New GEC Buckaroo (#68) Northfield knife - iKnife Collector2024-03-28T15:26:28Zhttps://iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/new-gec-buckaroo-62-northfield-knife?groupUrl=edcclub&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI have to agree. When paying…tag:iknifecollector.com,2014-09-30:3181080:Comment:11977722014-09-30T13:53:44.069ZJack Haskins, Jr.https://iknifecollector.com/profile/JackHaskinsJr
<p>I have to agree. When paying higher dollars for "better" knives sharpness should be of an acceptable level so you can use the knife out of the box. Maybe not razor sharp but not dull like I've seen some. I also agree that since some knives from all companies do come very sharp when they don't come sharp it's because of a lack of skill of the person sharpening the knife or they don't really care. Almost every company (good ones) advertise their knives as being very sharp. This is not always…</p>
<p>I have to agree. When paying higher dollars for "better" knives sharpness should be of an acceptable level so you can use the knife out of the box. Maybe not razor sharp but not dull like I've seen some. I also agree that since some knives from all companies do come very sharp when they don't come sharp it's because of a lack of skill of the person sharpening the knife or they don't really care. Almost every company (good ones) advertise their knives as being very sharp. This is not always the case of course. Some companies offer free sharpening on their knives for the life of the knife so we can get them re-sharpened for free but it usually means a couple of weeks without a brand new knife after getting it in the mail. Getting a new knife is an important thing for most of you guys. Not me of course. lol Then to get it not sharp can be a disappointment and having to send it away to get it sharpened is a real bummer.</p>
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<p>I think the only way to guarantee carrying a sharp knife (even new ones) is to learn to sharpen. But you don't hear any company advertise their knives as "sharp most of the time". :)<br/> <br/> <cite>Doug Thrower said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/new-gec-buckaroo-62-northfield-knife?groupUrl=edcclub&commentId=3181080%3AComment%3A1197830&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#3181080Comment1197830"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just my 2 cents. But I find it strange, I can buy a Rough Rider and it will come razor sharp, but a $100 GEC, will barely cut paper. I love my GEC knives, but come on guys, buy a better sharpener. Knife companies can sharpen knives, just some are lazy or careless and send out effectively useless knives.</p>
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</blockquote> Just my 2 cents. But I find i…tag:iknifecollector.com,2014-09-30:3181080:Comment:11978302014-09-30T13:12:14.758ZDoug Throwerhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/DougThrower
<p>Just my 2 cents. But I find it strange, I can buy a Rough Rider and it will come razor sharp, but a $100 GEC, will barely cut paper. I love my GEC knives, but come on guys, buy a better sharpener. Knife companies can sharpen knives, just some are lazy or careless and send out effectively useless knives.</p>
<p>Just my 2 cents. But I find it strange, I can buy a Rough Rider and it will come razor sharp, but a $100 GEC, will barely cut paper. I love my GEC knives, but come on guys, buy a better sharpener. Knife companies can sharpen knives, just some are lazy or careless and send out effectively useless knives.</p> Personally, I don't put too m…tag:iknifecollector.com,2014-09-30:3181080:Comment:11977672014-09-30T12:45:43.634ZJack Haskins, Jr.https://iknifecollector.com/profile/JackHaskinsJr
<p>Personally, I don't put too much value on the sharpness out of the box either. I enjoy sharpening and like you I usually re-profile the edge to lower angles than come on the knife even when they are very sharp. OTOH, there are lots of people who don't sharpen or don't sharpen well. When they buy a better quality knife and are promised a super sharp knife and then they get one that is not shaving sharp they feel cheated. I can understand that. I won't mention the company but I saw a video…</p>
<p>Personally, I don't put too much value on the sharpness out of the box either. I enjoy sharpening and like you I usually re-profile the edge to lower angles than come on the knife even when they are very sharp. OTOH, there are lots of people who don't sharpen or don't sharpen well. When they buy a better quality knife and are promised a super sharp knife and then they get one that is not shaving sharp they feel cheated. I can understand that. I won't mention the company but I saw a video advertisement of a company owner demonstrating how sharp their knives are. The knife he used was obviously very sharp. Almost straight razor sharp. I've had many knives from this company and one or two may have been this sharp. If I didn't know how to sharpen and I bought a knife after being promised at least arm hair shaving sharpness this is what I'd expect. If it wasn't this sharp and I couldn't sharpen it I'd feel cheated.</p>
