The upcoming, anticipated, way-too-excited GEC 85's Thread!

ddavis said:
Keeping up the excitement...

Question out of curiosity - Northfield Smooth Frontier Dyed Buffalo bone: Bubalus bubalis or Bison bison? I'm guessing since it's frontier bone, the American Bison over the Asian Water Buffalo.
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Water buffalo with just a touch of dye to give it that creamy look. A very dense bone that does not take any dye in a significant fashion. Wish they wouldn’t have even listed the dye portion as that confuses.
 
Perfect thanks for the reply Mike. I'm a big fan of smooth bone that has that creamy ivory look, so this sounds great.
 
JTB_5 said:
I’m wondering what the covers and shield on the oyster pearl acrylic is going to look like. Any ideas?
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Taking a guess from name alone. I would guess there's no pearl, oyster, or any natural material because LVS or LG is not listed. I would guess it's pearl colored acrylic? Maybe silver/white swirl? Just a guess. Will be interesting to see as acrylic looks good in pictures. I'm not a fan myself, but I know many are.
 
cbr1000 said:
Taking a guess from name alone. I would guess there's no pearl, oyster, or any natural material because LVS or LG is not listed. I would guess it's pearl colored acrylic? Maybe silver/white swirl? Just a guess. Will be interesting to see as acrylic looks good in pictures. I'm not a fan myself, but I know many are.
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That sounds like a good guess. The shield is what intrigues me even more than the cover. Acrylic patterns are hit and miss for me. We’ll see!
 
ISKRA said:
I hope they change their mind and throw in a 2 blade version. Single blade and EO notch just doesn't do it for me although I could still live with the latter if you just add it a pen secondary or something.
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Here you are Žan :cool: They did exist at one time...;)

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Who’s getting excited for 85’s???

This thread needed a bump. We are seeing slow progress pics of 85’s on the GEC website.

I think we’ll see the regular run 85’s first and then Mike’s SFOs.
 
Gorgeous knives gentlemen.

I would have liked a two blade version this time around, but I’m extremely happy we are getting 85’s.

After these my knife fund will be fully depleted for a bit.
 
Dreaming of the rotten banana bone model! Haven’t had much luck on the small run knives of late though. Addendum - Broke the run of bad luck and scored a Beavertail 85 and a Springfield bone 99! Persistence pays off.
 
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I had completely forgotten I landed a reservation for the oyster pearl acrylic. Appear to be a real looker.
 
Me too JustinR! Except somehow along the way they became salmon scales? Hoping we both get examples we like!
 
Looks like my Beavertail Thanks to Barry@gunstockjacks should be here Monday :thumbsup:
 
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