The Next Five Years! GEC!!!

[mrknife]

Bill and company really get into their own after those first five years as waynorth had mentioned! It was a little touch and go at first but they start to introduce some of the tremendous classic that we all love to collect, use, coon finger and chicken eye!!! I must admit, I was waiting for this to arrive before I made the effort to start the thread. So here we go, 2012-2017!!!! Lets get the party started!!!! I myself did not really get into the game until about 2014-2015 (college, finding a job, student loans, etc, etc) Rendezvous was slowly getting bigger and better each year! And it was still civil when I attended my first one. Hope every one breaks out some of the classics and shares some nice memories for the next five years of GEC!!!!

Ill start with this nice user that arrived the other day, a pattern that I love usually in the big clip offering but they never did that for the stainless

 

[Charr]

Ill start with this nice user that arrived the other, a pattern that I love usually in the big clip offering but they never did that for the stainless

Ahhhh! Glad to see that one went to someone who’s going to appreciate it, but man I wish I had been faster on it!

I had a few different knives in this time period from GEC, and while I had been collecting knives in general for a few years already, this was the first part of my adventure into traditional knives.
I’ve had to go back into my photo archive and find a bunch of these again, because I’ve sold all of them (for which I am ashamed ), but they were some of the knives that started me on traditional slipjoints.





(Ignore the TA Davison, I can’t find a picture of just the navy knife )

Edit: grabbed the wrong Northwoods photo the first time…

 

[mrknife]

Ahhhh! Glad to see that one went to someone who’s going to appreciate it, but man I wish I had been faster on it!

I had a few different knives in this time period from GEC, and while I had been collecting knives in general for a few years already, this was the first part of my adventure into traditional knives.
I’ve had to go back into my photo archive and find a bunch of these again, because I’ve sold all of them (for which I am ashamed ), but they were some of the knives that started me on traditional slipjoints.

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(Ignore the TA Davison, I can’t find a picture of just the navy knife )

thanks!!! The gec 15 is another one that is near and dear to my heart. Way back in the day, i gifted a 15 single sheepsfoot with end cap in ebony to someone on the forums, shame they disappeared after that! I figured id start with the book ends for the year at least!

 

[Heynowwww]

63 pattern Fish Tail produced in 2015.

 

[AusLoX]

2014 Forum 77 - infamous in its own right.

2015 - 15 Gunscout - Gunstock Jacks SFO of the Beer Scout in Bloodwood - I added the beer mug wooden bead.

2016 - 15 Crown Lifter in antique jigged bone. So many great blades came out in 2016 it was hard to pick. The TCs and pinch clip 77s. I went a few nights without eating that year

 

[meako]

 

[Rhinofly]

Here are two of my all-time favorite GEC knvies: 153215CL and 152214EC

 

[Rhinofly]

Some 2013 Pony Jacks, I really like the jigging on these.

 

[Rhinofly]

Here is a 2012 Calf Roper in Cocobolo. I really like these early sixty-sixes with the slanted bolsters, and the Calf Roper is one of my favorite stockman patterns.

 

[Heynowwww]

64 Babylon Hill Specials from 2013 including the Rendezvous knife.

 

[AusLoX]

64 Babylon Hill Specials from 2013 including the Rendezvous knife.

That’s impressive! Extremely nice collection.

 

[Will Power]

My favourite Eureka from the original 2013 release, all steel.

 

[black mamba]

Two of my favorites are from 2012. The forum #74 BladeForums Saddle Trapper and the #68 White Owl.

2013 #92 Eureka Jack

2014 #82 Dixie Stockman

 

[Augie]

Some of the various ones I have, 2012 to 2017 was an era with a pretty nice variety of knives.

 

[mrknife]

Some of the various ones I have, 2012 to 2017 was an era with a pretty nice variety of knives.


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a golden era! quite simply the best of times! i remember when I first found out about the rendezvous, and the original crowd on here said I was just a few weeks late

 

[Charr]

black mamba that white owl is in my top 5 from this era of GEC for sure.

As always your collection combined with your great photos makes me want to go hunting for something again

 

[BP_]

Here is a 2012 Calf Roper in Cocobolo. I really like these early sixty-sixes with the slanted bolsters, and the Calf Roper is one of my favorite stockman patterns.

Very nice. Love the shield

 

[black mamba]

Thanks for the nice words, Charr! Here are a couple of small Bowies from 2015 and 2016.

Burnt Orange Marrow Bone


Oily Creek Bone

 

[Heynowwww]

2015 SFOs with stamped blades.

 

[Augie]

First run ancient barlows, pretty unique barlow thanks to Charlie and Bill.