a surprise

[jonet143]

got this one with a bunch of others. one of my favorite patterns. cleaned some active rust off and mineral oiled the handles and surprise, a nice, well built bone two blade congress. nickle liners, bolsters and shield. carbon blades, sharp enough to shave and almost black. the well jigged bone handles include a pinned shield. the shield has the pins on the ends and they are folded over to penetrate to handle and are peened on the inner liner.
made by gesco in japan. the shield says gescut.
i found a gesco cuttlery display box on the bay but have'nt found any more about the company. anyone know about gesco?
3 1/4" closed, 3/8" wide. blades are crinked perfectly to fit without rubbing in the single spring frame.

[smiling-knife]

Hi Johnnie. Sorry I don't know anything about that maker . It looks like it is in good shape with awesome patina. s-k

[jonet143]

thanks s-k. it won't compare to some of your jewels but for a jap knife...it's the best i've seen in an older example. most are fairly crude. maybe someone will know something about gesco.

[Gr8Scout]

Been a long time since I read that name anywhere. I THINK a USA company that had thier knives made in Japan and Ireland. 'Rhino' was another one of their brand names.

Still a Gesco Cutlery company around, it is in Florida.

[jonet143]

thanks phil, found the present company. nothing in goins or levines about the company at all.

[Gr8Scout]

There are plenty more surprizes out there from the late 1970s and early eighties. It was a very busy time for people getting into the business of supplying knives to a booming collector market. Knives imported from Japan and Germany, mostly. Some of my favorites from that time: Battle Axe, Genella, and one I really like the best, Star Sales.

Phil