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<p>I think it would be a wonderful feature of a reseller to offer a sharpening service when selling a knife. For an extra $10 the sharpness would be guaranteed BY THE RESELLER, not the manufacturer. Production knife manufacturers don't have time to put a super sharp edge on every knife. In fact I've tried to sharpen a knife fast with a grinding wheel. I can't do it. Not even close. So my hat goes off to the guys/gals who do sharpen production knives. Some of them are truely skilled IMO at that method of sharpening. Grinding wheel, belt or however they do it.<br/> <br/> <cite>John Bamford said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/new-gec-buckaroo-62-northfield-knife?groupUrl=edcclub&commentId=3181080%3AComment%3A1197620&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#3181080Comment1197620"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I like my knives to be sharp as well Jack ,I also love GEC knives but the two things don't normally coincide in my opinion at least not out of the box. This is no big deal to me I buy a knife and then sharpen it how I need it to be. I have 6 GEC knives now and none of them were all that sharp from new , but all of them have been a pleasure to own and look like they will be for some time to come.</p>
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</blockquote> I like my knives to be sharp…tag:iknifecollector.com,2014-09-30:3181080:Comment:11976202014-09-30T03:15:51.233ZJohn Bamfordhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/JohnBamford
<p>I like my knives to be sharp as well Jack ,I also love GEC knives but the two things don't normally coincide in my opinion at least not out of the box. This is no big deal to me I buy a knife and then sharpen it how I need it to be. I have 6 GEC knives now and none of them were all that sharp from new , but all of them have been a pleasure to own and look like they will be for some time to come.</p>
<p>I like my knives to be sharp as well Jack ,I also love GEC knives but the two things don't normally coincide in my opinion at least not out of the box. This is no big deal to me I buy a knife and then sharpen it how I need it to be. I have 6 GEC knives now and none of them were all that sharp from new , but all of them have been a pleasure to own and look like they will be for some time to come.</p> Loving the GEC more. Here is…tag:iknifecollector.com,2014-09-30:3181080:Comment:11975062014-09-30T00:58:16.910ZJack Haskins, Jr.https://iknifecollector.com/profile/JackHaskinsJr
<p>Loving the GEC more. Here is a picture of my EDC knives and a flashlight today.</p>
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<p><a href="http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy288/jackknifeh/EDC/2014-09-29190320_zpsa9dab78b.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy288/jackknifeh/EDC/2014-09-29190320_zpsa9dab78b.jpg"></img></a> This is the patina forming on the main blade. There isn't any on the other two because I use Tuf-Glide on the blades. I have used the main blade as a dinner knife a couple of times. Depending on the steel, it seems Tuf-Glide is no match for a patina…</p>
<p>Loving the GEC more. Here is a picture of my EDC knives and a flashlight today.</p>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy288/jackknifeh/EDC/2014-09-29190320_zpsa9dab78b.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy288/jackknifeh/EDC/2014-09-29190320_zpsa9dab78b.jpg"/></a>This is the patina forming on the main blade. There isn't any on the other two because I use Tuf-Glide on the blades. I have used the main blade as a dinner knife a couple of times. Depending on the steel, it seems Tuf-Glide is no match for a patina forming when used for food prep or eating.</p>
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<p>One thing I've become severely accustomed to is knives that can be used using only one hand. I REALLY LOVE this when I need it. But I've been using only the GEC for everything unless my other hand is busy. If I need to get a knife out, open it, use it, then close it and put it away using only one hand I use one of the other knives. But using only the GEC has resulted in me liking the knife more and more. I got a couple of Case knives a few days ago. I got a peanut and a toothpick. I like these knives but upon close inspection the GEC seems to be a bit more solid. It is bigger than the Case knives but I tried not to let that influence me on how "solid" they feel.</p>
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<p>The only thing that was lacking IMO with the GEC was a good sharp edge. It was sharp enough to be usable by someone who isn't picky about their edges and how sharp they are. But I'm pretty picky. I like polished, even bevels from heel to tip and a very, very, very, very sharp edge after sharpening the knife. As the edge gets a little dull I keep them touched up frequently. This way I never have a dull knife. Being retired however means I don't use knives as much as I used to. The amount of use per day is far less than when I was working. So a few minutes is all that is needed to keep them super sharp. I'd say it took me 2-3 hours to get the blades form "barely sharp enough" to extremely sharp with polished bevels when I first got the GEC.</p>
