GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
There is now a picture of the red jigged bone on CK.net where there was nothing before. When you click on it there are no products available. What does this mean ? Have they come and gone? Are they yet to come? I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the elusive football and Lucy is snickering in the other room.
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
I suspect they put up their reserved knives which immediately sold out. Sometimes I see a new or unnoticed knife under CK's GEC section but clicking it brings you to that same page. Talk about getting hopes up only to dash them on the rocks...gsmith7158 wrote:There is now a picture of the red jigged bone on CK.net where there was nothing before. When you click on it there are no products available. What does this mean ? Have they come and gone? Are they yet to come? I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the elusive football and Lucy is snickering in the other room.
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
The Blackwoods are a SFO for "SlipJoint Paradigm" a Facebook group I belong to...not sure about the Pioneer bone though..gsmith7158 wrote:I've also noticed that there appears to be a difference in GEC's list of handle materials for this SFO and Ck's original early reserve list. The African blackwood and the pioneer bone were new.
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Very strange that none of the polished stag 85's have shown up here as being recieved or on Ebay for a gazillion bucks.
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
My Blackwood came in yesterday..First 85 for me now I know what all the 85 hype is about! Great size for carry very neat pattern.
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
Sure is pretty. Wouldn't want to drop it in the woods tho.
Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
Figured I would drop these pics in here since I just snapped them this morning. This is from 2013, limited amount made in this bone, I think only 50 if memory serves. One of my favorite knives.
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
I have one of those too Mike, from a few years later. Wouldn't trade it for anything.313 Mike wrote:Figured I would drop these pics in here since I just snapped them this morning. This is from 2013, limited amount made in this bone, I think only 50 if memory serves. One of my favorite knives.
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Well, patience and frugality (something I'm not usually noted for) has finally paid off .I have my polished stag 85 CK SFO at last and for less than a gazillion bucks.
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
I agree with you 100% GEC is making up to 5000 GEC#97 Allegheny coke bottle hunter knives right now. You can buy them easy from most dealers. www.colectorknives.net has the best prices with free shipping.Colonel26 wrote:I have one GEC knife, a whittler, that I got from a friend. I like it a lot. I would like to have more. But, I refuse to play the GEC game.
And I agree with Mike. That shield looks cheap to me.
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I never could get a GEC#85 bullet end jack. I started collecting Great Eastern Cutlery in July 2018. I have 30 wonderful GEC knives , right now. I am so looking forward to buying GEC #93s , #86s , & #29s in the near future. I got really mad last year trying to buy 3 #85 knives. Looking forward and not backward, it is so easy to become a sucker on EVIL-BAY. I want to buy my knives from GEC dealers. I want to support GEC employees by buying newly released knives. "Buy America or Starve !"
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
Anyone remember what the 85’s were priced at new?
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Re: GEC 85 Bullet End Jack
The last run of sfo knives at CK were between $90 and $105 as memory serves. Back in 2011, Outlook informs me the cost was $95.25.
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robbobus wrote:The last run of sfo knives at CK were between $90 and $105 as memory serves. Back in 2011, Outlook informs me the cost was $95.25.15606417876661191364992731884779.jpg
Thank you Rob. I missed all the runs on these. Looking at EBay the prices are quite high on most and then there are the odd ones that go for an amount close to the original price or lower, on sold listings that is.
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