GEC#93 Ram's Foot knife PPP 2019

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Okay, it’s official, I’m cursed when it comes to getting a 93 In Cocobolo. I have missed everyone of these. Something occupies me for too long and I get back to my email and poof they are gone already. Man, knifing is hard work!

[gsmith7158]

Yeah, I didn't see the email until 35 minutes after it arrived. Gone, Gone, Gone.

[cudgee]

No hope over here, with the miiliseconds it takes a computer to register in USA, all gone within 1 min of listing. But there are alot worse things can go wrong other than missing a knife. Praying for Mike Latham's son.

[kootenay joe]

Quote: "there are alot worse things can go wrong other than missing a knife."
Yes ! Although we feel disappointed when we repeatedly miss getting a GEC knife on a scale of 1-10 for significant life events this barely ranks as a "1".
We all should keep this in mind because it is not worth getting upset about.
kj

[Onearmbladejunkie]

The Northfield #93 antique autumn jigged bone knives are being made right now. Contact Franks Classic Knives and get on a pre-order reserve today !

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Curse is lifted. KSF got more of the Cocobolo in today and I was lucky enough to get one this time. Sweet.

[kootenay joe]

I receive emails from a number of GEC dealers alerting me that a new 'batch' of GEC knives have just been listed. With this #93 i have checked the dealers' sites as soon as i saw the email which could be from 5 minutes to a few hours after it landed in my in-box. In every case they are sold out.
My email gets updated from the server every 30 minutes so even if i check the dealer site as soon as i receive the email, it will most likely be sold out.
GEC's have been selling out fast for 2-3 years now but i sense an increase in selling speed to 'ultra fast'. Likely this is due to the ubiquitous spread of mobile smart phones. I do not have one but i know it allows for instant arrival of an email or text with a sound to let you know it has arrived. Hence within a few seconds you can buy and pay for a new GEC knife. Those of us who sit in front of a computer are shut out.
This is not a complaint. It is an observation of how society just made a quantum change. There is an ever increasing need to do things fast. There is far less time to contemplate or even be aware of the actual environment that surrounds you whether family or woods. I see this as a loss for humanity.
kj

[Sharpnshinyknives]

You are correct kj. Everything is changing faster than before. I was fortunate to have just opened my email and the latest 93 was in and got there right away and got one, 4th time is the charm I guess. When CK put up the early reserve last night for the Barlow’s I went just as fast as I could to the Early Reserve system, it was slow loading but squeezed in just at the last. I was as fast as my internet connection would allow and I almost missed it. With these last few knives I have seen a change, if you aren’t looking at your email when-it comes in and drop whatever you are doing and get to the site just as fast as possible, you don’t have a prayer getting one. For that I am grateful for the secondary sellers who flip theirs, at least I can get the knife I want to add to the collection, albeit at a higher price.

[MichaelScott]

I think the only sane and fair way to deal with the frantic scramble for knives that will quickly sell out is for dealers to let buyers sign up for a lottery ticket, one per person. After release, draw tickets at random until the knives are sold.

[kootenay joe]

MS i agree a lottery would be fair. Everyone who wanted the knife would have a chance. However there is no incentive for this to happen. From a dealer's perspective, selling out in 2 minutes is a dream come true. For a dealer it could not get any better, so they won't mess with the current system.
kj

[Onearmbladejunkie]

[Onearmbladejunkie]

I was surfing on Franks Classic Knives web-sight. I spotted a #93 Rams-foot Oily Creek Bone knife that had been sold. I was a really dark one , so I know that he just got in from GEC. So I went GEC knife hunting on the web. Blue Creek Cutlery had a few NOS GEC goodies. I bought their #93 Rams-foot Oily Creek Bone knife and BCC even had a second one for sale. BCC had an #86 Oil Field Jack Oil Sucker Rod wood and a #81 Moose Osage Orange wood with a rare knothole . There goes half of my #23 Trapper money I had saved up.

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