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Slip Joint Knife Show and Tell

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:49

Celluliod handles

Posted by George davies on January 12, 2013

I hear celluliod is unstable and can cause corrosion. I have an old Camillus with this material.

Reply by Steve Hanner on January 12, 2013

Unfortunately George, it is very corrosive as it breaks down. Absolutely, separate all known celluloid knives from your regularly handled knives.

As many of our members can tell you horror stories about knives that were ruined by these knives. That said, though, many people still collect them because of the colorful display they make.

Look for some exciting new changes coming though for similar handles that are stabilized and yet give the same great appearance as the old celluloid. GEC has one right now and you can see the deeper color showing on the knife.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:50

Chris,

Great work. Show and tell has always been my favorite!! Now.....what knife to start with???

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:51

Comment by Chris Stookey on June 4, 2011

So...let's kick off Show and Tell with one of my most favorite knives. It's a slip joint made by TA Davison. A friend of mine...who is also a big GEC fan told me that if I wanted to experience "perfection in a slip joint", I had to get a Davison. I took his advice and nabbed the G10-handled blade shown in this photo.

Candidly, this knife is unbelievable! It truly is "perfection in a slip joint". The level of refinement is mind-blowing. I've never experienced better...in a production knife OR a custom. This knife is unusually beautiful in it's simplicity...and yet there are some remarkable differences between this knife and everything else. Polished inside and out...even to the jeweled back spring! Every part's relationship to it's neighbor is flawless and I've never seen "tighter". In terms of opening and closing action, this knife is magnificently smooth...which is very unusual for slip joint. The machining is flawless. The liners are machined so that the blade's tang never rubs against them! No more swirly scratches on the blade's tang. Speaking of the blade, it came as sharp as anything I'e ever experienced.

Why G10? Good question. Well...all but 2 of my slip joints are traditional materials (bone, stag, acrylic). So I went with TA's G10...and is it ever cool! Smooth and totally comfortable. This is a small knife...so I'm not real concerned about it providing me with "more" traction.

I could go on and on...but I'll end this little bit of Show and Tell with this; you MUST experience one of TA Davison's knives for yourself. Are they expensive? Well...yeah...though not as expensive as some. And in terms of what you get for your money, there just isn't anything better.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:51

Comment by Billy Oneale on June 6, 2011

That's a good looking knife, Chris. I like the G10 handles. I have a few tact type folders with G10 handles and they grip really good. T A Davison makes some nice looking slip joints.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:52

Comment by Gary Norton on June 7, 2011

Thank you for the invitation Chris. This is a collection I am putting together of knives made by Great Eastern for other cutlery companies.

First photo is for Schrade, made in 2007, in the pioneer & scout patterns, 2 blade, jig bone.

Second photo is made for Cripple Creek, 2009, burnt stag jack, and a scout, jig bone.

Last is made for Bradford, 2010, single and two blade pioneer, jig bone, brass bolsters.

These all bear the tang stamp of the cutlery companies they were made for, unlike some of the other private orders, which carry the Great Eastern tang stamp.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:52

Comment by Billy Oneale on June 7, 2011

Those are very nice, Gary. I have a couple of those Schrades. I didn't know who built them. Good info. Here is a Cripple Creek that GEC built. I bought this last week. This was my first Cripple Creek. I do have a Toothpick in the same color on the way.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:53

Comment by Gary Norton on June 8, 2011

Thank you for your comments Billy. Nice looking knife. The Cripple Creek seems to have a much larger variety of knife patterns. As far as I know, Bradford & Schrade only came in the Scout & Pioneer. I will be on the lookout for more GEC made, for other companies, knives.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:53

Comment by Jan Carter on June 8, 2011

Gary,

Great knives. Interesting take on collecting GEC by obtaining what they have produced for other companies. I know that in the past year or so they have been putting the items they make for other companies on thier production total list. Any ideas on who they produced for in their first year 2006?

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:54

Comment by Gary Norton on June 8, 2011

Jan,

I will see if I can find out

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:54

Comment by Gary Norton on June 8, 2011

Jan,

Chris at GEC said they did not start doing private labels until 2007

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:54

Comment by Billy Oneale on June 8, 2011

I have seen some Bulldogs on ebay that were supposed to be made by GEC

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on September 7, 2014 at 11:55