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2021 Calendar Comment by John Bamford on January 17, 2016 at 10:22

I guess things are bigger in Texas !!

Comment by Cory Hess on January 17, 2016 at 9:22

I would be really excited about all of those patterns if they knocked an inch off of the frame.  That knife is just too big for me to carry.  My 23 is the limit on how much my pants can hold up. :)

It looks like a beautiful knife, though.  I'm sure that many people will snap one up to keep in their collection.  I'm interested to see how many see actual use.

2021 Calendar Comment by John Bamford on January 17, 2016 at 9:18

But I don't have a Whittler ,

2021 Calendar Comment by John Bamford on January 17, 2016 at 9:17

Or then again the Camp Knife is nice ,

2021 Calendar Comment by John Bamford on January 17, 2016 at 9:15

I do like the look of this new #98 from GEC,

http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/information/preview-of-98s/

Especially the Texas cattle knife ,

Comment by Derek Wells on January 8, 2016 at 15:37

I suspect you are correct John with that olive-brown on the knife pictured it looks like Ash to me. Plus as a Timber it would have been very suitable to use in those Sucker Rods where they would have needed a tough durable wood.

2021 Calendar Comment by John Bamford on January 7, 2016 at 10:18

I didn't know what this wood was either when I first heard of it last year . Someone on iKC educated me though I can't remember exactly what type of wood these rods are made of though it looks a little like ash on the photo below that I found on the web .

Comment by Cory Hess on January 6, 2016 at 20:45

From what I understand, the first oil field in America was in Titusville, PA.  GEC got their hands on some of the old oil sucker rods and used the wood on their Rendezvous knives in 2014 as a tribute to this history.  I believe that Titusville was holding an Oil Festival the same weekend that GEC had their Rendezvous that year.  As far as I know, that wood hasn't been used since.  Somebody reported that Chris at GEC thought that the wood was ash, but that's not certain.

Comment by Jan Carter on January 6, 2016 at 18:47

Andrew you are correct!  GEC got ahold of some old wooden rods from old wells in the area

Comment by Andrew Cutler on January 6, 2016 at 15:10

A sucker rod is what connects the downhole pump with the pumpjack on an oil well.Prior to about 1890 or so, sucker rods were made of wood. I'm assuming GEC got ahold of some old wooden rods from old wells in the area.

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