Quintessential GEC?

[redsparrow]

What handle material is that on the bottom knife? Smooth ivory bone? Very nice whatever it is!

Thanks. GEC called it Smooth White Bone at it's release in 2009 but I like your name better so Smooth Ivory it is.

 

[JohnDF]

Not surprising, most votes going to either the #15 or the #73.
They are both quintessential and perhaps could share the crown.

 

[Rookie82]

73 pattern for sure.

 

[Travman]

I wonder if someone knows the most produced GEC pattern. I guess I could add up every pattern from the GEC yearly production totals on their website. I would assume it would be the 15 pattern, but maybe it is something made more recently especially since the production runs have gotten bigger over the past few years.

 

[CelloDan]

I vote for the Bull nose lol

It's sort of similar in dimensions/shape and practical use as the 73 but is "pinchable".

Which one would this cowboy pick ?
( Don't cowboys wear gloves a lot of the time ?

Disclaimer: I don't own either , I am just teasing.

Of the four GEC's I own my 77 yankee barlow is the one ... and is "barely pinchable"

 

[joeradza]

I wonder if someone knows the most produced GEC pattern.

Darren? waverave

 

[waverave]

I wonder if someone knows the most produced GEC pattern. I guess I could add up every pattern from the GEC yearly production totals on their website. I would assume it would be the 15 pattern, but maybe it is something made more recently especially since the production runs have gotten bigger over the past few years.

Correct the 15 is the most produced pattern.

 

[CVamberbonehead]

The quintessential GEC logo should be a shield thats stamped with "Out of Stock" in fancy font. (and itd be on a knife thats being scalped on the secondary market for $300)

I guess if I had to pick Id say the 15 is the most common pattern, so maybe a Northfield version of the 15, though I dont have a 15.

 

[waynorth]

Though not usually a fan of Stainless Steel, some of GEC's best work went into the combinations of SS and Elk!!
Local steel and American Elk - it's like a 1000 mile diet; good for your health!!

 

[TexasTomcat]

Correct the 15 is the most produced pattern.

I KNEW Waverave would have the answer to this - Excel Master!

 

[Quiet]

Well, overall, I'd have to agree with the #15 as being that one GEC that everyone seems to have (except me! LOL).

For me personally, I believe the quintessential GEC is the #86. It's what captured my interest in GECs and got me on the path to collecting them. The pattern is everything I love about a classic knife, yet it's still large enough for my mitts to really get hold of. Just love everything about them, and was fortunate enough that I just happened to visit the Porch around the time they'd been released, so I could get an example of nearly every cover, something that would be nearly impossible to do now.

 

[rje58]

The ball and chain did seem to be an anomaly amidst the otherwise frenzied popularity of the 15.

There are still 15's on the dealers shelves for under a c-note!

 

[Markeologist]

A 15 in Blood Red is tops on my list with Mr. CC's Anniversary TC being the pinnacle.

 

[JohnDF]

Hard to beat that trio of #15's.

 

[Markeologist]

Tough to argue against the 73...though the 15 is just such a gem in any of its multitude of guises.

 

[macmiddlebrooks]

Necro-ing thread just to say I agree with OP.
For me, the Viper is the best all-around pattern. Not too big, not too small (15), pinch-able, has a perfect EDC bladeshape and a lanyard hole to make pulling it out of a pocket slip easy.

 

[Jacques Mi]

This one is a very pleasing knife for the eyes. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Rockon75]

Something different from other companies and sets them apart, how about the 79 workhorse whittler. Basically three main blades. What about a two-spring four bladed large cattle knife with punch (the 53/54 pattern). I personally think the geppetto whittler on the 57 frame is a work of art and craftsmanship (although I think the pattern had been made by many in the past). A true splitback that is just good for everything I run across.

 

[Will Power]

Though not usually a fan of Stainless Steel, some of GEC's best work went into the combinations of SS and Elk!!
Local steel and American Elk - it's like a 1000 mile diet; good for your health!!View attachment 1490579 View attachment 1490580 View attachment 1490581 View attachment 1490582

I'm a fan of both the steel and materials and your pictures

 

[Will Power]

This one is a very pleasing knife for the eyes. Thanks for posting it.

Very kind of you to say so, I really like these original all steel Eureka knives despite not being a monster fan of same end Jacks. Paradoxes are often rewarding...