Collections, Sub-Collections and Family Group Photos

[QTCut5]

Updated pictures of my Moki collection. Bought a new one, bottom one in the group of 4. Moki 901 with stag handles.

Outstanding Moki collection, Mark! Very impressive.

I was watching that stag 901, glad you got it. I see the same seller has another Moki folder with a white handle that I thought might be ivory and my little ivory-loving heart skipped a beat, but it's not.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Thank you Mark and Tony.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Updated pictures of my Moki collection. Bought a new one, bottom one in the group of 4. Moki 901 with stag handles.

Outstanding Moki collection, Mark! Very impressive.

I was watching that stag 901, glad you got it. I see the same seller has another Moki folder with a white handle that I thought might be ivory and my little ivory-loving heart skipped a beat, but it's not.

Thanks Q. I have my eye on that one also. This is a new pattern for me from Moki. I like it a lot.

[Quick Steel]

Mark, Your collection is a fine tribute to Moki.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Thanks Garry, I agree.

[QTCut5]

With all the excitement over the recently announced GEC #93 Ram Foot 2024 AAPK 20th anniversary club knife, I thought it was a good time to review my little GEC family group. As much as I like GEC knives (and I have owned many over the years), the 1095 steel GEC uses just doesn't get along with the climate where I live and requires a lot of vigilance/maintenance when stored in a collection. So far, about the only surefire way I've found to totally protect the blades from spotting and rusting in storage is by coating them with a heavy layer of Vaseline which, unfortunately, is kind of messy and makes it harder to fully appreciate the knives when I feel like handling them. I'm also experimenting with Tuff-Glide to see if it works as well but without the gooey mess. The stag #47 & #77 have a Vaseline coating and are kept out in the open air on display; the Unicorn Ivory #34 & Bradshaw Red Birdseye Maple Syrup Maker Special have been coated with Tuff-Glide but stored in their tubes in the brown waxed paper wrappers with desiccant packets.

BTW - The Northfield #77 Yankee Barlow is a Lansky1 Wharncliffe mod. He did such a professional job it's nearly impossible to tell it's been modified. The end of the long pull is the only giveaway.

[knifeaddict1965]

Just got back from vacation and catching up. You guys have been posting some awesome sub-collections!

[Madmarco]

Beautiful line-up of your GEC's, ~Q~, it's a shame about the corrosion problems you're having. I have similar problems with dust, it's not gooey, which BTW would completely turn me off from wanting to handle my knives, but it accumulates so badly I have almost a full-time job keeping the knives visible below the dust. IMO, your Tuff-Glide solution might just be the answer to your trouble, and I was going to also suggest using Quick Release oil since it too binds to the metal, but then remembered it's oil based so your gooey problem would still be there. Good luck, bud, with whatever you do all those gorgeous knives you own deserve to be protected.

[doglegg]

With all the excitement over the recently announced GEC #93 Ram Foot 2024 AAPK 20th anniversary club knife, I thought it was a good time to review my little GEC family group. As much as I like GEC knives (and I have owned many over the years), the 1095 steel GEC uses just doesn't get along with the climate where I live and requires a lot of vigilance/maintenance when stored in a collection. So far, about the only surefire way I've found to totally protect the blades from spotting and rusting in storage is by coating them with a heavy layer of Vaseline which, unfortunately, is kind of messy and makes it harder to fully appreciate the knives when I feel like handling them. I'm also experimenting with Tuff-Glide to see if it works as well but without the gooey mess. The stag #47 & #77 have a Vaseline coating and are kept out in the open air on display; the Unicorn Ivory #34 & Bradshaw Red Birdseye Maple Syrup Maker Special have been coated with Tuff-Glide but stored in their tubes in the brown waxed paper wrappers with desiccant packets.


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BTW - The Northfield #77 Yankee Barlow is a Lansky1 Wharncliffe mod. He did such a professional job it's nearly impossible to tell it's been modified. The end of the long pull is the only giveaway.

Q, I know a totally unselfish man in dry Texas who would sacrifice a little bit of room in his safe to store those carbon steel knives goop free. He would even send a picture of them to you any time you get to missing them. Just saying.

