All About Pocket Knives

Stephen wrote:The 29 stags seem to me to be fairly expensive. I was able to find the last one at a dealer site for $149.00. I saw that another dealer had sold out of his small allotment for $159.

They're being flipped in AAPK stores now for around $220...

I do not see GEC knives as "too expensive" at dealer prices. The price has to be high enough to make enough profit that the employees can be well paid and therefore happy when at work. We need this so that GEC stays in business and maintain their high standards in knife making. GEC knives are great and we want this run of great knives to continue.
kj

GP Knives just dropped 7 more in stag. Good luck !

Knife Connection just dropped another 1/2 dozen stag, a couple are very nice, good luck.

kootenay joe wrote:John, very good stag on your 29. You are a lucky guy. Way more people would like to get a stag #29 than there are stag 29's. Maybe a 1 in 10 chance of getting one ?
kj

Thank you Roland, been spending a lot of time close to computer recovering from surgery, getting expensive though, have bought many knives and a car.

"have bought many knives and a car."
Good for you John. We all deserve to treat ourselves at times. Life is short. Enjoy it.
kj

kootenay joe wrote:"have bought many knives and a car."
Good for you John. We all deserve to treat ourselves at times. Life is short. Enjoy it.
kj

Thanks Roland, the car was actually for my wife, she has always wanted a Mustang convertible and a low milage 2007 GT California Special popped up while I was waiting on surgery, ended up getting it for her and so far it's a great car, you know what they say Happy wife, Happy life.

KnivesShipFree currently has some #29's in sambar stag.

KSF are out.

TraditionalPocketKnives just dropped 13 on their site, couple of really nice ones in the mix.

Wow nice car and a convertible ! Bet it will be fun to drive, sunny day, top down.
kj

Anyone got a "PPP" reversed etch? Apparently they have showed up on the Grits w/ Butter & Osage Orange from what I have seen.

The Tidioute knives will have them since it is the pattern premiere production (first time the 29 was run).

FarSide wrote:Anyone got a "PPP" reversed etch? Apparently they have showed up on the Grits w/ Butter & Osage Orange from what I have seen.

PPP Reverse.jpg

My GBM acrylic #29 has the same mirror image Triple P etch. I’m curious what percentage of total production were made with this error.

Tsar Bomba wrote:The Tidioute knives will have them since it is the pattern premiere production (first time the 29 was run).

I believe that FarSide is referring to the fact that the Triple P etch on the knife shown in his photo is a mirror image of the normal “pattern premiere production” etch—this anomaly is apparently a factory error that occurred in a relatively small percentage of GBM acrylic and osage orange 29s.

Ah, totally escaped me that the etch was backwards. Now I'll have to check the Tidioutes I received...

My stag #29 showed up today. The stag on the few of these that I have seen pictures of seems pretty good on the 29's.

Boy that stag does look real good on that un. You got a good un' .

Wow, very nice stag, as good as it gets except for vintage Sheffield And this pattern suits stag handles too. Very nice knife indeed.
I thought GEC was going to do a 2 blade Eureka jack using this #29 frame. It is a great jack pattern but i don't see mention of it on their website. I do see they are doing another run of 92's which is similar but 1/8" longer and less 'robust' looking than the 29.
It is a bit confusing because both 29 and 92 are Eureka patterns.
kj

Bought this one unseen from CK. I think I did alright.

Wowsy Trace!
That stag is sa-weet!
Can't wait for my bloodwood to arrive...
Good stuff .

WillyCamaro wrote:Wowsy Trace!
That stag is sa-weet!
Can't wait for my bloodwood to arrive...
Good stuff .

Thank you WC!

Well I finally got to coon finger my new 29's today and I am thoroughly impressed. They remind me of another favorite, the Case 6380 in appearance and feel. I love the half stops on all blades.

Very nice Greg ! The Stag i think would look even better with a shield.
kj

gsmith7158 wrote:Well I finally got to coon finger my new 29's today and I am thoroughly impressed. They remind me of another favorite, the Case 6380 in appearance and feel. I love the half stops on all blades.

The 29 was only mildly interesting and I didn't really pay much attention at first until I saw they had half stops so I picked up one of the blood red ones. It immediately impressed me with how it felt to use with the main blade open, the other blades sit so low it's almost like they're not there. Liked it enough that I ordered another blood red to put up, as the first one has been doing pocket duty since day one, and picked up a nice stag one.

kootenay joe wrote:Very nice Greg ! The Stag i think would look even better with a shield.
kj

Thanks Roland! I'm very pleased with them. It must be a bit difficult finding the right texture of stag to easily fit a shield, but I agree they would set the knife off with that UNXLD shield.

I too, just got mine...and am very happy with the stag. My only critique of this knife...I contemplated actually getting this knife, as a user, for whittling, thinking the awl would be good for fine detail. Sadly, the awl is so thin and flexible...I'm certain it would break, with any substantial use.