Great Eastern Cutlery, two beauties...

[Gary W. Graley]

Back from the show down in Lewisburg PA, at the Country Cupboard Inn,
well, actually behind it in the Best Western hotel.
They had some folks from GEC there this year, and they had a LOT of very
nice knives to drool over, two of which I was able to bring home with me.

# 620211 also with Burnt Stag scales, serial # is 6 out of 25 made.

# 260210 with Burnt Stag scales, serial # 50 out of 50 made.

Fit and finish is very nice, all blades have a strong snap to them, but, they
were not near as sharp as I like to have my knives, no worries, a little time
on the Edge Pro and NOW they be sharp knives !!

Here are a few images of those knives, limited number of photos per post so
there will be more on the next reply

Top one is the # 620211















See next post for images of the other knife, Little carver
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[Gary W. Graley]

While I like them both equally, I think I like the smaller one just a bit more than the other.

Both knives sport 1095 steel blades, and take a very keen edge indeed!

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[Oman]

Very nice knives, Gary. (Nice pics. too!) Welcome to AAPK

Otto

[tjmurphy]

Really like the half-congress(?)

[Wilder]

Gary:

Not only are the knives beautifully flawless but those are some of the most crystal-clear photos I've seen.

Nice job!

Wilder

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks for the welcome folks, just heard about this place from KnifeGirl888, who mistook me for
another member here she was looking to meet at the Lewisburg show, I happened to be carrying
a brown leather satchel, handy that

There were a few more GEC's that I would have liked to have brought home, but my wallet said
ENOUGH so those two were it, for now.

I saw someone have a snake wood scaled half congress, like to get that one!
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[knifeswapper]

Those are some excellent pictures for sure.

Ken and Ryan make a lot of shows, and are good people no doubt. Ken has forgot more about knives than most people know!

[theblindog]

nice stag! made sheaths for them yet Gary?

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks guys and Mike, got to meet Ken and his wife there, did some slight of hand tricks
the last one got him going, made it appear that the blade was extremely loose at the pivot
I felt bad as he got SO excited that the knife SHOULD never be doing THAT!!!
after I calmed him down and showed him the optical illusion he was a bit better but
did say that he doesn't get on the internet sites much but he might, just to talk about me,

and nope, no sheaths yet, definitely will next month, start back up bending leather then and I'll
do something for each of these rascals.

That Edgepro worked very well, of course, on these wharncliff blades, points are lancet sharp crazy sharp!
Just love it

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[knifemaker3]

Fantastic knives and fantastic photos!

Welcome to AAPK!

[trey]

Those are some great knives, sir. Welcome aboard.
Great photos and nice sharpening, too.

[vikingdog]

Welcome to AAPK Gary. I was at the show too and bought three from Ken. It was hard to choose.

[Gary W. Graley]

Nice, maybe we met just next to his table??

The blood bank was closed, or I might have been able to afford maybe one more knife

Titusville is at the other end of PA from me, a bit of a drive by would be interesting to visit!
and maybe find a snakewood scaled folder there too!

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[Sauconian]

It's nice to see you on AAPK Gary. I've really enjoyed your 'ol G-10 !

All of you folks in Eastern Pa., N.J., and lower N.Y. state can have another shot at some new GEC's, and many other knives at the Eastern Pennsylvania Knife Collectors show in Wind Gap on March 19. If I'm not mistaken, Ryan Daniels will be there for the day.

You can find the location here : http://knifeclub.org/epkca-knife-show/

Fran

[johnny twoshoes]

Gary, first off awesome pics.
Also, those knives are killer, I really like that #62, congrats on two beauties.

[big monk]

Congrats from me too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and welcome to AAPK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________Monk

[gino]

Gary, that 1/2 congress is sweet! Some nice camera skills too! LOL!

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks again for the warm welcome, I really enjoy both of those knives, a lot !
I was scribbling on some paper today, thinking of making a small wood stand
something simple, angled back with two small ledges to rest each knife on
just to view while at work
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[knifegirl888]

Thanks for the welcome folks, just heard about this place from KnifeGirl888, who mistook me for
another member here she was looking to meet at the Lewisburg show, I happened to be carrying
a brown leather satchel, handy that

There were a few more GEC's that I would have liked to have brought home, but my wallet said
ENOUGH so those two were it, for now.

I saw someone have a snake wood scaled half congress, like to get that one!
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Hello again, Gary!

I am glad you decided to check out AAPK! I did introduce myself to any man carrying a satchel that day before Galvanic1882 found me. It looks like some good came out of that after all!

I hope you found the man you were looking for? I know you found some beautiful Great Easterns!

Thanks again for being kind to me, as I introduced myself at the show.

Kathy

[Bret888]

It was nice to meet you Gary, and I will 22nd that on the camera skills. Beautiful pictures!

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks and it was good to meet you both as well, hope the show was fruitful for you too !

And yes, these are both very nice knives, more money and I'd probably have at least one more with me now.

I was looking very hard at the executive wharncliff, but I couldn't get past how thick a blade it was
when compared to it's width, more wedge shaped and I felt that even if you put a good edge on it
the thickness would prevent it being a very good cutter/slicer in practical use.

MY take is they should reduce the blade thickness on that long blade and then, I'd snap one up

Otherwise the blade's profile kinda looks like an equilateral triangle, just a bit on the thick side for it's width...

The table you guys found me resting near belongs to my wife's uncle, Warren Strout, he has a large collection
of knives as well, myself, I'm more the user than collector, so both of these were pressed into duty straight away,
carrying both since getting them, better now with their keen edges!

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[Gary W. Graley]

Using the edge pro on small blades can be tricky, so I cut up a tongue depressor to fit
across the table and once position, I'll then also tape it down.
The wood is a little thinner than the back stop,
so now the stones won't hit before reaching the blade.



Provides a very cleanly made edge bevel, mirror polished, cuts very nicely
Here's a close up of the coping blade on the Congress knife, you can see
the reflection in the bevel area



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[Cooter Brown]

Thanks Gary. I might save up and get an Edge Pro. seems like a nice tool.

[Gary W. Graley]

I'd give it three thumbs up if I could, hmmm...
guess I can

There is a learning curve but it's not too bad, using a magic marker to
make sure you are setting the angle of the stones properly works great.

The 1/2" wide stones, which I just used on that small blade, is handier
than the 1" wide ones, just easier to see and use, but you could get
by with the wider ones if you had to.

I've tried a LOT of systems over the years and find this one to be very good.

So much so I traded almost all of my regular hones to my wife's uncle, still have
a couple for travel, but I'll rely on this to get things squared up first!

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[Gary W. Graley]

Still lovin' these two a LOT, wish I did have a little more $$ to pick up
one more, I like snakewood, but I think it's the stag that draws me to these knives!
Titusville is a bit of a drive for me, do they have a store front and sell them there too?
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