FLymon
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I missed that about the Melon Whittler. Was that something GEC announced, or was that posted here somewhere?
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I missed that about the Melon Whittler. Was that something GEC announced, or was that posted here somewhere?
"GEC has some great people, but does not have a stable of little " Mesters" from Sheffield. They have done remarkably well training some young people to make knives for us!!"
The GEC knives i have are all remarkably well made, well fitted and nicely finished. It's a surprise to me that these are anything but the work of very experienced cutlers. Certainly if management thinks that more experience is needed before attempting the more intricate and complex patterns, then we must be patient as Charlie says. We have come to expect near perfect examples from this company and we don't want that to change. From all the excellent folders we have seen to date, i do hope that when the time is right, these already very capable cutlers will give us more of the vintage Pen knife patterns made to the high standards of the best vintage ones.
roland
The GEC knives i have are all remarkably well made, well fitted and nicely finished. It's a surprise to me that these are anything but the work of very experienced cutlers. Certainly if management thinks that more experience is needed before attempting the more intricate and complex patterns, then we must be patient as Charlie says. We have come to expect near perfect examples from this company and we don't want that to change. From all the excellent folders we have seen to date, i do hope that when the time is right, these already very capable cutlers will give us more of the vintage Pen knife patterns made to the high standards of the best vintage ones.
roland
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Actually, I don't remember where i read that, but I believe it came from a dealer around the time the executive whittler was announced.
Maybe it's just me, but in my eyes, it's obvious from the pictures that the GEC knife is not in the same league as the Ulster when it comes to construction and design. Similar, but not equal. Both nice knives, but I wouldn't buy the GEC, but the Ulster would be mine if it was possible.