2019 GEC 29 Humpback/Stockyard Whittler Thread

sbh06 said:
For the most part, wouldn’t that be an Oil Field Jack (86) minus the awl? Little shorter than 4” but not by much.
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While it would be similar in size I think that the blade arrangement and three backspring construction would be very interesting. Maybe put in a spear main blade.

Mr Howard if you're reading this :) the pattern number should be 41.
 
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Glad to see this post come back to the front page! The only #29 I was able to grab was one of the M&G models, and I carry it often. A tremendous amount of knife in a very small package. I wish I'd been able to snag one of those coffee acrylic SFOs, such a beautiful knife in the pictures I've seen of those.
 
An outstanding knife for its size. I carry the Osage & Stag quite a bit.

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Yes, these are a pretty outstanding effort by GEC. This blade combo is not one often produced by GEC (or any cutlery company, for that matter), so when it came up, I probably erred on the side of buying too many. But I'm glad I did. I think we will look back on these in 5 years as one of the greats.

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MCar said:
Yes, these are a pretty outstanding effort by GEC. This blade combo is not one often produced by GEC (or any cutlery company, for that matter), so when it came up, I probably erred on the side of buying too many. But I'm glad I did. I think we will look back on these in 5 years as one of the greats.
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During these covid times, spending to much time alone, pointedly pretending politics don't exist (since I already agree with me), my mind tends to wander in unproductive ways o_O During those times when it turns to knives (;)) and I play the hypothetical, "which knives would you keep if you decided to only keep 5 (or 10)", the 29 always makes the list thumb.gif
 
MCar said:
Yes, these are a pretty outstanding effort by GEC. This blade combo is not one often produced by GEC (or any cutlery company, for that matter), so when it came up, I probably erred on the side of buying too many. But I'm glad I did. I think we will look back on these in 5 years as one of the greats.

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The blood wood covered knives are amazing!
mbkr said:
During these covid times, spending to much time alone, pointedly pretending politics don't exist (since I already agree with me), my mind tends to wander in unproductive ways o_O During those times when it turns to knives (;)) and I play the hypothetical, "which knives would you keep if you decided to only keep 5 (or 10)", the 29 always makes the list View attachment 1490046
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Yep, I would keep a #29.
 
Here you can see the differences between a GEC #29 @ 3.60" closed and a Schrade #8041 @ 3.84" closed. Very similar, but not exact frame shapes.

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It's interesting to me that the GEC has a shorter clip main with a longer coping, and the Schrade goes for a longer clip with the shorter coping (my preference).
A 4" version of either one would just be more of a good thing, IMO.
 
Bump for the #29 thread. Love this knife, been in my pocket 7 days now. Its a store model but as much as I've looked it over, cant find a single flaw, other than maybe it's because the spring pin isnt perfectly round. 20210619_075418_copy_816x612.jpgEven had some help chicken eyeing20210613_144120_copy_612x816.jpg
 
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