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The new pattern for GEC is a SUNFISH! The pattern number will be 362209 and it should be out before New Years Eve. It will have a closed length of 4 1/4" and have a large spear blade and a large pen blade. The large spear blade will have a thickness of .156". First off the line will be the Tidioute in Burnt Grizzly bone and then Frontier Bone. These will have crescent pulls and smooth bolsters. The Northfields will have the long pulls. ::ds::
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Very cool! Thanks for the update.
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If their other knives are any indication of how this one will be, GEC should consider including a set of vice grips with each knife to be used when opening the blades. :lol:

I can almost hear those fingernails snapping right now! ::tounge::

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:lol: :lol: Did I tell you a hunter or a SUNFISH!... ::nod:: ::nod::
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philco wrote:If their other knives are any indication of how this one will be, GEC should consider including a set of vice grips with each knife to be used when opening the blades. :lol:

I can almost hear those fingernails snapping right now! ::tounge::

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And the Sunfish! AWESOME CHOICE!
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I have a picture of it somewhere..........I will get back with ya all ::tounge::
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Jim,

How about a hint as to the expected cost and a picture?

Do you ever have a chance to get "seconds" with flawed scales? I want to rescale one in dinosaur bone for my personal collection........
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Haven't seen any pics yet or pricing. I might have to keep a few of them for myself, I like e-toes.
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I got a #2!!!!
the gamble was a jackpot
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slopingcompanion wrote:I got a #2!!!!
the gamble was a jackpot
::shrug:: sorry, can you explain?
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Well, I don't have any e-toes any more my last one went to my son, about a year ago. It's a Bulldog prototype that had cracked celluloid, so our own Colin Paterson did the fantastic scrimshaw work and mammoth ivory rehandling as well as the filework. Colin can be reached at http://www.patersoncustomknives.com an AAPK store. My son and I share the same initials - so that worked out just fine. BUT that was my last e-toe ::tear::

Click on the pictures and you can still see details in the scrimshaw art work even at 10 times the normal size.

Back to GEC and their sunfish or e-toe. I think it's an excellent pattern for them to make, I would like to see a single bladed toe or another exotic variation come out of the original frame.

Here is a link to the news release: http://www.greateasterncutlery.net/catalog2.html and they did an excellent job.

Many times I have complained about a lack of details as far as the knife specifications go, usually there is just a picture. Well this time they have no picture but I will commend them on their details with the knife specifications. They did a great job! I figure I owe them that after complaining about a lack of details or specifications on many releases. ::tu:: ::tu:: I'll have to pick one up in the summer!
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Soon to be released #36 Sunfish
Closed length 4 1/4"
Width 1 1/8"
Main blade .156 thick
Spear blade L- 3 3/4" W- 1"
Pen Blade L- 2 5/8" W- 3/4"
Tidioute pulls crescent
Northfield is a Long Pull
Smooth Bolsters
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Here she is in STAG ... ::tounge::
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Nice looking knife you have there Hukk. Beautiful scrimshaw job on the handles. Signing the handles is a must for the artist but I think I would have stopped him short of signing the blade though. JMO. None the less though still a great looking knife. ::tu::
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I meant that I knew there was a new pattern, I rashly reserved a #2 in Grizzly for whatever it was.
I grew up in Titusville down the road from the Cyclops Steel Works facility.
My grand parents live virtually across the street from the GEC workshop and I took the tour recently.
My gamble was the reservation of the knife the jackpot is they design they chose
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hot tempered steel wrote:Nice looking knife you have there Hukk. Beautiful scrimshaw job on the handles. Signing the handles is a must for the artist but I think I would have stopped him short of signing the blade though. JMO. None the less though still a great looking knife. ::tu::
Well, Colin did the filework and rehandled in mammoth ivory also as well as the scrimshaw, so I'm OK with signing the blade. He used a Turbo - Carver for signing the blade. I believe that's the same tool that ol Mr. Buck uses. Those tools are so fast they scare me - sounds like a dentist drill (that's the sound that scares me :mrgreen: ). I have one, they can run up to 400,000 RPM. :shock: (YEP, that's four hundred thousand RPM - not a typo).

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lenny357 wrote:Here she is in STAG ... ::tounge::

chris, is that supposed to be a pic of the gec toenail?
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No, but i've seen Chris's knife in person and it's a dandy ::tu::
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::shrug::
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jonet143 wrote:
lenny357 wrote:Here she is in STAG ... ::tounge::

chris, is that supposed to be a pic of the gec toenail?
Hmmmmm... thought that was it, well at best GEC can copy that one and I'm sure we would all be pleased. I imagine I tricked someone ....lol made me sleep better ::ds::

MM nice picture :wink:
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Here she is.....
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::drool:: ::drool:: ::drool:: ::drool:: ::drool:: ::drool:: ::drool:: ::drool::
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That is a nice one knifeswapper!
Are these available now?
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Sweeeeeet! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Mike,
I really can't afford one, but now I gotta get me one. ::drool::

Oh why must you tempt me so? :lol:

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