My first GEC was a TC Sheepfoot in Smooth Ivory Bone. I was inspired by a post I saw from
@eschwebach of his.
I don't have many pictures of when I first got it. Here's one with some other traditionals a couple years after I got it.
Here's another with some other cool TCs. The bottle opener one was a surprise from Bill to Charlie and the acronym was written by
@waynorth and meant "Charlie not responsible for cap lifter". I only have it and the Rendezvous one arm still.
After a while and lots of use it got kinda beat up. I read about the tea bath dye that a lot of people like. I tried it and it went ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLY.
So I dyed it black. Here it is a year or so ago. Beware, modern knife in this picture. I posted this in the trad and modern combo thread. It's from a friend's wedding.
The black dye started fading and I decided why not give it some red. I thought it looked really good, like a bone version of GEC's "red river acrylic" which I've always liked the look of but have never owned.
But then I decided to put it back to plain black. Looks really classic in black, plus it might well be the only black bone GEC in existence. There's another modern in this picture, I posted it in the combo thread also.
It still has great action. Its blade is well worn, has been sharpened a lot. Cuts like a laser.