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Now on the Red stag 72...I didn't know they made one...I'm not a bit jealous.....

Bob[/quote]


They came out with the Red Stag #72 in early July,this year---it got scooped up ,pretty quick,_____before I got the """GEC Bug"""

[quote="vikingdog"]Wow Monk, there you go again! You and Gunstock Jack are spreading stag fever all over the place. Beautiful knives you've been showing. Are you carrying any of them?

I got this #72 Stag,un-serialized to carry,and really like it. It is slimmer than the #73, and it is easier to open.
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Really nice piece Monk. I'd like one like that myself. I went back to the early pages in this thread and I see what you mean about Welder Bob and his stag collection. It's hard to look at his photos and not covet thy neighbor's goods!

Ken,I'll try to un-confuse you ---it's about like the difference between the Ford and the Lincoln""simply put"" if you'll notice the little extra,craftsmanship,in the Northfield,vrs. Tidioute,such as pinched bolsters,ringed bolsters,better scale materials ( Stag,Elk,Pearl,Buffalo Horn,Ram)---the Tidioute,is made just as well,just doesn't have the "'EXTRA"" options ________don't know about the Sunfish / Sleeveboard critters,someone else,will have to do some ""un-confusing"" for ya' on them_____________Monk

justold52 wrote:A Great Day Guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_______________________ YUP pers if a mail-man brought them to me I would be happy... GOOD BUY.. big monk

Not sure if this is the right place to ask. So if this gets moved thats ok with me.

I have forgeten the diffrance between the Tidioute and the Norhfield UN-X-LD. lets take the sleevboard.

Both 3"
Both 1095 Carbon Steel Blades
Both nickel silver bolsters

Now is the BABY SUNFISH the same as the SLEEVEBOARD ?? (both 3" 2 blades)

Unconfused me please...

Ken

big monk Thank you I am un-confussed on that part now.

At one time I remember that one brand use SS and the other used 1095 HC I think.

Great Eastern uses 440C SS ( Great Eastern has the Acorn Shield )____________Tidioute & Northfield use the 1095 carbon steel _________There are three different lines of knives

KOOL that clears up my brain. Just hope I do not forget it again...

Safe to say then. I only have 2 SS GECs.

GEC 23 Pioneer Ivory Casien 2006 # 217 SS OPEN HOUSE.

GEC 23 Poineer Ruby Red Bovine 440SS 2009 4 1/2"

Ken

Ken, That Ivory Casien open house is sweet... ...no I'm not jealous...

Bob

KOOL that clears up my brain. Just hope I do not forget it again...

Well...I hate to bring back some confusion, but here's a photo from GEC's new release
page showing a Great Eastern Cutlery #73 sporting the acorn shield and having a
1095 carbon steel blade.

Not sure about this new option, but there it is. Greg at TSA Knives has a very informative
blog entry with some info about this new option. (Thanks Greg.)

Not to mention that #73 in the last picture is a fixed blade....

That is the first time they have strayed from the GEC Brand = Stainless rule (and I don't like it). But the rule still applies for folders (for now).

But, it is not really a science. Just learn the pattern numbers and what they look like; then all the numbers will generally make sense. But if they make more exceptions they will have to expand the numbering schema.

Brand - Frame - Master Blade Type - Number of Blades - Year Made

Well most like lee I will just put the info and knife in my wall safe and never use them. I have 6 more comming soon I am sure I will know then... ... and forget later.

But I do know if no accorn the its not SS its the good steel... OK then this EXCEPTION...

Ken

This is one I am waiting for.

Desription
"GEC 325109ECL Stag Line Lock 1095 CS 2009 4 1/2"""

The Mailman was kind enough to drop these off,today !!!!!!! These were my first single blade #73's and there really is not much differnce ( size wise ) in them and the #72 Lockback. The #73 pattern,has a droppoint/skinner main blade and the #72 pattern has the regular clip,main blade. I really like them both,with two blades and single blades. I do think ,I prefer the ""Long-Pulls"'___maybe a little easier to open,with those strong back-springs ??? And if I was carrying a two blade,maybe have a belt sheath.
Two of the 2009________735109BS____Burnt Stag___single blade
One of the 2010_______ 735210LPBS____Burnt Stag____two blades
One of the 2010_______735210LPGS____Genuine Stag___two blades

Just got my first one on Sat at the gun show!
very nice!

