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Usually I have a GEC with me every day, right now its this 33

Corvus wrote:My GEC EDCs:

Corvus,

Interested in the black patina / coating on the blades of the #26 and #72 in this picture ...

Also, do they all have brass (or electroplated) bolsters?

Did I miss a sprint run ... ?!

Those are some sweet EDCs!

~ Edge

Edge, I'm pretty sure those have a hot vinegar patina. Rick can elaborate further.

Hey Edge. Trand is correct; the blades have a forced patina using hot cider vinegar. I've detailed the procedure here, if you're interested: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showt ... der+patina

The bolsters are plain ol' nickel silver, though GEC did do a run of #23s (or was it #73s? - I forget) in brass. The color in the photo got a little screwed up, probably due to an overcast day.

Thank you gents. Apologize for late reply …

~ Edge

Rediscovered my sweet #66 Mink recently, man I forgot how much I like this knife … so today it's these two …


~ Edge

A poorly worded and photographed ebay listing yielded this very lightly used beauty at a bargain price! 235108L Black Spiral Buffalo Horn

Nice score, Barry!

Man, I love those opportunities - good on ya.

~ Edge

I only have one GEC, but it's a good one.

Great looking #73 Christian!!

I picked up a second #33 with Tortoise Shell acrylic to be a user. The patina's already started but here's a pic from when I first got it.

Thanks Trand. No patina on mine yet unfortunately.

That's a sweet little tortie, Trand!



I like the way the conductor looks in that material - it suits it well ... I picked one up some time back, and just been holdin it - maybe she should get some pocket time ...



~ Edge

......I'm gonna need more pockets

SHE SURE IS! Here is My 54 BIG Jack!

Nice one, TA. That's one of my favorite patterns & it doesn't get any better than GEC stag.

Thank ya! the big #54 IS my favorite pattern, hands down. I wish theyd do another run so I could have one in primitive bone : (

Yessir TexasAggie

I would carry this one....but shes too pretty and serialized.

Here is my Big Jack EDC, carrying for about 8 months now. I just put a forced patina on her and I must say...I am in love all over again. I almost hated the carbon steel because of maintenance. The forced patina WILL NOT RUST. It looks like the flange area on a Harley, after its been heated and cooled...about 10 different colors in the sun. Black as night in normal light and inside.

50/50 lemon juice and water over night. DO NOT SUBMERGE YOUR KNIFE. It will ruin handles made of natural materials (stag, wood, none etc).

I like the looks of that, TA. I keep telling myself I'm going to try that sometime to one of mine. Did you do the backsprings?

The back springs are solid black just from everyday use. I think its a great way to stop worrying about staining your EDC. Its not reversible unless you re-polish so think ling and hard. Thanks for looking! See yall on the Grid iron in a few weeks

Texas_Aggie wrote:See yall on the Grid iron in a few weeks

Indeed. Looking forward to seeing y'all punch Auburn in the mouth on Saturday.

YEP! 76 OUTLAW

this one has been my edc every sence we had the round table exchange thanks to big monk its my first and only 73

A more recent pic (still about a month old though) of my #33. And a #74 just added last week.