What GEC pattern would you like to see?

Something between the 3" barlow/jack and their 3 3/4" Scout .

Easy on the pocket size.
3 1/2"
Dogleg jack, Texas Jack, or Serpentine Stockman

I actually do not see GEC going more pockable.
Even the 3" are handfulls (tanks)
So I do not imagine a 3 1/2" knife from them as small
 
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# 53 with the large clip blade from the Moose instead of the current Turkish clip. Also put half stops on it
 
I would really like to see a standard size stockman in the 3 7/8" range. The cuban stockman they have is just a little too large for my taste. Of course, a 3 3/4" sowbelly stockman would be fine, too.
 
A dog leg or serp jack with a spring extension sounds pretty good to me too. :D.
 
I very seldom buy factory knives these last few years, but due to all the comments by my brothers and sisters here (and the fact that we will not be doing a sunfish for the forum knife :D), I took the plunge and this arrived yesterday.

As nice of a sunfish that I have seen produced in the last 50 years. Fit, finish is top notch. They knife is as well or just a tad better than the Case Classics of the 90's.
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It's a cutler with a lot of promise:thumbup:

How about them doing a Seahorse Whittler or beating CASE/BOSE by getting their Wharncliffe Norfolk out sooner:D
 
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Sealed (capped) bolster Dr knife. Nobody (other than custom makers) makes them anymore. The only three custom makers I know of are Joel, Richard and Ryu.
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Some might take that to sound a little bit like a challenge :D
 
I'll be glad to supply examples for study. Just sayin' :D.
 
willgoy said:
It's a cutler with a lot of promise:thumbup:

How about them doing a Seahorse Whittler or beating CASE/BOSE by getting their Wharncliffe Norfolk out sooner:D
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Yeah, honestly I'd be thrilled to see a pocketable wharncliffe folder. I think wharnies cut great and I don't have hardly any in my collection.
 
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Yeah, honestly I'd be thrilled to see a pocketable wharncliffe folder. I think wharnies cut great and I don't have hardly any in my collection.
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ummm ... wharnie .... :D
 
oops, just saw the question on sealed / cap bolster.

In most cases a regular bolser (rear bolster) is comprised of the boltser material (liners if they are not integral to the bolster), spring(s) and any dividers if present finished off very nicely.

A modern Dr knife looks like a straight jack knife.

In the older days they looked like this:
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That end "bolster" is a "cap" over the spring ends. Just one piece like a single disk. (sealed because it is one piece of one material rather than "seamed" with the liner and springs.)
You can also find caps on some older gardening, pruning and hawkbills (most of the ones I have seen are from Sheffield during the "golden age".)
The trick is anchoring the ends of the springs in there and joining that little disk with the liners. Sure does not look easy to me.

The modern interpretation looks like this:
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Where if you think of the knife as a straight jack with a normal rear bolster (incorporating the backsprings) ya got it.

Now if someone who really knew what they were talking about would come in and clean up my terminology we would be better off. :D.


I have liked the looks of the 25, but that blade looks more to me like a sheepsfoot than a wharnie, but the term wharncliff has loosened up over the last few years I have noticed. :eek:

I like having a nice point on them and the gradual sloping curve of the spine of the blade rather than a sharper curve at the end of the spine.
Some examples of what I consider true wharncliff blades:
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