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

With all the excitement over the recently announced GEC #93 Ram Foot 2024 AAPK 20th anniversary club knife, I thought it was a good time to review my little GEC family group. As much as I like GEC knives (and I have owned many over the years), the 1095 steel GEC uses just doesn't get along with the climate where I live and requires a lot of vigilance/maintenance when stored in a collection. So far, about the only surefire way I've found to totally protect the blades from spotting and rusting in storage is by coating them with a heavy layer of Vaseline which, unfortunately, is kind of messy and makes it harder to fully appreciate the knives when I feel like handling them. I'm also experimenting with Tuff-Glide to see if it works as well but without the gooey mess. The stag #47 & #77 have a Vaseline coating and are kept out in the open air on display; the Unicorn Ivory #34 & Bradshaw Red Birdseye Maple Syrup Maker Special have been coated with Tuff-Glide but stored in their tubes in the brown waxed paper wrappers with desiccant packets.


IMG_E3420.JPGIMG_E3421.JPG


BTW - The Northfield #77 Yankee Barlow is a Lansky1 Wharncliffe mod. He did such a professional job it's nearly impossible to tell it's been modified. The end of the long pull is the only giveaway.

Beautiful GEC pieces Q! Especially like the stag. Many
And Doglegg, I am
Quoting a famous saying from the Popeye cartoons ... "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger(or GEC) today"

[wiseguy]

Wonderful knives being shown here …. I seem to gravitate towards antique knives with a spring.

[Madmarco]

A beautiful group of older autos, W-guy, and they all appear to be in top-notch condition. I know nada about these knives, but they do look expensive to me, if I'm correct you're sitting on top of a gold mine.
Very cool bunch.

[doglegg]

With all the excitement over the recently announced GEC #93 Ram Foot 2024 AAPK 20th anniversary club knife, I thought it was a good time to review my little GEC family group. As much as I like GEC knives (and I have owned many over the years), the 1095 steel GEC uses just doesn't get along with the climate where I live and requires a lot of vigilance/maintenance when stored in a collection. So far, about the only surefire way I've found to totally protect the blades from spotting and rusting in storage is by coating them with a heavy layer of Vaseline which, unfortunately, is kind of messy and makes it harder to fully appreciate the knives when I feel like handling them. I'm also experimenting with Tuff-Glide to see if it works as well but without the gooey mess. The stag #47 & #77 have a Vaseline coating and are kept out in the open air on display; the Unicorn Ivory #34 & Bradshaw Red Birdseye Maple Syrup Maker Special have been coated with Tuff-Glide but stored in their tubes in the brown waxed paper wrappers with desiccant packets.


IMG_E3420.JPGIMG_E3421.JPG


BTW - The Northfield #77 Yankee Barlow is a Lansky1 Wharncliffe mod. He did such a professional job it's nearly impossible to tell it's been modified. The end of the long pull is the only giveaway.

Beautiful GEC pieces Q! Especially like the stag. Many
And Doglegg, I am
Quoting a famous saying from the Popeye cartoons ... "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger(or GEC) today"

[Quick Steel]

Q, Have you tried Renaissance Wax? If so, it evidently failed to provide protection. Is that correct?

[Gtrclktr-351]

Wonderful knives being shown here …. I seem to gravitate towards antique knives with a spring.

Beautiful collection of antique switchblades.

[QTCut5]

Beautiful line-up of your GEC's, ~Q~, it's a shame about the corrosion problems

Mahalo Marco. Fortunately I'm no longer having corrosion problems; the real tragedy is that I sold so many beautiful GEC and Northwoods knives before I figured out how to protect them from Hawaii's climate (and before their prices skyrocketed into the stratosphere! ). What's crazy is that very few of my other knives made by different companies using carbon steel have the same propensity to corrode in storage like the knives made by GEC for some reason. I have no clue why that is. Slightly different alloy recipes, perhaps?

Q, I know a totally unselfish man in dry Texas who would sacrifice a little bit of room in his safe to store those carbon steel knives goop free. He would even send a picture of them to you any time you get to missing them. Just saying.

That's very big of you Floyd; indeed, you have a Texas-size heart! However, if your climate is as dry as your wit my GEC knives would need to be kept in a humidor in Texas!

