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kootenay joe wrote:I picked up my #46 Whaler with Desert Ironwood handles today. Have just opened it & WOW ! The handles are the finest pieces of wood i have ever seen. I will take pictures in the morning. In addition to this the blades are not difficult to open.
This is a GREAT knife.
kj

Sounds like a winner! I look forward to seeing your pictures!
Larry

Ironwood showed up yesterday and I am very happy with it, really like how GEC upped the size of the shield to match the size of the knife.

CK just issued the notification to pay for the Muscle Bone 46s.

A couple initial observations.

The bone version is $144. Considering they're already selling for more than twice that amount on the secondary market, that's not too bad a price IMO.

CK estimates the pull on the main blade as an 8 and the pen blade a 9 (!!!). This one's a nail-breaker, fellas, old-school GEC style.

The knife is so big CK isn't even offering a knife slip option.

It looks better in HD photos as a finished product than it did in the GEC blog photos during production.
I can't WAIT to get mine.

Just paid for mine also, not expected to ship until next week, can't wait.

The picture above showing the two #46, note that the ebony(?) one is a Northfield and the new Desert Ironwood one is a Tidioute, yet the 'trim level' is identical. So, is there a Northfield version coming in this new batch of 46's ? Likely not as it is not shown in the GEC Production Schedule. Just a bit odd that these new 46's are Tidioute but the 46's from previous year are Northfield even though the trim is the same.
JohnR: very fine wood on your knife as well. These Desert Ironwood Whalers are a home run on all counts. The ones i saw on ebay for $200 over retail sold within 2 days.
kj

kootenay joe wrote:The picture above showing the two #46, note that the ebony(?) one is a Northfield and the new Desert Ironwood one is a Tidioute, yet the 'trim level' is identical. So, is there a Northfield version coming in this new batch of 46's ? Likely not as it is not shown in the GEC Production Schedule. Just a bit odd that these new 46's are Tidioute but the 46's from previous year are Northfield even though the trim is the same.
JohnR: very fine wood on your knife as well. These Desert Ironwood Whalers are a home run on all counts. The ones i saw on ebay for $200 over retail sold within 2 days.
kj

I am a new collector. I did not realize that there had already been Whaler knives made by GEC. Was everyone scrambling for the older ones too? The Ebony looks very nice. BTW, what do you mean by "trim level"? Thanks.

As is so often the case for me, the knife is better looking in person than in my pictures. The wood grain & color shades are brighter than these pictures show.
kj

GEC made the #46 Whaler in 2011 and 2013. GEC had not caught on then as much as it has now so they were easy to buy, no rush necessary. More recently these knives on the secondary market like ebay have been getting a lot of bidding and sell from $350 to $1500 for one of the few ivory handled ones. (This $1500 is an anomaly, one sale)
Trim refers to details that are not necessary for function but add to attractiveness like a grove on the bolsters or a swage along the blade spine, or an unusual shield such as a beaver image, etc.
With GEC the Tidioute knives are basic and the Northfield knives have extra 'trim', although not evident with the Whalers.
kj

Thank you very much for the information. These knives are really a thing of beauty/work of art!
Larry

GP knives has the MB IN STOCK!

boykinlp wrote:GP knives has the MB IN STOCK!

Larry !!! Thank you!Thank you! Thank you! I got one of those bad boys!

Is that Grand Prairie?

Yes!

Greg I dont see them listed do you have to call?

LSS152 wrote:Greg I dont see them listed do you have to call?

Go to the Great Eastern page they are the first knives there.

gsmith7158 wrote:

LSS152 wrote:Greg I dont see them listed do you have to call?

Go to the Great Eastern page they are the first knives there.

I just checked back Larry, they are gone.

gsmith7158 wrote:

boykinlp wrote:GP knives has the MB IN STOCK!

Larry !!! Thank you!Thank you! Thank you! I got one of those bad boys!

Glad I could help. I am new here, and a newby collector. Helping other members out makes forums like this worthwhile. I mostly am collecting stag knives. So, if you know of a GEC #43 in stag or a Whaler in the Desert Ironwood at a decent price, please let me know.
Larry

"Out of Stock", i.e. all have sold.
kj
Sorry, this had already been posted

I don’t know how this happened but I was on the DLT web page yesterday at lunch time and the # 46 showed up as in stock. I clicked on it and bam it let me pay. Then I get a notification that it has shipped. I thought they were all gone, I can’t believe I got one. I am very excited!!! I guess a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. LOL!

LSS152 wrote:I don’t know how this happened but I was on the DLT web page yesterday at lunch time and the # 46 showed up as in stock. I clicked on it and bam it let me pay. Then I get a notification that it has shipped. I thought they were all gone, I can’t believe I got one. I am very excited!!! I guess a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. LOL!

Hey you've got to snag em when you seem with these high demand GEC's. If you stop to think about it you will be left standing at the altar with no knife. Congratulations on being in the right place at the right time.

LSS152 wrote:I don’t know how this happened but I was on the DLT web page yesterday at lunch time and the # 46 showed up as in stock. I clicked on it and bam it let me pay. Then I get a notification that it has shipped. I thought they were all gone, I can’t believe I got one. I am very excited!!! I guess a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. LOL!

Was it the Muscle Bone or Ironwood handle?

Who besides GP knives was selling the Muscle Bone knives yesterday? Thanks.

I have been checking the various GEC dealers and have yet to see an available #46 with the M.B. handles. Only about 3 dealers show that they did have a few in stock. Seems as if most dealers have yet to post them. KSF posted the D.I. Whalers on May 7th. I am surprised that they have not posted their M.B. ones. As one of the 2 largest GEC dealers, surely KSF is not last to receive a new run of GEC knives ?
kj

kootenay joe wrote:I have been checking the various GEC dealers and have yet to see an available #46 with the M.B. handles. Only about 3 dealers show that they did have a few in stock. Seems as if most dealers have yet to post them. KSF posted the D.I. Whalers on May 7th. I am surprised that they have not posted their M.B. ones. As one of the 2 largest GEC dealers, surely KSF is not last to receive a new run of GEC knives ?
kj

Roland it has been almost 2 months since the last Northwoods release. Might this be the one? If it is they better have some fancy handles, I don't want to see a 46 with OD micarta.

Greg, there could be a Northwoods version with Mammoth or Giraffe bone, and i mused about this earlier in this thread. However why would this be holding up KSF from listing the Muscle Bone Whalers ?
KSF is moving in about a week's time(?) Maybe photography set up has been packed already ??
kj
Edit to add: how about a 46 frame as a 4 blade lobster knife, 2 blades top & bottom, with bluish mammoth. Now that would clearly differentiate a Northwoods from a GEC regular run. For 'blades': Clip & spearpoint (or pen) plus awl & scissors or saw blade. What i knife it would be !