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Last year I had a crisis of a sort, the kind I'm sure most knife hobbyists have had at least one time in their life about materialism and unused knives and such. I won't bore you with that because we all have our different phases in knives.
Either way, I was doing sort of "final solution" plan for a very long time for knife that I could really actually put in the pocket and keep it there.
I always liked the stockman knife and their sorts, so I ultimately ended up with GEC #66 calf roper!
I wanted to get the tortoise shell as handle material because I've always somehow loved that material. I guess I like juicy scales like that. I was also thinking that it could be subliminal because my dog has similar colors. Also my glasses, sunglasses and comb have similar pattern. I also like leather and natural colors so it all goes well with it.
I carry mine everywhere from work to free time. Mostly I use my calf roper as work knife - and although originally meant for manual labor kind of work - it also works wonderfully at office.
As general use knife.
As craft knife (I scratch mine with no regrets)
As scraper and peeler.
I've had it now for as the only EDC knife for about half year. I plan to carry it in the future.
I think the pull on the two blades that gets criticism from the long time fans is fine for me. Certainly the small blades felt a little lazy at first but I got to appreciate the ease of pull. I have not felt like the knife would have ever been unsafe to use (even with heavy cutting and whittling).
It was not perfect knife for me out of the box but those issues were easily fixed: rounded up the tangs for grip comfort, lowered the tip on the clip point so that it won't stab me and gave the blades almost zero grind (think of Opinels) except for the spey blade that I left as "harder use" blade.
Anyway, my conclusion is that I really hit the home run with this one. Excellent versatile blade that is useful for both rural and urban use. Just the perfect size for coin pocket carry.
This is bit hastily written but if you guys are interest I will surely post some future updates.
Either way, I was doing sort of "final solution" plan for a very long time for knife that I could really actually put in the pocket and keep it there.
I always liked the stockman knife and their sorts, so I ultimately ended up with GEC #66 calf roper!
I wanted to get the tortoise shell as handle material because I've always somehow loved that material. I guess I like juicy scales like that. I was also thinking that it could be subliminal because my dog has similar colors. Also my glasses, sunglasses and comb have similar pattern. I also like leather and natural colors so it all goes well with it.
I carry mine everywhere from work to free time. Mostly I use my calf roper as work knife - and although originally meant for manual labor kind of work - it also works wonderfully at office.
As general use knife.
As craft knife (I scratch mine with no regrets)
As scraper and peeler.
I've had it now for as the only EDC knife for about half year. I plan to carry it in the future.
I think the pull on the two blades that gets criticism from the long time fans is fine for me. Certainly the small blades felt a little lazy at first but I got to appreciate the ease of pull. I have not felt like the knife would have ever been unsafe to use (even with heavy cutting and whittling).
It was not perfect knife for me out of the box but those issues were easily fixed: rounded up the tangs for grip comfort, lowered the tip on the clip point so that it won't stab me and gave the blades almost zero grind (think of Opinels) except for the spey blade that I left as "harder use" blade.
Anyway, my conclusion is that I really hit the home run with this one. Excellent versatile blade that is useful for both rural and urban use. Just the perfect size for coin pocket carry.
This is bit hastily written but if you guys are interest I will surely post some future updates.
