Lets talk GEC!

[kamagong]

I don't get the infatuation with the caplifter

I hate them. I think they have no business on any slipjoint other than scouts and utility knives. But then again I like to keep my slipjoints traditional.

 

[EngrSorenson]

Brass stinks and can leave your hands malodorous.

Thanks for an interesting response!

The archetypal alloys are:
Nickel Silver: 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc
Brass: 66% copper, 0% nickel and 34% zinc

Just out of curiosity- what exactly leaves your hands less smelly?

I don't get the infatuation with the caplifter

It's a pretty valuable tool as far as non-bladed tools go. I'm not saying I'm in the cap lifter camp, since I carry a SAK anyway, but I definitely use the SAK caplifter for all kinds of things. Especially good at pulling those stinking plastic fasteners out of the body panels of cars and opening bottles of beer afterwards while cussing the invention of said plastic fasteners. Maybe I'd leave my SAK on the dresser if I had a GEC with a caplifter. Who knows? I'd definitely buy one with the right configuration, though.

 

[bax229]

I find a caplifter/screwdriver more useful than 2 blades...just my opinion

 

[JohnDF]

the big squared butt wasn't comfortable in my hand (medium sized), making a bit of a hot spot where it sat in my palm.

This is the exact reason I passed mine along... twice.
I tried to like it, it's a good looking knife and had great action. Just couldn't get past those large square end caps.

 

[kamagong]

Thanks for an interesting response!

The archetypal alloys are:
Nickel Silver: 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc
Brass: 66% copper, 0% nickel and 34% zinc

Just out of curiosity- what exactly leaves your hands less smelly?

Neither nickel silver or steel leave any offending odors behind.

I think it’s a matter of body chemistry. Some people are more sensitive to it than others. Like how some people can rust a knife simply by carrying it in their pocket or how others are acutely aware of the taste carbon steel can leave behind on food.

 

[JohnDF]

My guess for the new pattern...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say a Mini Trapper.
Something along the lines of a shortened #48 pattern.

 

[bax229]

I heard it’s a swing guard caplifter

 

[gaj999]

I heard it’s a swing guard caplifter

Automatic swing guard caplifter.

 

[EngrSorenson]

I heard it’s a swing guard caplifter

Brass bolsters, no shield, dead skunk acrylic, lockback, 1095, swing guard caplifter, no screwdriver end.

 

[bbk357]

I heard it’s a swing guard caplifter

templar in glitter gold ?

 

[EngrSorenson]

Automatic swing guard caplifter.

Brass bolsters, no shield, dead skunk acrylic, lockback, 1095, swing guard caplifter, no screwdriver end.

templar in glitter gold ?

imagine trying to explain this joke to a person who doesn’t carry a traditional... haha

All joking aside, I’ve been compulsively checking the blog for updates on this mystery pattern.

 

[rpstrimple]

Brass bolsters, no shield, dead skunk acrylic, lockback, 1095, swing guard caplifter, no screwdriver end.

Where do I preorder? Lol

I'd like to see a different take on a pruner style pattern. Something like the 5th one down on the pic below. A marriage between a swayback and a pruner.

 

[joeradza]

Please make it a single blade sowbelly. Pretty please!!

 

[Rockon75]

I’m agonizing over those Northfield #44’s from 2018. Ultimately I never pull the trigger because I’m not the biggest fan of some of the design choices, however inconsequential they are. I just love the look of Brass on brass on brass with rich browns and yellows for handle covers. Brass bolsters and cocobolo look so sharp.

Anyone know if there’s a rationale why we don’t see brass more often for bolsters and shields?

Brass on Brass, check out the Tressle Pine SFO lines made by Queen. From what I recall the two or three different knife patterns were all brass on brass with old grown timber scales. A variety are still available.

 

[AnW]

I think we'll see these on a #35 frame ...

Who knows, maybe we'll see a caplifter on a #35 as well.

On a side note, M&G apparently sold 68 #15 Boys Knives with Bail and Chain over the weekend. On Friday I was considering buying one, that's how many their system said we're available. This morning I finally went back to buy one and they were gone.

 

[GaiusJulius]

I don't get the infatuation with the caplifter

It might get used more than the blade if you like modern craft beers, 90% of which come in bottles, and bottles of the non-twist variety. I don’t like the idea per se from a “platonic ideal of the knife” point of view, but can’t deny I’d use the heck out of it.

 

[bbk357]

I think we'll see these on a #35 frame ...

Who knows, maybe we'll see a caplifter on a #35 as well.

On a side note, M&G apparently sold 68 #15 Boys Knives with Bail and Chain over the weekend. On Friday I was considering buying one, that's how many their system said we're available. This morning I finally went back to buy one and they were gone.

Ah man! I’ve had that page up on my phone since last week. Was going to buy it on payday Friday.

 

[bbk357]

Brass on Brass, check out the Tressle Pine SFO lines made by Queen. From what I recall the two or three different knife patterns were all brass on brass with old grown timber scales. A variety are still available.

Well made knives -

 

[Modoc ED]

^^^ ^^^

 

[Jiki]

It might get used more than the blade if you like modern craft beers, 90% of which come in bottles, and bottles of the non-twist variety. I don’t like the idea per se from a “platonic ideal of the knife” point of view, but can’t deny I’d use the heck out of it.

80% of the craft beers in North Carolina are coming in cans these days.