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Comment by Tom Peterson on November 16, 2011 at 20:33

Does anyone here get Knives Illustrated? They noted GEC's Whaler in their traditional section of the most recent buyers guide of theirs. But they dropped the ball (or knife) in editing because instead of showing a Northfield or Tidioute Whaler they showed an A.G. Russell knife. How lame! Probably made in China for cutting drywall. Then in the GEC ad in the back of the magazine they misspelled Tidioute and nickel (nickle). Time to let that subscription expire!                                                                                                                  

Comment by johnny twoshoes on November 16, 2011 at 20:27

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO, I've been waitin' for my old buddy. Thats awesome, I have really missed that Pumpkin piece. Maybe he will be here for hunting season, that would make my day. Thank you so much Jan, how did you find this out?

 

I can't wait, it wouldn't have been the same without him this year. : )

Comment by Jan Carter on November 16, 2011 at 20:19

Johnny,

I understand from Chris that an old friend is on its way home very soon :)

Comment by johnny twoshoes on November 16, 2011 at 18:03

Shorts????

It's about to snow here. : ) I wear cargo pants so I have a couple pockets for my GECs, I really do enjoy the slim fit of the #72 though. The #25 just disappears in the pocket and in the hand, I like the #56 for a simple pocket knife. The #72 is more of a backup hunter.

 

Bob, this is good to know, I will be sending an e-mail out soon. I'm not sure if I'll do it before, or after the hunting season, right now I'm thinking of using the Elk as my primary knife.

Comment by Bob Andrews on November 16, 2011 at 17:29

Johnny,as far as I know,you can send an EDC knife back for repairs. BUT,they might charge a small fee as the "store only" knives are not warranted. I would imagine that GEC would be somewhat generous with they're good customers. Just my opinion,Bob

Comment by Tom Peterson on November 16, 2011 at 16:55

J2S,

No I've been wimping out with the Frontier #72. I spent all of last week scraping paint and caulking in prep to primer coat my house. I used my New Aged Tidioute Apaloosa bone #25 with the wharncliffe blade alot to cut open tubes of caulk (and my thumb) but it already has it's own factory patina on it. The #25 fit in my shorts pocket better than the bigger #72. I will have to go out of my way a bit to get the #72 dirty and get some patina going on it! Once it is worthy I will post some pictures for you.

Comment by johnny twoshoes on November 16, 2011 at 15:25

Yeah, maybe I should just see what Chris has to say. I don't think it would take much to fix, I know that they took care of my Red Wine with ease, at least it seemed that way because the knife wasn't at the factory long. I will have to send an e-mail out.

Have you been EDCing that #72 frontier yet?

I hope so because I can't wait to see the patina on that thing when it gets experience.

Comment by Tom Peterson on November 16, 2011 at 15:19

Johnny,

I think that Chris would take care of you my friend. Remember right after you sent your #72 back home for adjustment, I sent in 9 #72's for a similar fix. They all came back good and tight. One or two lock up really nicely but the lock is hard to press & almost takes two hands. I have about 3-4 more that could use a little tightening up now (different ones mind you) - just waiting on a convenient time to round em all up and send them back. I would be worried about making the situation worse - I know that you are a handy guy and all but....Then it would be real hard to send it back to GEC. As close as you are to them it couldn't take too long of a turnaround.

Comment by johnny twoshoes on November 16, 2011 at 15:02

I was thinking of that, my problem is that it is an EDC, which from what I understand means I can't send it in for repairs. I can live with that, but I'd rather do some home remedy before living with the wiggle.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on November 16, 2011 at 12:51

I don't know, I thought I would send it back to the factory if I had a problem. This might be a question for GEC Queen...lol

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