Lets talk GEC!

[cudgee]

My two # 25 stag.

You have 2 beautiful additions there my friend..

 

[Old Engineer]

Man thats a cool knife. I would really love a GEC with a pruner blade, Ive got a case and a A.Wright but my GEC addiction has me yearning for another. Perhaps theyll throw one on a knife in the near future.

As @Will Power mentioned :GEC did make a Full Bladed Pruner and they did make it in Stag




Harry

 

[5K Qs]

Rereading my first post makes me want to clarify a bit... I wasn't unhappy with GECs its just that what they were making wasn't what I was looking for. John and Jack's post are where I'm at. Although I did come very close to a ebony #35 Churchill. And a #78 jack in ebony and Tidioute trim would have been hard for me to pass up.

Trand, it's good to see you posting!

I have a question that's off-topic, but I'm thinking you're someone who's likely to be able to answer it.
I was looking through GEC's "Knives by Patterns" trying to identify an improved trapper someone posted recently. I was surprised to see that the 48s started out with a closed length of 3 7/8", then for awhile were listed at 4", and then went back to 3 7/8". Did the length of that pattern actually change over time, and if so, do you know why?

- GT

 

[Nature Boy]

Trand, it's good to see you posting!

I have a question that's off-topic, but I'm thinking you're someone who's likely to be able to answer it.
I was looking through GEC's "Knives by Patterns" trying to identify an improved trapper someone posted recently. I was surprised to see that the 48s started out with a closed length of 3 7/8", then for awhile were listed at 4", and then went back to 3 7/8". Did the length of that pattern actually change over time, and if so, do you know why?

- GT

Do you have the years handy? I have some 48s I can pull out.

 

[rdave]

very nice - I would like that one also - rotate 6 months each

How about Mexican Bocote? @Terdl76 recovered this one.

 

[Spydergirl88]

Knife warmer

 

[5K Qs]

Do you have the years handy? I have some 48s I can pull out.

It looks to me like every release of 48s are listed at 3 7/8", except those in 2015 are listed at 4". So the 3 7/8" were in 2010-2014 and 2017, the 4" in 2015. (One anomaly: there's a 2010 48 with St. Paddy's Day Acrylic covers and a guitar shield listed at 4". )

 

[EngrSorenson]

Knife warmer

Yessssss 3 like this one please.

 

[bbfish]

As @Will Power mentioned :GEC did make a Full Bladed Pruner and they did make it Stag




Harry

That is an incredible piece.

General question, what’s everyone’s favorite way of sharpening a pruning blade? I’ve just been doing it freehand with the ceramic rods off of my lansky. They get sharp but I’m sure there’s a better way.

 

[JoeGoblyn]

That is an incredible piece.

General question, what’s everyone’s favorite way of sharpening a pruning blade? I’ve just been doing it freehand with the ceramic rods off of my lansky. They get sharp but I’m sure there’s a better way.

which Lansky setup do you use? I have an old Case Safety-Sharp, but think I need coarser rods to do some of my knives that have come with less than a desirable edge. I was looking at the turnbox, but wanna see what people are using in their traditionals.

Joe

 

[Nature Boy]

It looks to me like every release of 48s are listed at 3 7/8", except those in 2015 are listed at 4". So the 3 7/8" were in 2010-2014 and 2017, the 4" in 2015. (One anomaly: there's a 2010 48 with St. Paddy's Day Acrylic covers and a guitar shield listed at 4". )

If it appears that one is longer, it is just an illusion. The 2015 on top and 2017 on bottom both came out right at 3 7/8”

When I first pulled them out, I thought that 2015 seemed longer, but that was probably just the extra heft of the second blade. It, too, fell short of 4”

That’s about as scientific as I can get.

 

[SteveC]

which Lansky setup do you use? I have an old Case Safety-Sharp, but think I need coarser rods to do some of my knives that have come with less than a desirable edge. I was looking at the turnbox, but wanna see what people are using in their traditionals.

Joe

The Turnbox works really well on anything that's not too dull to start with.

 

[mrknife]

took my 48s out as well, i have one from 2011, 2 2015s and the three diamond jacks. I think somebody just eyeballed the ruler and wrote it down

 

[mbkr]

It's a bit obscure as this became a collector term but it's an offshoot of the Cattle Knife, but it's swell centre can be 2 or 3 blades can be single-spring if 2 blades, often slant bolstered.

Queen Cutlery made one as a Railsplitter and I think it's 4 blades.

CASE Made a Humpbacked Stockman as they called it but it is a Surveyor type- Spear master.

What I envisage is a Clip master/Sheepfoot secondary on Swell Centre frame with slant bolsters, but that's just my deranged longing.

If you ask Charlie @waynorth he'll be able to give you a proper answer to this

In the meantime, an old thread but been looted of pix by P.Bucket etc...

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/the-surveyor-pattern.1273402/page-2

There's always more to learn in this hobby. Thanks Will. "Swell center canoe"

 

[2Dead]

Definitely eyeballed the ruler. I checked the green #48 jack from 2011 in my pocket and it came out to 3.908" on the digital caliper. The cranberry jigged bone 2015 one I posted earlier came out at 3.905". I checked a Northfield tortoise acrylic and natural stag from the same 2015 run and they came out to 3.904" and 3.9". I'm not guaranteeing that they were positioned exactly the same on the caliper but should be close enough to say nothing has changed.

 

[Old Engineer]

That is an incredible piece.

General question, what’s everyone’s favorite way of sharpening a pruning blade? I’ve just been doing it freehand with the ceramic rods off of my lansky. They get sharp but I’m sure there’s a better way.

I just use a Butchers Steel . It gets them sharp enough for me .

Harry

 

[bbfish]

which Lansky setup do you use? I have an old Case Safety-Sharp, but think I need coarser rods to do some of my knives that have come with less than a desirable edge. I was looking at the turnbox, but wanna see what people are using in their traditionals.

Joe

I’m using the rods from the turn box. It probably doesn’t get my knives as sharp as they could be but it works for me.

 

[Sacto]

Recycled picture but seemed to fit the conversation.

The 25s are cool little knives. Much more stout and useable than the measurements would lead you to believe.

 

[5K Qs]

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If it appears that one is longer, it is just an illusion. The 2015 on top and 2017 on bottom both came out right at 3 7/8”

When I first pulled them out, I thought that 2015 seemed longer, but that was probably just the extra heft of the second blade. It, too, fell short of 4”
View attachment 1496573
That’s about as scientific as I can get.

took my 48s out as well, i have one from 2011, 2 2015s and the three diamond jacks. I think somebody just eyeballed the ruler and wrote it down

Definitely eyeballed the ruler. I checked the green #48 jack from 2011 in my pocket and it came out to 3.908" on the digital caliper. The cranberry jigged bone 2015 one I posted earlier came out at 3.905". I checked a Northfield tortoise acrylic and natural stag from the same 2015 run and they came out to 3.904" and 3.9". I'm not guaranteeing that they were positioned exactly the same on the caliper but should be close enough to say nothing has changed.

Thanks for measuring some of your knives, Mike and Jack and Trand!
It seemed VERY strange to me that GEC would change the size of the frame, and then revert to the original. (But it also seems strange that they'd "publish" varying lengths for the pattern on their website, but that seems to be what happened. )

- GT

 

[formationit]

The two-bladed are abalone (2008) and ebony (2011). My preference for carry are either of the single-bladed spear points from the 2017 run (pioneer bone and unicorn ivory acrylic). I love the spear point on this knife and I prefer this pattern with a single blade. The pull is too hard on the two-bladed.