Small GEC's

My preference is for a two blade knife in general, but especially with the smaller knives. I recently snagged an 06 Templar on the exchange. Lovely little knife but it’s almost too thin -and I have small hands for a man.

To me the Case Peanut is a great design because it manages to be just fat enough to be practical for use, while being as small as possible, and yet looks “small and elegant” rather than chunky.

The #15 double blade feels dramatically better in my hand than a single blade, and not that much bigger in the pocket. This isn’t really a small knife but is on the small side of average.

The #33 and #68 single spring are nearly perfect, and about as small as a knife can be while still being comfortable for more serious cutting tasks. My hand likes a 3 1/2” knife better than a 3 3/8” but it’s a slight thing.

The #68 is the same thickness as a #15 single blade. They’re both unobtrusive in the pocket and realistically the slightly more stout single blade is probably just as useful if not moreso than the two blades of the pen… judging by the patina on the single spring knife’s clip and the lack of patina on the secondary, lol. The #33 is a tiny bit thinner.

It’s funny how very small incremental increases in size can mean the difference between an uncomfortably small knife and one that’s full size or even big.

My #48 two blade is actually lighter and thinner than my #15 two blade. And neither of those are objectively in the small knife category. That means the 48 Carrie’s smaller even though it’s 4” (or more, I haven’t measured) long.

Photos for comparison: #48 not shown.

Conclusion: I need to try a two blade #06, but I kind of want a clip for aesthetics on that frame, not the spears of the last run.

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GaiusJulius said:
My preference is for a two blade knife in general, but especially with the smaller knives. I recently snagged an 06 Templar on the exchange. Lovely little knife but it’s almost too thin -and I have small hands for a man.

To me the Case Peanut is a great design because it manages to be just fat enough to be practical for use, while being as small as possible, and yet looks “small and elegant” rather than chunky.

The #15 double blade feels dramatically better in my hand than a single blade, and not that much bigger in the pocket. This isn’t really a small knife but is on the small side of average.

The #33 and #68 single spring are nearly perfect, and about as small as a knife can be while still being comfortable for more serious cutting tasks. My hand likes a 3 1/2” knife better than a 3 3/8” but it’s a slight thing.

The #68 is the same thickness as a #15 single blade. They’re both unobtrusive in the pocket and realistically the slightly more stout single blade is probably just as useful if not moreso than the two blades of the pen… judging by the patina on the single spring knife’s clip and the lack of patina on the secondary, lol. The #33 is a tiny bit thinner.

It’s funny how very small incremental increases in size can mean the difference between an uncomfortably small knife and one that’s full size or even big.

My #48 two blade is actually lighter and thinner than my #15 two blade. And neither of those are objectively in the small knife category. That means the 48 Carrie’s smaller even though it’s 4” (or more, I haven’t measured) long.

Photos for comparison: #48 not shown.

Conclusion: I need to try a two blade #06, but I kind of want a clip for aesthetics on that frame, not the spears of the last run.

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Peanut for the win!🏅
 
Peanut? No way, Penknife for me :D

The Conductor is my most used GEC small and it follows the Penknife formula, blade each end pref. single-spring, it offers a fine sized blade too.

But here's another GEC small and it's ingenious and well-made, 59 Whittler

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What happened to the much larger and longer running thread about Traditional Small knives? Does any remember the name of that one?
 
GaiusJulius said:
My preference is for a two blade knife in general, but especially with the smaller knives. I recently snagged an 06 Templar on the exchange. Lovely little knife but it’s almost too thin -and I have small hands for a man.

To me the Case Peanut is a great design because it manages to be just fat enough to be practical for use, while being as small as possible, and yet looks “small and elegant” rather than chunky.

The #15 double blade feels dramatically better in my hand than a single blade, and not that much bigger in the pocket. This isn’t really a small knife but is on the small side of average.

The #33 and #68 single spring are nearly perfect, and about as small as a knife can be while still being comfortable for more serious cutting tasks. My hand likes a 3 1/2” knife better than a 3 3/8” but it’s a slight thing.

The #68 is the same thickness as a #15 single blade. They’re both unobtrusive in the pocket and realistically the slightly more stout single blade is probably just as useful if not moreso than the two blades of the pen… judging by the patina on the single spring knife’s clip and the lack of patina on the secondary, lol. The #33 is a tiny bit thinner.

It’s funny how very small incremental increases in size can mean the difference between an uncomfortably small knife and one that’s full size or even big.

My #48 two blade is actually lighter and thinner than my #15 two blade. And neither of those are objectively in the small knife category. That means the 48 Carrie’s smaller even though it’s 4” (or more, I haven’t measured) long.

Photos for comparison: #48 not shown.

Conclusion: I need to try a two blade #06, but I kind of want a clip for aesthetics on that frame, not the spears of the last run.

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Those are some very nice looking folders. I wish more manufacturers used the gold glitter material.
 
I guess this is the new Tradtional Smalls thread since the older one was shut down.
 
Travman said:
GEC’s 25 is probably my favorite small GEC. It packs a lot of size into a 3 inch closed knife. This one is from a Collector Knives Polished Stag SFO from 2017.
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not the 14s eh? the 25s are a bit grippier if such a term may apply
 
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