GEC - Handles with Character
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boggs
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GEC - Handles with Character
Well if you're like me,I'm always on the look out for the best example of any handle material that I can find,but with the release of the steel 73's there was so much variations in the Stag and Cocobolo that I thought maybe there's something to those with quirks...so I began looking..................to find those hidden jewels.............
Pic 1.....So here are a number of Cocobolo knives...the two from the left are what is typically thought of while the second and third from the right were labeled as Dark Cocobolo ( hope you didn't miss these )..and the far right is Ebony for comparison.
Pic 2....A fan favorite..Primitive Bone....whose to tell what's the correct example.............
Pic 3....Two example of Natural Stag...............
Pic 4....Red Stag.................
Pic 5....Burnt Stag...................
Pic 6....The three from the left are Snakewood minus the hiss compared to Cocobolo on the far right......
Pic 7....And lastly the little #66 Calf Ropper in Cocobolo Rosewood
So there maybe one or two jewels here that need a second or third hard look to see its beauty...but one thing for sure.....they all have character...
Pic 1.....So here are a number of Cocobolo knives...the two from the left are what is typically thought of while the second and third from the right were labeled as Dark Cocobolo ( hope you didn't miss these )..and the far right is Ebony for comparison.
Pic 2....A fan favorite..Primitive Bone....whose to tell what's the correct example.............
Pic 3....Two example of Natural Stag...............
Pic 4....Red Stag.................
Pic 5....Burnt Stag...................
Pic 6....The three from the left are Snakewood minus the hiss compared to Cocobolo on the far right......
Pic 7....And lastly the little #66 Calf Ropper in Cocobolo Rosewood
So there maybe one or two jewels here that need a second or third hard look to see its beauty...but one thing for sure.....they all have character...
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gino
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Re: GEC - Handles with Character
NICE!!!! They are alll sweet.
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Nice spread.
GEC offers a little something for everyone.
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Great comparison,Jim
_______you are so right,about ""The Beauty of each knife***** is in the eye of the holder
_____who is to say,one looks better,than the other ???
I'm not young enough,____to know everything !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Those are all fantastic, but the photo of thsoe Primitive Bone knives is KILLER, WHOA!!!
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Thank you......and just trying on my part not to lag to far behind the rest of you............
Jim
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WOW....outstanding Jim!! Great pics also......
Great stash of Castro's by the way
I just NEVER get tired of seeing GEC pic's,thanks for sharing Jim
Great stash of Castro's by the way
I just NEVER get tired of seeing GEC pic's,thanks for sharing Jim
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Re: GEC - Handles with Character
All very beautiful knives, I have to say, that primitive is the best though. It's hard to get more character in a knife when it looks like that. 
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Thanks Dennis and Twoshoes...................
But it's characters like yourselves and the pictures you take that make me step up............
But it's characters like yourselves and the pictures you take that make me step up............
Jim
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This one is on its way thanks to Jerry 
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Very nice Gino,congrats on the pick up.......love that Elk

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Gino....
Very nice...I like the almost all white Elk bone.....
Very nice...I like the almost all white Elk bone.....
Jim
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