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GEC Practical Knives 440C 74. My best made and favorite GEC.

Barlow and a 72

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QS that's a dandy!

Thank you Greg. More often it's a Sunday knife but I decided to give it some extra pocket time.

gino wrote:Stag today

Sweet knife gino, love that wharn. Still waiting for them to pair it with a spear and I'm on it. Good stag and everything on that knife. What year?
And Quick, love those blue Northwoods, sweeeeeeeet knife.
Nothing but this for a couple days.

Thanks IM
It’s about as even a match as I’ve ever had on a GEC 2017

I dig the no shield too, a few main reasons I grabbed her
That blue you have is awesomely cool as well

These two today. Northfield and 1306!

Queen and Case's finest for a stag Saturday.

I went with Delrin in the Maine woods this weekend a 89ot and a 125ot

Sunday marning

Sunday go to meeting knives today.

This one today.

Camillus 72 & 91

Today, along with my Benchmade, this Case 6333 Short Stockman.

I see today is 33 Sunday...

Nice 33s ya'll & some nice bone, unless some of Tsar Bomba's isn't, then it's nice whatever-that-is, too.

Great carries all, like to see the variety. Nice. Bomba, great patina look on the GEC.

QS, is that canoe acrylic or Kirinite? Very interesting handles.

geocash wrote:Nice 33s ya'll & some nice bone, unless some of Tsar Bomba's isn't, then it's nice whatever-that-is, too.

Thanks, geocash! Both knives are "Appaloosa bone." Named after the horse breed due to its mottled coloration. The 033 is Case's interpretation and the big Bull Moose is GEC's version from nearly 40 years later.

Ivoryman wrote:Great carries all, like to see the variety. Nice. Bomba, great patina look on the GEC.

Thanks I-man! Never thought a moose pattern would be one of my most-carried knives but this one really is always useful in the LFP. I have my eye on an Appy bone 56 which might steal pocket time however.

.......every time I see a post of yours I look at that picture in the upper left and think about that bomb!!!...I was stationed in N.E. France at the time-we were about 900 miles away, and we never found out about it until 2 days after. the day it was dropped was very overcast in france and we probably could not have seen anything anyhow!!.......... .............

Tsar, that Case is kirinite. What an important advance to have synthetics that won't deteriorate. One of my favorite brands is the Bulldog brand [German] which made scores of handsome knives using celluloid which I refuse to collect because their potential to deteriorate. I admire the courage of those who collect celluloid covers. In this I am a coward.

Tsar Bomba wrote:QS, is that canoe acrylic or Kirinite? Very interesting handles.

geocash wrote:Nice 33s ya'll & some nice bone, unless some of Tsar Bomba's isn't, then it's nice whatever-that-is, too.

Thanks, geocash! Both knives are "Appaloosa bone." Named after the horse breed due to its mottled coloration. The 033 is Case's interpretation and the big Bull Moose is GEC's version from nearly 40 years later.

Ivoryman wrote:Great carries all, like to see the variety. Nice. Bomba, great patina look on the GEC.

Thanks I-man! Never thought a moose pattern would be one of my most-carried knives but this one really is always useful in the LFP. I have my eye on an Appy bone 56 which might steal pocket time however.

Your Moose is looking fabulous. Case pretty good too. Hey maybe KJ will sell you his 56 in Appaloosa bone, he's convinced the seller yellowed the pics and then fraudulently sold it to him. Might let it go since it's not what he thought he was buying. But it doesn't have bone like yours. Yours is great, good color and speckle distribution.

Quick Steel wrote:Tsar, that Case is kirinite. What an important advance to have synthetics that won't deteriorate. One of my favorite brands is the Bulldog brand [German] which made scores of handsome knives using celluloid which I refuse to collect because their potential to deteriorate. I admire the courage of those who collect celluloid covers. In this I am a coward.

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Didn't know I was a fellow coward. Thought it was smart, and I'm unwilling to subject my others to outgassing and corrosive fumes. But that's understandable. I'm with you.

royal0014 wrote:My only "split - spring" ...... just to annoy the holistic. .....

It might be you only split spring but it's a good one

Grant