Hey Catt that's nice...you know it's hard to stop at just one...

Monk, I think your trying to corner the stag market...I better get busy...
I perfer the single blade myself, but I do carry the two balde sometime's
in a belt pouch. Great looking stag on all of those knives.....

Better go catch some fish to go with them beans....

Bob

cattaraugus57 Hello and welcome to the GEC Feast.
Kool one my first time seeing that handle. Whats it called?

Yuppers some kool 72s. Looks like I have to snag one of them some time. What you eating fish with your beans?

I can't afford the worms to catch a fish.


Here is one more I did snag. She has some YELLOW.

GEC 538210 Trapper Eggs&Hot Sauce Furtaker CS 2009 4 1/2"

Ken______fish & beans ain't bad once you get use to it ____that is a purrtty yellow egg knife,but I can't take nuthin' like that fishin' with me?? it would scare all my fishes away

Hey Cattaraugus57______do they call that jigging "'Gator Bone"" ??????saw another one,on e-bay,but it had a different blade,and color??

justold52 wrote:big monk Thank you I am un-confussed on that part now.

At one time I remember that one brand use SS and the other used 1095 HC I think.

Hey Ken______just got the official way to identify, blade steel on the GEC's______Check the Tang Stamp

Titusville Iron Works = Carbon Steel
Cyclops = Stainless Steel

WOW thats a gr8 way to remember also.

I am going to copy this to remind my when I need this.

Just hope I can remember where I put this IMPORANT info.

Thank you soo much for this INFO.

Here is one more I picked up and could not set her down.

She also cryed out take me home. So I did. I must be a softy when it comes to crying girls...

GEC 128109SAB Toothpick Stag #37 2009 4"



Ken

big monk wrote:

justold52 wrote:big monk Thank you I am un-confussed on that part now.

At one time I remember that one brand use SS and the other used 1095 HC I think.

Hey Ken______just got the official way to identify, blade steel on the GEC's______Check the Tang Stamp

Titusville Iron Works = Carbon Steel
Cyclops = Stainless Steel

To further qualify:
Titusville Iron Works = 1095
Cyclops Steel Works = 440C

There are some 420SS special factory orders; but they do not have the Cyclops Steel Works tang stamp.

Safe to say then. I only have 2 SS GECs.

GEC 23 Pioneer Ivory Casien 2006 # 217 SS OPEN HOUSE.


Ken[/quote]

Hey Ken______that number "'# 217 SS"" Open House ____I'm thinking there were suppose to be 350 made,but only 10 were deemed saleable to the public ??? That's the total they list on the GEC web. site for the #23 pattern you've got a very rare knife my friend

This is the #735207EC pattern_________134 produced

Well that confused me too. #127 ?? (217 or 27)

Here is where I picked that number from.

I know this is my photo of my OPEN HOUSE knife. I was at the factory and picked up the last 2.

You can make this photo larger and look for your self.

I also have this photo of a GREEN 2006 knife I got but can't find the knife. ???

I am thinking I make a lot of errors in my knife records.

Perhaps I have been OLD for a long time????{it's the meds I am on).... to slow down the Allhimers thing....

Confussed Ken...

I read #217,just as you did



EDITED______on the second page of this thread,Classic Case,has an entire set of the #73's in a rainbow of colors,_____the 6 knife set, includes your green knife,KEN. As stated,only a few sets made at the GEC Open House

Thanks for the info,Boggs

Ohhhhh, my "Octogenarian Brothers" it might be time to put away all the sharp objects in a safe place..........Bark Moss Green is a jigged bone and these are acrylics which were made for a GEC Open House that consisted of six pieces........simple go back to pages 1 and 2 to see the set that was posted. Beasts me as to the colors and count......

In 2006 they made 250 of each pattern/brand. So 250 Tidioute #23's; 250 Northfield #23's; 250 GEC #23's; then the same for #73's. They were a little under or a little over on some (that is why the non-serialized are so rare from 2006).

But since the serial numbers are for the pattern/brand, not the handles, it is understandable that you could have 11 knives late in a run that were high serial numbered. 2006 was the only year they were numbered like this.