All About Pocket Knives

tooth,bocote--scout,snakewood--lockback,ebony--pioneer,bubinga--scout,rosewood & a odd one the minkskinner in abalone. the rosewood is a left hander & also gec did some other woods--please show if you wish.---HiPower

Nice line up HiPower I'm guilty of not having many "woods",one cocob,couple ebony's mostly snakewood in my keep. Wish they did some ironwood,and burls on the larger patterns.

Here is one in jigged wood.

IM

Just curious.....are they using stablized woods on their knives or have you noticed any shrinkage at all?

I know at times on knives I've made or bought that have wood handles that unless they were stablized I would get a very small amount of shrinkage in the handle.

Can't tell from the pics if they use stablized or not?????

By the way....those sure are pretty!

i believe nearly every wood gec uses is natural. most of these are fairly hard & some will never need any process to remain as same. coco,rose & ebony has considerable natural oils. one thing is snakewood might do with a little wax every now & then, thanks everyone for looking.--HiPower

I've had ironwood, snakewood, and other exotics that shouldn't shrink that did in the winter in a wood heated house. I would think they would stablize them to keep this from happening.......I've also had wood that was really really dry that I put on handles of knives swell when the humidity went up and cause it to crack......

I do like a wood handled knife though and those look good! May have to get me some of them!

it's true that the short time gec has been in business ca'nt act as an indicator of wood stability. one factor is that the founders of gec come from lots of experience in a very old company --[queen]. historically we see many 100 year plus knives with ebony ,coco &rose wood that shown little movement after century plus existance. my limited research in snakewood seems to show that larger scales such as hunters have a bad track record in cracking. statements from wood suppliers to industry say snakewood nearly always checks but still some companies supply bows for cellos & violins. i really try to put paste wax on my folders 2 or 3 times a year. i do'nt consider this a nuscience since we also need to wipe or wax carbon steels every now & then, interested parties can refer to the Janka Wood Hardness SCALE for more facts.---HiPower

Monk.....you answered my question....if it is going to shrink it usually does it the first time it gets in a drier climate with less humidity. Any wood can shrink slightly over a longer period of say 50-100 years. That is not what I was asking about.

If the handles don't show shrinkage away from the bolsters in the changes of the seasons within a period of a year they are usually not going to.....usually.

GOOD JOB GEC!!!!!!!!! Wood handles are the hardest to keep this from happening without stablizing them. That is why you see so many handles made from things such as bone, delrins, micartas, etc.

Thanks for showing.....now I'm going to have to go on a hunt for some GEC Woodies!

I like the variety of wood GEC offers. Not sure if the lacewood is stabilized or not, but am pretty sure the coconut palm is.

biglmbass wrote:I like the variety of wood GEC offers. Not sure if the lacewood is stabilized or not, but am pretty sure the coconut palm is.

Good looking "'Woodies"',Glenn !!!

I love my GEC#81 Osage Orange Moose with a tiny knot-hole.

I have a GEC#74 Arizona Ironwood Mustang coming in the mail soon.

GEC#19 LITTLE RATTLER in Kingwood ----

Oily Heart Pine reclaimed from the Plymouth Cordage Company in Plymouth Massachusetts

Manofcarbonsteel,
Very impressive, nice one