The First Five Years! GEC!!!

735109 Burnt Orange with cool squared bolsters.

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Heynowwww said:
735109 Burnt Orange with cool squared bolsters.

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Those were an interesting run, I think the only 73 that GEC made with these bolsters and edges to the bone.
Here's my No. 3 I had No.4 but it split round a pin after a day or two after delivery and I returned it to the dealer for an exchange (happy days!) It means there are probably only 24 left and mine is in Europe so 23 max in the US? Uncommon....

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Will Power said:
Those were an interesting run, I think the only 73 that GEC made with these bolsters and edges to the bone.
Here's my No. 3 I had No.4 but it split round a pin after a day or two after delivery and I returned it to the dealer for an exchange (happy days!) It means there are probably only 24 left and mine is in Europe so 23 max in the US? Uncommon....

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That's a great one. I got mine from a gentleman in Canada so they are traveling the world.
 
Dr-Mabuse said:
Were they still using Culpepper bone in 2009 or was it in house by then?
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Interesting question, I will guess that they probably had.

Notable Green 73 you show, didn't know they made them without brass liners, you sure they're not nickel-silver? The bolster looks NS to my eye.

It's kind of frustrating that whenever I've e-mailed GEC with a question; I was 'told' to do this in another thread ;) ; I've yet to get a reply...:rolleyes: But it would be rewarding to have a source of info about these earlier knives.
 
WalleyeBob said:
Tidioute 570311 splitback whittler in ebony.


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So that's what mine used to look like? Wild. (Top knife in this pic.)



I think a few others are in the right era as well. Frankly, GEC seemed to me to specialise in chunky hunks early on, so it took me a few years to warm up to them. I prefer my pocket companions on the slender side.
 
As I have caught influenza, this thread made my day in bed a wee bit better.

So many REALLY good knives to marvel at but if only one pattern was to tower above the rest it is the 72 with a(ny) spear.

Thank you gents and Porchenbergers for bringing so much life to this thread.
 
Texoma said:
JW225 JW225 Jim I sure do love that 73 single blade camo so cool the way they did it
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Couldn’t agree more, Frank. 🙂

In keeping with this thread topic, it seems like GEC was experimenting in a limited way with hand-mixed epoxy (HME) covers during the early years. Wondering if anyone might know more about that, and why HME seems to have never been pursued over the long term.
 
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The Camouflage 73 is really interning, a rare bird indeed and looks very well :cool: I assume it never went into serial productions as there must have been problems with say consistency with HME or it wouldn't finish acceptably ?

A wonderful knife to have in the collection though :thumbsup:
 
Will Power said:
The Camouflage 73 is really interning, a rare bird indeed and looks very well :cool: I assume it never went into serial productions as there must have been problems with say consistency with HME or it wouldn't finish acceptably ?

A wonderful knife to have in the collection though :thumbsup:
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Interesting, Will. It looks like GEC was experimenting with HME at the same time that Acrylic was in full swing. I wonder if there was something about HME -- toughness? durability? -- that made it of interest to GEC. My guess is that, at the end of the day, the process of making HME covers may have been more labor intensive from a production standpoint, particularly compared to acrylic? Would love to learn more about this. From the standpoint of looks and feel, the HME Camo is really quite something.
 
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