Robert I'm sorry it took so long to respond, I've been working on a project and haven't been on here for a few days. Yes they have half stops and have good snap on them.
Scott, Joe Ball here...finally. It was great to meet and chat with you at the Blade show and I am impressed with this whole e-community you have provided. Fantastic work. Also grateful for this space devoted to those like me who love GE knives. Hi Chris!
Interesting family history and all about being from PA. Pretty cool. And you have relatives working for knife companies now too? You do fit right in here.
So you were attracted to GE because of their factory's location? I see you met GE Group's host- Ken, good.
I am amazed at the new congress stag. It is a very elegant design and feels light and very pocketable, one of my new favorites! A very classy addition to the collection.
just got the congress abalone .......................... WOW
i think im still blinded from the shine and dizzy from the unreal 3 D effects.
I could not be more impressed.
Even more classy an addition.
Thanks to Scott King, founder of this site and Lisa, an old NKCA friend I discovered the Great Eastern Knife Co. I have been involved heavily in knife collecting since 1969, but have not been very active for the last four years. Since being made aware of this site I have purchased a Northfield Sunfish, A Northfield moose, and a Northfield whittler all with beautiful burnt stag handles. I also purchased a Bulldog muskrat with burnt stag handles. They are all beautiful knives and among the highest quality knives I have ever seen. Thanks much Scott and Lisa.
Scott.... the ETs are on a different plane of existence... my three GE ETs are still bomb, I agree...even the acrylic which I normally can take or leave.
Richard... I think you are onto something!
Dick, I am glad you like them. The folks behind the company are good folks who care about quality knife making.
And for you other older knife guys/gals here- when Josh (Joe) says "my three GE ETs are still bomb...." translated- it means he likes them :) Josh if I missed your meaning let me know.
Hey Ryan. Glad to see you join your knife company's fan club here! Gotta open house coming up this weekend, eh? Wish I could get there....but I can't. Ken is going and try to get some video so I can edit it and put it up here. Hope you will give him permission to video the factory.
For all of you that are coming to our open house this weekend we will be raffling off a prototype of our newest knife, the toothpick. Tickets will be $2.00 each and the drawing will be held at the end of the open house on Saturday. You need not be present to win, we will ship you the knife and all the money collected (100%) will be donated to the Make A Wish Foundation.
Wanted to let everyone know, Roger and I made it back from Titusville. We had a qreat time at the Great Eastern Cutlery open house. They not only produce GREAT knives, but the folks at GEC are great also, Bill, Ken, Ryan,Chris and Pat are real nice folks. They permitted us to video our tour of the factory, I've sent it to Scott and he's going to post it on here if it turned out.
Hey Scott
I posted pic's of the knives we got. The event knife was a sleeveboard in Abalone with matching key holder. There were 30 available, 10 each day. They were serialized, Roger got #2 and mine was #3. The blade is itched with "Great Eastern Cutlery Annual Knife Rendezous". Got to see the new Toothpick in River Blue Jigged Bone. I hope the video turned out and you can get it on here.
Open House video update: Ken sent me the tape with the video on it. I'm having to learn some new tricks to convert an analog video to digital, so I can then edit it. I won't bore you GE fans with the details, other than to say, I think I found a piece of equipment that will work and just clicked the buy it with "One Click" on Amazon. I hope this one works. Hopefully, when the UPS man comes later this week, I'll be able to update again that this one works, the last thing I bought to do it didn't. So, stay tuned. Don't worry bout me and all these investments, I'll just send the bill to Ryan at GE :)
I got the new equipment in only to find out it ain't the equipment that's the problem, it's the tape (the recording is just too pixilated to work). Sorry folks we all tried. Thanks Ken for giving this a hearty go. I can pull the audio off, but don't figure anyone will want to "listen" to an Open House :)
hey this is michael sabol and yes i am the same person as the other michael sabol..i had to make a new account because when i went to sign in it wouldn't take my email address i'm guessing i typed it wrong the first time...so don't wonder why there are two michael sabols because there is only 1...thanks
Hey Guys, Am I the only one that thinks that the new handle on the new Northfield Toothpick, Jigged Blood Red bone is nice enough to be a standard on more types of frames, like the #23 #73 and #54. It might even like great in a yellow & black, green & black or blue?
I admit it, I am a Sucker for Horn & Stag in the Jumbo Bullet Type Frame or Mountain Man Lockback, I can't resist bidding. I couldn't let this one go for less than what I thought was a good Deal on the one I bought from Doc's knives so I bought it on ebay.
Ken Mundhenk
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In Memoriam
Scott King
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Scott King
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Ken Mundhenk
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KnifeMaker
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Pics of Tortosie Shell Acrylic and River Blue Jigged Bone Congress and GEC 01 Blade KeyJun 3, 2009
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Joe Ball
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In Memoriam
Scott King
So you were attracted to GE because of their factory's location? I see you met GE Group's host- Ken, good.
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Joe Ball
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Joe Ball
Jun 23, 2009
Joe Ball
i think im still blinded from the shine and dizzy from the unreal 3 D effects.
I could not be more impressed.
Even more classy an addition.
Jun 23, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
Jun 23, 2009
Richard L Campbell (Dick)
Jun 24, 2009
Joe Ball
Richard... I think you are onto something!
Jun 25, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
And for you other older knife guys/gals here- when Josh (Joe) says "my three GE ETs are still bomb...." translated- it means he likes them :) Josh if I missed your meaning let me know.
Jun 25, 2009
Roger Cunningham
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In Memoriam
Scott King
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Roger Cunningham
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Ken Mundhenk
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Joe Ball
Jun 26, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Pic of Tidioute Barlow, single blade with Exotic Mexican BocoteJun 30, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Tidioute single blade barlow, standard orange jigged boneJun 30, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Tidioute barlow, clip and spey blades, standard jigged orange boneJun 30, 2009
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In Memoriam
Scott King
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Perry Miller
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Scott King
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Danny Allen
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KnifeMaker
Joan Mae Howard
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Ken Mundhenk
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In Memoriam
Scott King
I'll let you know when the vid comes in (I guess I better get to figuring out how to get it into my Mac!)
Jul 27, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
I posted pic's of the knives we got. The event knife was a sleeveboard in Abalone with matching key holder. There were 30 available, 10 each day. They were serialized, Roger got #2 and mine was #3. The blade is itched with "Great Eastern Cutlery Annual Knife Rendezous". Got to see the new Toothpick in River Blue Jigged Bone. I hope the video turned out and you can get it on here.
Jul 28, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
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In Memoriam
Scott King
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Ken Mundhenk
Aug 10, 2009
Joe Ball
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Ken Mundhenk
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Ken Mundhenk
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Richard L Campbell (Dick)
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Danny Allen
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