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<p>Got off subject a bit on the sharpness. I don't consider sharpness very important when evaluating a new knife. I consider it "extra credit" if they come super sharp. This is my first GEC so it's all I have to go by for them. I may have gotten a poor example of the out of the box sharpness of GEC knives. IMO 85% of Spyderco knives come very sharp. 10% of them come super sharp, shaving face sharpness. 5% of them come dull or with uneven bevels, different angles on opposite sides, etc. Uneven bevels, different angles take time to fix. Sharpness can be achieved pretty quickly. The more detailed result requires more time and effort. I can't say a "prettier" edge cuts better. I just love a sharp, consistent edge. I hate to see a beautiful knife with an edge with uneven bevels. I mean obviously uneven. I don't measure them or anything. lol Anyway, I may have just gotten a "lemon" regarding sharpness on my first GEC.</p>
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<p>Didn't mean to ramble so much. Sorry bout that.</p>
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<p>Jack</p> I'm loving this GEC more and…tag:iknifecollector.com,2014-09-12:3181080:Comment:11917662014-09-12T02:33:32.560ZJack Haskins, Jr.https://iknifecollector.com/profile/JackHaskinsJr
<p>I'm loving this GEC more and more. I cut up a pizza box into narrow slices. I tested the edge by slicing phone book paper before cutting the cardboard and afterward. I could feel a very little bit of sharpness lost. This was noticable using the phone book paper but I couldn't tell any difference in how it cut the cardboard. This testing is not scientific or very accurate I'm sure. But I do the same thing to test edge retention on different knives and I've gotten used to testing this way. …</p>
<p>I'm loving this GEC more and more. I cut up a pizza box into narrow slices. I tested the edge by slicing phone book paper before cutting the cardboard and afterward. I could feel a very little bit of sharpness lost. This was noticable using the phone book paper but I couldn't tell any difference in how it cut the cardboard. This testing is not scientific or very accurate I'm sure. But I do the same thing to test edge retention on different knives and I've gotten used to testing this way. The knife cut up one whole pizza box with barely noticable sharpness lost. IMO this is pretty good edge retention. So my first opinion about edge retention on this knife is that it is very good. This is my first GEC and it is living up to the reputation I've been hearing about.</p>
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<p><br/> <cite>Doug Thrower said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/new-gec-buckaroo-62-northfield-knife?groupUrl=edcclub&#3181080Comment1191297"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Beautiful knife. Fantastic looking stag. I have many GEC knives and love everyone of them. They have definitely become my favorite knife company.</p>
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</blockquote> I am so happy with GEC Knives…tag:iknifecollector.com,2014-09-11:3181080:Comment:11913862014-09-11T17:56:14.468ZSteve Hannerhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/HogHanner
<p>I am so happy with GEC Knives. I Don't have a lot of them, but the ones I have are indeed very good knives. In my case the Dixie Stampede I am carrying has 4 pins. The top pin is flush and the bottom 3 are recessed. By the way if you did not know the Dixie is a 3 bladed stockman knife.The knife scales are Osage orangewood which is anything but orange. Its actually a light brown tone that changes colors depending on lighting conditions. It did come in other material like bone, but I could…</p>
<p>I am so happy with GEC Knives. I Don't have a lot of them, but the ones I have are indeed very good knives. In my case the Dixie Stampede I am carrying has 4 pins. The top pin is flush and the bottom 3 are recessed. By the way if you did not know the Dixie is a 3 bladed stockman knife.The knife scales are Osage orangewood which is anything but orange. Its actually a light brown tone that changes colors depending on lighting conditions. It did come in other material like bone, but I could not pass up the wood. The scales are sanded flush to the bolsters. IMHO that is how they should be regardless of the scale material.</p> Beautiful knife. Fantastic lo…tag:iknifecollector.com,2014-09-11:3181080:Comment:11912972014-09-11T17:34:39.519ZDoug Throwerhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/DougThrower
<p>Beautiful knife. Fantastic looking stag. I have many GEC knives and love everyone of them. They have definitely become my favorite knife company.</p>
<p>Beautiful knife. Fantastic looking stag. I have many GEC knives and love everyone of them. They have definitely become my favorite knife company.</p>