Show off your 15's

a fraction smaller, and you get the 14, a fraction larger and you get the 77, and a fraction larger still you get the 86. The gec #15 is one of those fan favorites models, always welcomed on the production schedule!
 
30-30remchester said:
Ok I will ask the embarrassing question. Is there an actual definition of a #15 knife. I have always thought them to be medium sized single bolstered jacks with either 1 or 2 bladed both hinged at the same end. I have seen several that have 2 bolsters. Is there and actual definition. And for a few years I have wondered how they got their designation #15.
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The 15 essentially just refers to the main outline of the body of the knife... like if you were to turn all the knives into silhouettes, those are the patterns. Each pattern can then have different configurations of blade shape, blade count, whether or not it is a barlow bolster or just a single small bolster and bareheaded or double bolstered with an end cap.

However, going with the silhouette concept, if you flip the configuration of a pattern so the main blade is on the other end then GEC typically considers that a separate pattern number. Like the 18 Coyote/Beagle becomes a 19 Little Rattler when the pattern is flipped. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong and that rule has exceptions.

So, with that in mind, the 14, 15, and 77 are essentially the same design but different pattern numbers because they're different sizes.
 
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Another exception is their 53/54 frame. Both frames are the same, an equal end cigar shape, but the 53s are cam tangs with no half-stops, while the 54s do have half-stops.
 
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