WHALERS

GEC specializes in highly collectable and premium quality usable pocket knives. The company's USA manufactured knives have quickly proven to be a big hit with both collectors and users who seek quality American craftsmanship.
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Yep that’s Snakewood
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caddyman1973 wrote:8A729958-FD61-4723-AEBD-9A25F915081C.jpeg
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Are the blades on that Roughneck thick or thin?
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The main blade is thick and the small clip blade is about half the thickness of the main blade.
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I also love the whalers! Wish I had been collecting back in the day, man there were some really cool ones produced!
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JET79 wrote:I also love the whalers! Wish I had been collecting back in the day, man there were some really cool ones produced!
For sure! I’d like one of those jig bone. Those were sweet!
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Here are mine. I like that the Desert Ironwood one has a burled look. I think it is kind of unique.
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Woof...at this rate I guess I'm never gonna be able to afford another Whaler!
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ya, I started to rationalize ... well, if I went to the rendezvous, by the time I paid for plane fair, hotel, means to get around, food and build that into the cost of the knife I'm really not paying that.....wait, I can't get this right now, thats $450 for a knife... ya almost got me...lol.
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46 Muscle Bone.
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Wow, that looks great Rusty! Where did you get that done?
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http://www.engravingextraordinare.com/ I was looking for a while to see about getting scroll work done on a knife and could not decide. I ended up getting two whalers when they first came out and thought OK let's try it. I was more than pleased with the end result.

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I ended up with an extra Desert Ironwood #46 Whaler. I mailed it off and 4 months later, I got this gem back. Mammoth Ivory with superb fluted bolsters. Here is a few pictures:
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Larry that looks fabulous! Congrats on one beautiful knife! ::tu::
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Here's my honkin piece of hardware. :mrgreen:
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Hey Joe, I love it !
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I’ve got a few. When I get to my computer I’ll try and post some.

I’d like to find a desert ironwood

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Just happened to check my email at the right time today. Gunstock Jacks had 5 or 6 Whalers that were NOS. I wasn’t fast enough to get an ironwood but did score a muscle bone. Can’t wait to see it and post it.
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Got a Whaler today. Very nice.
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Looking over this Whaler I noticed a mark on the main blade, looks allot like a Rockwell hardness test mark to me, any thoughts on this ?
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WelderBob wrote:Looking over this Whaler I noticed a mark on the main blade, looks allot like a Rockwell hardness test mark to me, any thoughts on this ?

I saw one for sale on eBay over the last few weeks and the seller had the same thing on his and that’s what he said it was. I have had 5 of these and can’t remember any of them having that, but they probably did and I just didn’t notice.

Edit: well shut my mouth, in my own picture above there is a divot from a Rockwell place in the same spot.
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Mark, I see that...my old eyes overlooked it. It's nice to know they test their blades, wonder what the hardness is ?
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