Wow - did I get steamrolled ....

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Well, stop by when you can. Always good to "see" you.
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KJ,
I think you're exactly correct.
I was buying 2-3 GECs a year, but over the last couple of years, they go for way too much for me.
Heck, it hurts me to pay the initial offering prices for them.
It takes away from my enjoyment of a knife if I figure I paid too much for it.
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Keith, GEC & Bark River both sell their knives at a moderately expensive price. But i do not think we are paying "too much" because the employees need to be paid a decent wage and maybe they get a good benefit program as well.
It would be "too much" if the workers were getting minimum wage and owners were hording all profits for themselves.
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keithw wrote:KJ,
I think you're exactly correct.
I was buying 2-3 GECs a year, but over the last couple of years, they go for way too much for me.
Heck, it hurts me to pay the initial offering prices for them.
It takes away from my enjoyment of a knife if I figure I paid too much for it.
I'm with you ... my most beloved knives are the ones I got the best deals on - they just hold a sentimental place above the others for some reason. I guess I'm just an eBay bottomfeeder & love nothing more than to get a steal of a deal ....
pffffft that's not a knife ......... now THAT'S a knife !! Crocodile Dundee

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Lansky1 wrote:
keithw wrote:KJ,
I think you're exactly correct.
I was buying 2-3 GECs a year, but over the last couple of years, they go for way too much for me.
Heck, it hurts me to pay the initial offering prices for them.
It takes away from my enjoyment of a knife if I figure I paid too much for it.
I'm with you ... my most beloved knives are the ones I got the best deals on - they just hold a sentimental place above the others for some reason. I guess I'm just an eBay bottomfeeder & love nothing more than to get a steal of a deal ....
I'm gonna have to differ with you fellas on this one. I take pride in using things made in America, especially GEC knives. I don't mind paying a little more for their craftsmanship, because I know there were many American hands placed on the knife in the factory and not so many machines. As for Bark River knives, I don't know much about them. I have seen their knives for sale on kniveshipfree.com and have admired them. I don't buy fixed blades too often and when I do it's usually an in person, impulse transaction... ::smirk::
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What is a "Jarhead" ? (in post on previous page)

Regarding Bark River knives: these are some of the best fixed blades anywhere including Fallkniven & Hiro and better than many full customs.
They are to fixed blades what GEC is to folding knives, likely the best ever made in USA
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kootenay joe wrote:What is a "Jarhead" ? (in post on previous page)

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A sometimes derogatory, sometimes affectionate, sometimes comradery name for a United States Marine.
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In the actual presence of a marine, it is best that it be affectionate.
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Thank you for the explanation.
I guess it means they always get out of a jam.
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No, not always but not from lack of trying.
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"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
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