Thoughts on new GEC models...

does nothing for me I'm afraid

so hope they make a stag soddie

I love my GEC's mainly because they do the classics so well - trying to make a new classic seems off base to me
 
No arguing with taste, of course, but there's absolutely nothing 'new' about an EO spear-blade barehead teardrop Jack. It's one of the more common traditional patterns of the last century.
 
Mine came in today. It feels great in hand, nice and slim. EO notch works very well and opens quite easily.
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Your welcome and yeah I forgot to order the bail. I will probably just throw a piece of leather through the hole. :)
 
Great pictures! I got mine a couple days ago and I can't stop fiddling with it; everything is on point, and I'm amazed on how smooth and silky the ebony wood feels. I'm used to bone but after getting this one, I'm definitely picking up some more ebony handled knives!
 
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Got it today. Its in my pocket.

Shot with sunset light and my cell phone wouldn't focus on the wood. Good enough though.

Love the pattern on the wood.
 
I do love the ebony in Kevin's knife (and on any other knife...ebony is awesome) but I hope someone will post pics of the Osage orange wood version too. I have the feeling that it would be a great handle color and texture to match with a darkened etched blade :rolleyes:

Fausto
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Rick said:
No arguing with taste, of course, but there's absolutely nothing 'new' about an EO spear-blade barehead teardrop Jack. It's one of the more common traditional patterns of the last century.
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Realy? Do you have any historical context - I seen all though as seperate varients but nothing of that configeration before...
 
Corso said:
Realy? Do you have any historical context - I seen all though as seperate varients but nothing of that configeration before...
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If you check the catalogs of most any of the old traditional knife manufacturers, you'll find that the majority of them offered the pattern in question at one time or another.

Rather than digging through my books and scanning a bunch of catalog photos, I did a quick Google image search. Granted, some of these have two-blades or end bolsters, but you can bet that most EO Jack patterns were offered in every permutation imaginable, including our single-blade barehead:

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interesting stuff thanks Rick

odd that the easy cutout isn't anywhere near the nail nick though?
 
The purpose of the cutout is to facilitate pinching the blade open as an alternative to using the nail nick - that's the "easy open" feature. Very handy if you're wearing work gloves, or have weak or too-short nails, etc.
 
I'm resurrecting my own thread to share some thoughts about a new GEC model that I've seen on their website today.
First of all, I think that they're putting some good effort on coming out with new patterns and models (not just handle materials), and that's a pretty good thing to me.
Unfortunately, it seems that they're focusing more on "bigger" bulkier patterns...like this:

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If they're doing so, it means it's because the audience responds. The upcoming Montana Workhorse whittler will be following the same philosophy.
On this particular knife (apart from the wrench shield which looks funny), I'm hesitant towards the clip blade, it seems too narrow compared to the wide handle, and also it seems that the clip (in the open position) is totally "backwards" (towards the spine), which might cause some discomfort in use.
Of course I'm not thinking about getting this knife, but I know many of you will, so I wanted to put this to make some conversation.
As a sidenote, I really wish they put more effort in producing new models under 3,5" (and in 440C too :rolleyes:)

Fausto
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Fausto, I'm with you. I'd also like to see more 3 1/2 - 3 3/4" patterns...particularly multi-blades... and both 440C and 1095. Although I was a little disappointed that the work horse whittler wouldn't be a slimmer split spring, I like the combination of blades and I suspect that GEC will also use the frame on other patterns, like the did with the Whaler/Lumberjack/Roughneck. In particular, I'd like to see some single spring knives with clip blades and sheepfoot or wharncliffe blades. There's certainly been a lot of talk in this forum about that sort of combination of blades. There was one small factory order of 33s with clip and coping blades on a single spring and I think those were incredibly popular.
 
Jake, you have hit on my single biggest disappointment with GEC . . . their blade selections.

It seems that whenever they have a Wharncliffe master, they add a coping secondary (two like edges), and when they have a spear master, they add a pen secondary (two like edges). Now to be fair, they are usually different sizes, but that's not good enough. The utility of multiblade knives is in their different cutting abilities, and those are dependent on different edges, bellies and sizes.

Here is an example of what can and has been done, but way too infrequently.

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Sheepfoot and pen, a great combination to cover all kinds of tasks. And how many different #73 and #23 offerings have there been, plus the #48 and #66 patterns, yet never a Wharncliffe trapper? Only on the Cuban frame did they put a Wharncliffe with a muskrat clip, but it's not really a trapper. They just keep rolling out the clip and spey, with basically the same belly and edge properties in both blades.

I guess I should be happy with all the money I've saved by avoiding the new patterns, for the most part. :rolleyes:
 
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