Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

[Gevonovich]

Well after nearly two years my secret Tennessee stash of NIT Great Eastern Cutlery knives has just about dried up! I treated myself to these three last Thursday on my birthday! A Tidioute 735109L Tractor Green, a Tidioute 735109 Tractor Red and finally a true gem a GEC 252110EOJ Grape Jig Bone serial #13. It was a very colorful birthday!

A Royal Flush I think I hear Paula Cole belting out ...How love should be w/ chris botti on horn. Happy Birthday Ron ! ...waiting to show me colours

 

[r8shell]

Just received these yesterday via trades with fellow forumites.
#57 Tidioute Ghepetto Whittler

#16 Northfield Canoe

Case Sodbuster Jr. in Chestnut jigged bone with CV steel.

Congratulations, Bob! The #57 Geppetto Whittler was my first GEC knife, and it's one of the best.

 

[hamsco]

Yowza! That stag Esquire is exquisite, hamsco!!

Thanks, I believe it to be unique.

 

[TheFactor]

Fresh out of the bag .
Really liking this little bay !

 

[A.L.]

Just received these yesterday via trades with fellow forumites.
#57 Tidioute Ghepetto Whittler

#16 Northfield Canoe

Case Sodbuster Jr. in Chestnut jigged bone with CV steel.

I didn't know GEC makes canoe! Do the tang "corners" hide under the bolster area?

 

[Will Power]

I didn't know GEC makes canoe! Do the tang "corners" hide under the bolster area?

The pattern 16 was called something like Little Indian Girl or some such fanciful name GEC dreamed up rather than Canoe. As far as I recall, it was not a popular issue at all and until fairly recently there were examples still with the dealers. Many handle choices including some interesting Acrylics. I would imagine the tangs are hidden by the Copperhead type bolster- although Queen's Copperheads don't quite cover them.

Too much bolster on this pattern for my taste, but I think you could get one at a reasonable price or via Trade.

Regards, Will

 

[A.L.]

The pattern 16 was called something like Little Indian Girl or some such fanciful name GEC dreamed up rather than Canoe. As far as I recall, it was not a popular issue at all and until fairly recently there were examples still with the dealers. Many handle choices including some interesting Acrylics. I would imagine the tangs are hidden by the Copperhead type bolster- although Queen's Copperheads don't quite cover them.

Too much bolster on this pattern for my taste, but I think you could get one at a reasonable price or via Trade.

Regards, Will

Thanks for the info!
I'm not huge fan of canoe at all but the gec one seems more appealing than usual.

 

[BigBiscuit]

Yes A.L., the tangs are hidden under the bolsters. It's not a true shadow pattern, but still nice that the tangs don' protrude. More pics.

 

[deltaboy]

Got another Camillus 21 peanut!

 

[Half/Stop]

Nice haul, Ron, I really like the green!

I just added a user #66 off the exchange, in ironwood.

Thanks Jeff! Good pickup on that 66. I fought the urge to pull the trigger on it myself!

The purple 25 is very cool !!!

Thanks

A Royal Flush I think I hear Paula Cole belting out ...How love should be w/ chris botti on horn. Happy Birthday Ron ! ...waiting to show me colours

Thanks Gev!

 

[joeradza]

A new to me user (sharpening scratches on blade) stag 83.

 

[Will Power]

It left America on 28th Aug and I only got it today-due to Customs holding on to it for ages..

But very much worth the wait, got it as back upper for my mint one - to be used and used....

 

[The Fort]

It left America on 28th Aug and I only got it today-due to Customs holding on to it for ages..

But very much worth the wait, got it as back upper for my mint one - to be used and used....

Very nice Will! Those "Black Box" Winchesters are hard to beat! Lance

 

[Will Power]

Thank you Lance, I'm very keen on them and want to make a collection of users and 'safes'. They are really good quality with many interesting patterns.

Regards, Will

 

[neal70]

My word Bob(BigB). I honestly dk if I have ever seen such a nice example of GEC's canoe-or any, for that matter. If they are that common I'll have to look around. I don't recall seeing them on dealer sites much. But I barely recall yesterday too.
Thanks, Neal

 

[black mamba]

Primo stag on the #83, Alan!

 

[Half/Stop]

A new to me user (sharpening scratches on blade) stag 83.
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And what a beautiful user it is Alan! My favorite kind of knife, one that I don't even hesitate for a second to drop in my pocket!

 

[joeradza]

Totally agree Ron.

 

[TheFactor]

 

[btb01]

Here's my newest addition, arrived in the mail yesterday. It's not perfect -- the Delrin covers are a bit scratched up (doesn't really show in these photos), there's a tiny bit of up-and-down play in the lock up, and the edge had an impressively large ding from hitting the backspring -- but the price was reasonable, and as far as I could tell it hadn't been sharpened since it left GEC, so even after sharpening out the ding, it still has just about all the life left in the blade that it had when it was new (which is more than I can say for other 'user' GECs I've come across with bad sharpening jobs that had to be remedied).

This is my first #99. I like the size (I guess I expected it to be a little bigger than it is). I'm curious if the blade rapping the backspring is a common occurrence with these, or maybe with GEC's lockbacks in general? The only other GEC LB I have is a #72, and it hits the spring as well if you snap it shut (though only a little at this point, and it probably won't after a couple more sharpenings).

Honestly, I haven't seen a blade-rap ding as impressive as the one that was on this #99 when I got it. It was deep, and you can even see a gouge on the backspring if you look down in the blade well. After sharpening it out, I let the knife close in its own from about 45° open, and it dinged the edge again. I sharpened that one out as well and will probably just leave it as is for now, and try to remember to close it gently. (I know I could sharpen it enough so that won't hit the backspring, and I'm sure I will eventually, but it seems unnecessary to take away more steel right now. Might as well get some use out of it first.)