Great Eastern Cutlery
Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) specializes in highly collectable and premium quality usable pocket knives, hunting knives and kitchen knives. GEC is noted for it's American craftsmanship and traditional hands on manufacturing methods and is located in Titusville, PA at the site formerly known as Cyclops Specialty Steel.
The historic building is open to the public where you can observe skilled craftsman at work in a unique and panoramic manufacturing environment. These are highly crafted traditional knives handled with exotic hardwoods, North American cattle bone and Genuine stag. The jigging is also done on site in the GEC bone works.
The blades of these quality knives are crafted from either high carbon steel or stainless steel and have tang stamps that include Tidioute Cutlery, Northfield UN-X-LD and Great Eastern Cutlery. The company also makes other knife brands on contract.
The company's higher end line is generally made with the Northfield trademark while its more affordable line carries the Tidioute trademark. The GEC brand is normally reserved for stainless steel bladed knives.
Below you will find valuable resources to help with your GEC hobby:
| Knife Numbering System | Guide to the Great Eastern Cutlery knife numbering system |
| Pattern Number Reference Guide | This link will bring you to a list of most knife patterns made by GEC since the Company's inception in 2007. You will find pictures & descriptions included for each pattern. |
| Image Gallery | Click here to view images that have been uploaded by AAPK members. Make sure to register & add some of your own. AAPK loves knife pictures! |
| GEC Specific Knife Discussion Board | This is a great place to chat about GEC knives. We welcome show & tell, Q&A, & much more. |
| GEC's First Knives : 2006 | Click here to peak into history & view pictures & descriptions of the very first Great Eastern Cutlery knives ever made. |
| GEC's Second Year Knives : 2007 | Click here to view production records & a short description of all of the 2007 stamped Great Eastern Cutlery knives manufactured. This is a comprehensive list. |
| GEC's Third Year Knives : 2008 | Click here to view production records of all the 2008 stamped Great Eastern Cutlery knives manufactured. This is a comprehensive list. |
| Archived GEC Knife Sales | Click here to view knife sale prices realized for past GEC knife sales. |
| GEC's Official Website | Click here to visit the official home page of Great Eastern Cutlery. This is a great place to keep an eye on what is currently going on at GEC. They generally post information about what they're currently working on along with short schedule of upcoming production. |
Be sure to stop by the AAPK store often! You will find a variety of traditional folding knives in several of GEC's popular handle materials such as burnt stag, natural stag, jigged bone, acrylic, & various woods like ebony, burl woods & more.
AAPK sellers often list many of the favorites from elephant toenail knives to trappers knives... congresses, whittlers, cattleman's, Jack knives & many others... You'll often find 1095 high carbon steel blades 440C stainless steel blades come up for sale regularly.
2013 Great Eastern Northfield UN-X-LD Antique Green Bone Liner Lock Pattern # 735113L New in GEC Round Tube , Never Carried or Sharpened Nice Antique Green Jigged Bone...
Item # 41200
$185.00
2011 Great Eastern ,Northfield UN-X-LD Burnt Stag Pattern # 620211 1 of 25 made with COA , Serial # 09 stamped on Bolster 1095 Carbon Steel Nice Burnt Stag Handles with...
Item # 39816
$265.00
4-3/8" MINT MUSCLE BONE WHALER.1095 CARBONSTEEL BLADES.ORIGINAL TUBE INCLUDED. PAYMENT BY CHECK OF POSTAL MONEY ORDER. PAYMENT...
Item # 39420
$300.00
2019 Great Eastern Orange Delrin Farm & Field Tool Bull Buster Pattern # 215119 New in GEC Round Tube ,Never carried or sharpened 1095 Carbon Steet work Knives...
Item # 32898
$85.00
4-3/8" 2018 GREAT EASTERN2 BLADEMUSCLE BONESCALESWHALER. 1095 CARBON STEEL BLADES.ORIGINAL TUBE AND CERTIFICATE INCLUDED. PAYMENT BY CHECK...
Item # 31927
$275.00
4-3/8" 2018 GREAT EASTERN2 BLADEDESERT IRONWOODSCALESWHALER. 1095 CARBON STEEL BLADES.ORIGINAL TUBE AND CERTIFICATE INCLUDED. PAYMENT BY...
Item # 31926
$275.00
This is a GREAT EASTERN,# 23 BEAVER TAIL TRAPPER KNIFE WAS MADE IN TITUSVILLE, PA, IN 2007. THE KNIFE SERIAL NUMBER 115 OF 250 PIECES MADE, AND IT MEASURES 4-1/2" CLOSED, AND IT IS...
Item # 21973
$159.00
