpick, and they have held up fine. I have carried the ebony-handled 73 almost daily for over three years and it has behaved like a champ. It sits in my pocket right now.
 
Coyote3855 said:
I bought a GEC, Geppetto Whittler. Sent one back for excessive blade play. Second was better in that regard, but the backs of the blades above the scales were sharp enough when closed to cut my pants pocket. After a couple months of pocket carry, the buffalo horn cracked around the rivet. It appears to me that a lot of GEC knives are bought and immediately become safe queens. Mine certainly did not stack up as an EDC.
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I think its more you picked not the best handle scale for use. From my own research buffalo horn is often not the most tough for edc. More for a gentlemen carry at best. I read quite a few problems with it from many different makers. I don't have a ton of gec knives (only 6 if you count ones I gifted) and all of them have held out great so far. Maybe the odd little gap, and the edges were sharp on a couple (easily remedied with a fine file or sandpaper by the way). My main carry is a gec and it has had no problems. I certainly dont baton with it or anything crazy but it has done a lot of whittling and has joined me on man camping and hiking trips.

Sorry to hear that you got a couple knives you werent happy with. Lucky thing is there are many other great traditional makers too choose from. One of the best things about traditional knives is you have so many great choices: patterns, makers, scales, blade material and the list goes on. Hope you enjoy the hunt :)


To the original poster, I look forward to seeing what you choose. Always fun to pick a new knife to add to the herd :D
 
this thread makes me want to add more variety to my small GEC collection, of the 4 GECs that I have, three of them are 73 patterns, they just seem like the perfect slipjoint to me, I mean fit in my hand, and a good blade size for most jobs. Plus there is so much variety within one pattern (scale types, bolster types, blade configs etc) that you can easily get hung up on it.
 
I tend to be very wary of modern horn-handled knives as you never know if they've been cured properly. Without the proper preparation, this material all too easily turns nightmarish: shrink, peel back, cracking. Seems very sensitive to moisture changes, dry conditions are not good at all. Old horn handled knives show good durability, I brought this up with B.Levine on his forum and I seem to recall that he believed there were specific techniques used in the old days that are not replicated now. Hence the potential problem.

I've had no durability issues with any of my GEC knives (except dropping and cracking one handle aaarrrghh!) but I don't have (and won't have..) any of their horned knives.

Thanks, Will
 
A #73 in wood it is, single blade non-locking! I have my eye on one in particular. Now for the money... as usual right?
 
You mean something like this?

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It´s a great knife. Very handy. I got it for a good prize. Which one did you choose?

Kind regards
Andi
 
Humppa said:
You mean something like this?

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It´s a great knife. Very handy. I got it for a good prize. Which one did you choose?

Kind regards
Andi
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Like yours including the beaver shield but it doesn't have a lanyard hole/tube in jigged Brazilian Cherry. I love the blade shape more than anything. Now I need to come up with the bucks $$$$$ ;)
 
Hi Jakemex!

That´s really a very fine knife! I´m sure, you´ll like it :thumbup:

Let us know, how you like it, when it arrives :D

Kind regards
Andi
 
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