Post your Favorite Northwoods Knife

The Northwoods Knife brand name originated in Gladstone, Michigan when a man named Dave Shirley adopted it as his knife company's name in 2004. Dave was well known for collaborating with popular knife companies to have knives made to his specifications for resale well before 2004 & beyond. KnivesShipFree bought Northwoods from Dave & has continued to team up with respected makers to produce knives marked with the Northwoods brand name.
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Drop dead gorgeous knives. Those patterns in ivory are spectacular.
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kootenay joe wrote:My favorite Northwoods pattern is the Norfolk which was made as a pen knife and as a whittler. But these are tied with my GEC Conductor, a swell center pen knife for overall favorite GEC made knife.
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KJ, The Northwoods Norfolks and the GEC Conductor knives are fantastic examples of knives as art.
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Roland, any of those are the pinnacle of what has come out of Great Eastern Cutlery. Thanks for sharing.

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Double post.
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hey Roland,
here's my ivory Conductor along with the Dog Paw sfo I'd mentioned. I need to check the numbers again but I could swear there are less than 10 of the ivory knife w/bale. Thanks again for your help, you are far too generous with your time!
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Cletus, I'm all-board with your Conductors. Very nice. ::tu:: ::tu::
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well, thankya kindly Ralph.
so it's 35 pcs with clip/pen, 3pcs with clip/coping. dang..."missed it by that much."--Agent 86
2 yrs later they did a Conductor Whittler. Man, love to get my mitts on one a them..
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O.K. so that is the "Dog Paw". I have not seen it before. There are 7 Conductors with mammoth handles, but no bale. Anyone have one to show ?
They used the same pattern to make a whittler in 2013 but none had ivory or mammoth handles.
Question: what pattern number is the Northwoods Norfolk pen & whittler ? I would like to see GEC do a run of Norfolk knives.
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Heritage Jack going to the stratosphere. Never thought I'd see any Northwoods reach this height. Man was I wrong. Gotta see it to believe it.




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Guess it was a good investment. Thanks to Derrick Bohn. RIP blade brother, you're still giving to us all. And if GEC had any business sense whatsoever they would keep making stuff like this, they could put their own name on it and a different shield and sell their knives for several times what they are currently going for. Ammmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzziiing. Rock on Northwoods.
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Wow! I missed out on the KSF drop off the Heritage jack but was able to trade a fremont for a mammoth Heritage. That's starting to look like a pretty good trade. The Heritage is about as close to a Forest jack as you can get. They are awesome knives.
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Ivoryman wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:12 pm Heritage Jack going to the stratosphere. Never thought I'd see any Northwoods reach this height. Man was I wrong. Gotta see it to believe it.




https://www.ebay.com/itm/Northwoods-Her ... 3234527186


Guess it was a good investment. Thanks to Derrick Bohn. RIP blade brother, you're still giving to us all. And if GEC had any business sense whatsoever they would keep making stuff like this, they could put their own name on it and a different shield and sell their knives for several times what they are currently going for. Ammmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzziiing. Rock on Northwoods.

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gsmith7158 wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:37 pm Wow! I missed out on the KSF drop off the Heritage jack but was able to trade a fremont for a mammoth Heritage. That's starting to look like a pretty good trade. The Heritage is about as close to a Forest jack as you can get. They are awesome knives.
Fine looking Forest gsmith. Love the speckled bone on that one. Do you recall the pattern those are on? I can't tell if it's 35, 53, or 54, or what? Love the bare head too, don't see that as much as they used to do either. Keep 'em coming, seems like you have a fine pile of Northwoods.
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This one hasn’t been in the barn very long, but it has quickly moved to the top of the heap. This one is one of the first run Fremonts from 2013.
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Oh my ! What a Knife ! It's value now is likely into 4 figures. If it ever wants to migrate to Canada please let me know ! 8)
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Hard to pick one, probably the Ivory Willamette Whittler but I really like the Mammoth Esky Zulu also.
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Easy for me. Whatever John here has, in whatever pattern. He'll have the coolest looking one around for sure. Wow those are incredible.
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Incredible is a good description. ::tu::
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Thanks guys. ::tu:: ::tu::
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My favorite pattern is the Big Bay and I love giraffe bone.
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Gorgeous group ramrod, wow what a show you and John are putting on. Hard not to like giraffe. Love seeing these babies, keep 'em coming. Beautiful.
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RAMROD wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:38 am My favorite pattern is the Big Bay and I love giraffe bone.
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RAMROD wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:38 am My favorite pattern is the Big Bay and I love giraffe bone.
Amazing how much variation there is in giraffe bone. Nice group. Like the one on the left ::tu::
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Michigan Jack in Burnt Stag
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Nice Northwoods DMB ! The Burnside Jack with blue bone, is it Camel or Giraffe ? And what is the red one at top of picture ? The stag Michigan jack with the EO might be my favorite of the 4 you show. I think only some of the Michigan jacks have the EO ?
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