Great Eastern Cutlery: #66 - Equal End Serpentine

joeradza said:
Every reserve I've had with CK that was part of a regular run was received after it was generally available. Like you said if that's the price to guarantee receiving one, it's fine by me.
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Yup, a day or two won't kill me. Not when I'm waiting months for a fixed blade to be hammered out for me. :rolleyes:
 
After missing out on the Blue camel I went with a Peach Seed jigged bone. Ticks a lot of boxes for me: long pull, satin blades and no etch. Will be my first jigged bone knife and stockman.
 
blanco112 said:
After missing out on the Blue camel I went with a Peach Seed jigged bone. Ticks a lot of boxes for me: long pull, satin blades and no etch. Will be my first jigged bone knife and stockman.
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Stockman knives are great, and I didn't get the fuss over jigged bone until I got one. I think you'll love it.
 
Wilted Kilt said:
Stockman knives are great, and I didn't get the fuss over jigged bone until I got one. I think you'll love it.
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Yeah I haven't been into jigged bone much but the more I see them, the more I've gotten curious. I'm still learning all the American traditional knife patterns and this one seemed like a must try.
 
blanco112 said:
Seems like they sold out in about half hour. They were gone 35 mins after their post on instagram.
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I don't participate in social media of any kind so I never have a shot at things on this site unless a knife buddy gives me a heads up or I get lucky like today.
 
pertinux said:
Beautiful!

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(Strip anything after .jpg in a P-bucket image link [yours didn't have anything extra], add ~original after .jpg, and your image, images, will appear here-- for now.)

~ P.
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Thank you for the tip! :-) I'm so very bad at this technical stuff :/
 
I know the Tortoise Acrylic has plenty out there. I received mine this week, and it really impressed me. Gorgeous!
blanco112 said:
After missing out on the Blue camel I went with a Peach Seed jigged bone. Ticks a lot of boxes for me: long pull, satin blades and no etch. Will be my first jigged bone knife and stockman.
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Blue Camel already came out??
 
I finally got my hands on a #66 today, a second from the ironwood run, due to a slight split in the timber.

Loving the ironwood!


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Overall, I like this knife, but its slightly chunkier and less graceful than the smaller Schrade and Primble stockmans I am used to carrying in my pocket to work (I work in an office job). There is a slightly unnecessary heft to the knife, which pushes it a little bit outside the perfect asthetic.

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I think a reason for this is the additional liner on one side, which seems to be there to give greater clearance to the spey blade in its closed position. This seems to reduce the crink of the sheepsfoot blade, it runs straighter than in my other stockmans.

In any event, the second liner on one side is one reason the #66 is noticeably thicker than comparable models of similar length.
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Otherwise, this is a really nice knife and since it was a second, I may end up using this one.
 
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Camillus said:
I finally got my hands on a #66 today, a second from the ironwood run, due to a slight split in the timber.
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Overall, I like this knife, but I think its slightly chunkier and less graceful than the smaller Schrade and Primble stockmans I am used to carrying in my pocket to work (I work in an office job). There is a slightly unnecessary heft to the knife, which pushes it a little bit outside the perfect asthetic.

WQTJJGQ.jpg

I think a reason for this is the additional liner on one side, which seems to be there to give greater clearance to the spey blade in its closed position. This seems to reduce the crink of the sheepsfoot blade, it runs straighter than in my other stockmans. I thought this extra liner on the secondary blade may have the effect of reducing the thickness of the secondary backspring, but it seems to be the case that a thinner secondary backspring is a common feature for knives with a smaller secondary blade.

In any event, the second liner on one side helps to make the #66 noticeably thicker than comparable models of similar length.
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Otherwise, this is a really nice knife and since it was a second, I may end up using this one.
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GEC does the double liner on multiple Stockman patterns. To avoid short-changing them, though; look at the difference in the thickness of the main blades.
 
NewBlades16 said:
I know the Tortoise Acrylic has plenty out there. I received mine this week, and it really impressed me. Gorgeous!

Blue Camel already came out??
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Yes, sold very quickly. They say more are coming from GEC but no indication of when and how many.
 
Stropping Young Lad Stropping Young Lad - that's my point, there is no difference in the thickness of the main blades, which is why prefer the more slender result that Schrade etc achieve in their design.

Not saying I don't like this knife, just saying I prefer the other.
 
Just received my Tortoise Shell 66. All three blades have excellent W&T to go along with the F&F of the knife itself. Another great winner.

Two points: I'm not sure of the reason for the wavy shield other than to confuse this old man. I do like that GEC tried something a little different. Second, for all of you who shy away from acrylics, your loss. Try it you'll like it, maybe even be hooked.

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Camillus said:
I finally got my hands on a #66 today, a second from the ironwood run, due to a slight split in the timber.

Loving the ironwood!


2GEyf0E.jpg


Overall, I like this knife, but its slightly chunkier and less graceful than the smaller Schrade and Primble stockmans I am used to carrying in my pocket to work (I work in an office job). There is a slightly unnecessary heft to the knife, which pushes it a little bit outside the perfect asthetic.

WQTJJGQ.jpg

I think a reason for this is the additional liner on one side, which seems to be there to give greater clearance to the spey blade in its closed position. This seems to reduce the crink of the sheepsfoot blade, it runs straighter than in my other stockmans.

In any event, the second liner on one side is one reason the #66 is noticeably thicker than comparable models of similar length.
pojTpce.jpg


Otherwise, this is a really nice knife and since it was a second, I may end up using this one.
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What model Schrade are you comparing to?
 
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