Beautiful GEC pieces Q! Especially like the stag. Many

Thanks Tony. I too am a huge fan of stag Of all the knives I've owned and later sold, it's the stags & ivories I miss and regret selling the most.

Q, Have you tried Renaissance Wax? If so, it evidently failed to provide protection. Is that correct?

Ah yes, Garry, I forgot to mention that Renaissance Wax also works wonderfully to protect knives in storage and is much less messy than Vaseline. The only reason I don't use it on my display knives is because it leaves the metal looking dull; although, I suspect that may be because I tend to use way too much out of an abundance of caution. The Vaseline allows the metal to retain its natural shine and is actually easier to remove after the knives have been sitting in my display case for an extend period of time. Nevertheless, if I had to choose between the two, I would definitely go with the Ren Wax.

[rustyoldknife]

Wonderful knives being shown here …. I seem to gravitate towards antique knives with a spring.

Wonderful looking group. I am envious

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Very nice looking line up of GEC knives Q.

Wiseguy, you have a unique collection of auto’s there. I’ve never seen any like them before. Very nice.

I’ve completed the recently finished Master Seizo Imai fixed blades by Mr Inagaki. Three handle materials red sandalwood, jacaranda wood and ebony. So I took another photo of them and an updated picture of all the Imai fixed blades that I have. I enjoy looking at these in this display case just about as much as any collection I have.

[Quick Steel]

What a quality collection, Mark! Absolutely beautiful!

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Thank you Garry, I’m pretty proud of these.

[QTCut5]

Very nice looking line up of GEC knives Q.

Thanks, Mark. It's a humble little collection which is about the most GECs I'm able to manage without going insane with worry over the corrosion issue. Ironically, I actually feel fortunate that GECs don't store as easily as other knife brands where I live because it frees me from the frustration of trying to get new ones!

I’ve completed the recently finished Master Seizo Imai fixed blades by Mr Inagaki. I enjoy looking at these in this display case just about as much as any collection I have.

I can see why...those knives just exude quality Congratulations on completing a very fine collection that will undoubtedly bring you many hours of viewing satisfaction. The white-handled Damascus Wharncliffe is the one I find my eyes lingering on the most

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Very nice looking line up of GEC knives Q.

Thanks, Mark. It's a humble little collection which is about the most GECs I'm able to manage without going insane with worry over the corrosion issue. Ironically, I actually feel fortunate that GECs don't store as easily as other knife brands where I live because it frees me from the frustration of trying to get new ones!

I’ve completed the recently finished Master Seizo Imai fixed blades by Mr Inagaki. I enjoy looking at these in this display case just about as much as any collection I have.

I can see why...those knives just exude quality Congratulations on completing a very fine collection that will undoubtedly bring you many hours of viewing satisfaction. The white-handled Damascus Wharncliffe is the one I find my eyes lingering on the most

Thanks Q. That one has ivory handles, not sure if it’s elephant or mammoth, the website didn’t specify when I bought it about 7 years ago.

[Corn Creek Cutlery]

Very nice looking line up of GEC knives Q.

Wiseguy, you have a unique collection of auto’s there. I’ve never seen any like them before. Very nice.

I’ve completed the recently finished Master Seizo Imai fixed blades by Mr Inagaki. Three handle materials red sandalwood, jacaranda wood and ebony. So I took another photo of them and an updated picture of all the Imai fixed blades that I have. I enjoy looking at these in this display case just about as much as any collection I have.

Wowww Mark, those are knockouts! Gorgeous collection! Many Congratulations!

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Very nice looking line up of GEC knives Q.

Wiseguy, you have a unique collection of auto’s there. I’ve never seen any like them before. Very nice.

I’ve completed the recently finished Master Seizo Imai fixed blades by Mr Inagaki. Three handle materials red sandalwood, jacaranda wood and ebony. So I took another photo of them and an updated picture of all the Imai fixed blades that I have. I enjoy looking at these in this display case just about as much as any collection I have.

Wowww Mark, those are knockouts! Gorgeous collection! Many Congratulations!

Thank you Tony.

[BuckSharp]

I think this group fits the description of the thread. These are all the SFOs from Roy Humenick and his "American Whittler" line of knives made by Great Eastern Cutlery. I'm guessing we won't see any more from Roy, but I'd sure hope to see this line continued.