The First Five Years! GEC!!!

J jnevill That's a huge Stag stash :cool: Particularly like the stainless Conductor - which I'm very fortunate to have one of in regular use.


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Oldy Oldy Good point! Don't know the answer as such. If you look at the very end of the year's prod.totals you'll find the SFOs. Mine is a Brown Camelbone Chapman Pruner (2 blades, Pruner/Budding Spey) it was for the late Derrick Bohn Kniveshipfree 48 ex. in Brown Camel and 5 in Black Camelbone ( I'd fancy one of them!) Maybe the stamp has 3 as it can take 3 blades for the Whittler? Perhaps Derrick was aiming at a Whittler then changed his mind?? But Lyle's SFO doesn't have that . Maybe just a mix up, the blades got stamped-but I'd like to see another example to see if mine is one of a kind ;) probably not given this picture.

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Travman Travman What a fantastic 26! Love that colour. Kind of regret trading the Primitive Bone Clip I had , but it was a monster to open&close and being so small made it potentially hazardous :eek: I do think Wharncliffe suits this frame the most.

Primitive Bone, that was some very interesting material long gone, well worth buying if the price is right as it is complex like Stag, rewarding.

Thanks, Will
 
I lost the tube a long time ago!! But this #610211 congress was handled in a 100 year old pre-ban "tooth"🐘 that I found and supplied to GEC!!! The only GEC that I know of, that was serialized (#02) on a Tang instead of on the fancy bolster!!!:cool:Congress Pachy 1.jpgCongress Pachy 2.jpgCongress Pachy 3.jpg
 
Here’s a 2011 prototype 73 liner lock in jigged Brazilian Cherry. The 2011 production models of the Brazilian Cherry liner lock had a lanyard tube, so this non-tube version may be relatively rare.

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I don't have any from the early years but when I started buying GEC, around 2014, they were still readily available from their distributors. Usually with multiples that you could choose from. Sadly, those days are gone and it is extremely rare that I buy a GEC let alone a new one. Releases are snapped up as soon as available and then listed on the secondary market at inflated prices. I won't play that game so I am pretty much out as far as buying more. Most I have got since then have been thru the classifieds here when one is listed at a reasonable price.
 
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Eads1999 Eads1999
Mate would you explain your Dads scrimshaw please...I'm likin it a lot.
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The flag is mid to late 1700s to help unite the early American colonies to fight against the indians and the French at the start of French and Indian wars. The flag nowadays is typically on a yellow background with black lettering. So the yellow bone background of the knife made for a cool canvas for the flag. My dad is really big into history and just really liked the way the flag looks so he put it on the knife.
 
That Scrim looks very beautiful on the knife, it's kind of primitive and yet urgent, interesting to know the context/symbolism as well.

The old man needs to do more of it, hopefully not just on early years' examples ...:D
 
Will Power said:
That Scrim looks very beautiful on the knife, it's kind of primitive and yet urgent, interesting to know the context/symbolism as well.

The old man needs to do more of it, hopefully not just on early years' examples ...:D
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He would never do it on anything of value like a rare TC Barlow or anything… lol
 

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The flag is mid to late 1700s to help unite the early American colonies to fight against the indians and the French at the start of French and Indian wars. The flag nowadays is typically on a yellow background with black lettering. So the yellow bone background of the knife made for a cool canvas for the flag. My dad is really big into history and just really liked the way the flag looks so he put it on the knife.
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Ben Franklin's original "Join or Die" in 1754 had 8 segments ending with South Carolina as the tail, the 9 segment version with Georgia as the tail and the slogan "Unite or Die" was published by Franklin in 1774 in response to the passing of the intolerable acts.

Your dad's version covers them both, and it's awesome! Thanks for sharing.
 
I love the Rooster.
Interestingly Franklin spent a lot of time in England....and was a member or frequenter of the notorious Sir Francis Dashwoods Hellfire Club.....along with John Wilkes MP...who almost started a revolution in England.
 
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