What are your favorite GEC patterns?

[roseskunk]

Favorite?! Good god. The one I'm carrying when you ask. Seriously, I like wharnies, but I carry a big stag 23 everyday and it's a nice knife. The sunfish is dandy, but unless I'm spreading peanut butter, those blades... okay. the 23. No, the Congess. No wait...damn.

 

[roseskunk]

Actally, I really like the drop points that you've put on those.

One of these

appologies to the purists I've altered the blades

 

[zippofan]

My all time favorite is #33 Conductor, followed closely by the #56 Dogleg Jack with clip and the #66 Serpentine Jack with clip. My favorite frame is the 66, my jack and moose need to be joined by a Calf Roper one of these days. Maybe I'll see what's available when the Outlaw Jack is released and make it a two-fer

Of course, if GEC made a Scout it would be my favorite, and a Peanut could be #1 too depending on size. Come on GEC, how about a Scout on a 54 frame? You already have great spear blades, the bottle opener and a choice of punches, just need a can opener!

 

[confucius37]

My all time favorite is #33 Conductor, followed closely by the #56 Dogleg Jack with clip and the #66 Serpentine Jack with clip. My favorite frame is the 66, my jack and moose need to be joined by a Calf Roper one of these days. Maybe I'll see what's available when the Outlaw Jack is released and make it a two-fer

Of course, if GEC made a Scout it would be my favorite, and a Peanut could be #1 too depending on size. Come on GEC, how about a Scout on a 54 frame? You already have great spear blades, the bottle opener and a choice of punches, just need a can opener!

What about a scout with a saw? I'd rather have a saw than a can opener, assuming they designed a new saw, the one that was on te lumber jack looked less than effective

 

[zippofan]

What about a scout with a saw? I'd rather have a saw than a can opener, assuming they designed a new saw, the one that was on te lumber jack looked less than effective

If it was like my SAK saw then yeah! But even though I usually use a P-38 when camping I still like that can opener

 

[Ossa1970]

Sorry I left out the 71. It wasn't on GEC's pattern page and it didn't come to mind. Written votes are welcome for the missing patterns... even the French Kate.

No problem. Love the pics, saw ea few I did not realize they made. Thanks.

 

[sitflyer]

I voted for four patterns, but my absolute, number one, top of the heap pick would be my #2531 EasyOpen,Zebrawood,Sheepsfoot blade in 440C

 

[Gary W. Graley]

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73 can't be beat

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Nice looking one there, tempted to get one of those too...

Mine is the 57 with the clip point, for me, ideal gents pocket folder, very handy, VERY sharp also...

G2

 

[Jug Johnson]

I need to snap some pictures of my Northfield #26 and #79, here are some of my favorites:

 

[pertinux]

In early March, I wrote,

...the few GECs I've seen in person have left me surprisingly cold. I had no idea they were so Round-- like little hot dogs. Okay, not that bad, but also not appealing to me. Perhaps I have not yet seen The One for me, but for now I will continue to appreciate them from afar.

Well. I'm sure glad I left myself some wiggle room!

As best I can tell, the first GECs I saw were Big Jacks in acrylic, leading to my initial impression.

The One that first got my attention a few months later:

White Owl (Pattern 68), Autumn Gold with a spear main.

The funny thing is, my White Owl hits the spot so well I don't want another one; I am unmoved by the prospect other White Owls with different covers, clip mains, Tidioute variations, etc.

So, I wouldn't say that the 68 is a favorite pattern so much as this particular White Owl is a favorite knife-- a distinction I wouldn't have thought to make had the 25s not happened. I entirely missed them through my first months here, and then Kaboom.

Oh, my golly. In contrast to my happy satisfaction with exactly one White Owl, the little 25s are proving to be Trou-ble, threatening my goal to remain a "user with a selection" and tipping me towards "too many to use but I still want 'em."

As seen above, I also now have a 26 sleeveboard which I like very much, but not more than any of the 25s (and not just because of its garish covers-- ha!). I'm settling out to prefer Jacks, meaning, two-blade knives with both blades on the same end. I've yet to get my hands on one of the easy-open, single-blade 25s, but love what I've seen of them in pictures so far. I wonder if I'd miss a second blade, if only to fiddle with.

Runners-up:

85, Bullet-end Jack. In addition to possibly being too large for me, the end is a little too pointy-pointy (anointy-nointy) for for my tastes. I really like the big "leafy" spear blades, however....

66, Serpentine Jack. I'm concerned that it would be too big for my hands (and pocket) in regular use, but it continues to draw my gaze-- almost entirely due to Andi's photographs of his River Green, but also because I do love Jacks.

I have great respect for the design quality and lines of many of the other patterns and love looking at them, but most are too big for me to carry and use and thus don't draw me the same way.

Which, all told, is probably a good thing.

~ P.

 

[thejamppa]

I own most #12 toothpick / Powderhorns, #73 trappers and #85 bullet endf jacks. My most adored GEC's are #85's. We'll see situation when their #76 gunstock hits markets...

 

[Modoc ED]

I only ticked off the #53/#54 Equal End Cigar. Here are a couple examples of what I have;

#53 GEC Northfield Stockman with Dark Green bone covers

#54 GEC Northfield Harness Jack with Horsecut Antique bone covers.

Actually, my favorite GEC is whatever one I happen to have in my pocket at any one time.

 

[supratentorial]

Ed, I would have guessed the 79!

It's interesting to see the photos of the horse cut 54 and 25 on the same page... the jigging looks a bit different on the two patterns. By the way, congrats on that recent acquisition, P!

 

[black mamba]

Ed, the horsecut antique is one of my faves. Nice shot!

 

[pertinux]

#54 GEC Northfield Harness Jack with Horsecut Antique bone covers.

It's interesting to see the photos of the horse cut 54 and 25 on the same page... the jigging looks a bit different on the two patterns.

I'll say! I focused more on the pictures in Ed's post than their description, and the bone and jigging's being the same (at least in name) as that of my 25 didn't register until I read your comment. Going back to look more carefully, I can see it, but it presents differently on the larger knife.

By the way, congrats on that recent acquisition, P!

Thanks! I'm very (very) pleased. I mean, just look at it!

~ P.

 

[Modoc ED]

Ed, the horsecut antique is one of my faves. Nice shot!

Yeah, I like it too - so much so that I have another one exactly as pictured coming this week.

 

[black mamba]

Hoarder!!

I have a Bronco Charlie in horsecut walnut bone that is similar.
It's the random jigging that suits my eye (besides the color).

 

[pertinux]

It's the random jigging that suits my eye (besides the color).

Agreed, and the depth of its texture enhances both its look (because of the way it catches the light) and its feel in-hand.

~ P.

 

[black mamba]

I just took some shots of the horsecut walnut bone #23.

 

[555]

Also adding #42 as one of my favorites.