I'm starting to get really excited about the club knife. I already love the #72 frame and lock, so trying out the spear blade really sounds great. 

The new and improved #26 also sounds interesting to me, I think maybe a bail will be added?

and anniversary edition

Now we have a new one to think about also.  Anyone know anything abot a wrangler??

Production Schedule 2012

Wrangle, hmmm, sounds like another stockman maybe???

That would be awesome with me!!! 

That is what I am thinking Johnny, wonder what scales though

We may have to wait to get our Moose but that's what makes collecting them so much fun....their hard to get! 

Robert, why wait when we could talk to GEC and see about getting an SFO Northfield Moose or two made and organize that effort here on iKC? All those in favor say, "Yes" or "Yea"!

I have thought about special orders and how many and how much it would cost. Someone had some special cotton cutters made and then sold them, whats up with that?  I think the name was Craker Jack.

Yes, Cracker Jack did have some done a couple of runs if I remember right but the same man has had others done by them also

Ron Dumah wants a moose made with moose antler

I'll take a moose SFO!  Jan, isn't it Krack a Jack or something like that? I know that they have done a few runs with GEC - I think that their production runs are in GEC's book (although a bit outdated by now). I didn't see the cotton sampler done by  them though. The fellas name is Charlie Dorton I think. He had some of the #85's teardrop jacks made for him.

OK, that's four so far and we haven't even spec'd it! Can we make it to fifty or a hundred orders?

Oh, and regarding that Cotton Sampler by Krack a Jack, Seth King has a really nice one you can find in his photos. Warning! Possibililty of electrocution from drooling on your keyboard while perusing Seth's collection!

Gang...let's not be so cavalier  with throwing names around since you better believe the people that bring us these brands have been in the industry for quite awhile....indeed the gentleman's name is Charlie Dorton along with Robert Roark  whom developed the Krack-A-Jack Brand in 2010 and had Great Eastern produce three Cotton Samplers in the #73 pattern the first year as well as a single knife in the #85 pattern in 2011.

Charlie Dorton has been involved in many knife brands and anyone who collects Bulldog Brand knives would recognize him as the originator of the company.

Besides that side trip...Luca I'd be in for one.......

Thanks Jim, that makes five...

YES? YES? YES!!!

OK for a (giant?) moose - rather with wood scales.

Hey Jim,I thoght Bulldog Brand Knives was started by Jim Parker and Named Bulldog after his Staffordshire Terrier?

1 or 2...

Jean-Francois thanks for your interest and your willingness to come aboard on this. I don't know if GEC can make the "Giant" Moose of my dreams yet, I havn't spoken to Chris yet, butI'll ask. In the mean time, let's see how much interest we can generate here for an SFO Northfield Moose, the 4 1/8" equal end cigar frame, and with you here that makes us six. I'll talk to Chris soon.

I have been waiting for a new Moose. I like the idea of a wood handle also, put me down for for sure. I wish it was that easy, we may all just have to wait for the Moose to get its GEC turn in production.

Bulldog Brand was started by Charlie Dorton and the rights were sold to Jim Parker by Charlie. Charlie and George Smith then bought Bluegrass Cutlery and the rights to John Primble knives logo.

Count me in.

Seven and countin'

I know I am new to the group and really new to the GEC scene but if your talking about a club or group knife to be built, count me in. Would love to have one.

Check it!!! LumberJack details are starting to emerge...

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&...

Thanks Jeff, but we are all  after GEC to make a new Moose pattern knfe. I knew that the LumberJack was not going to be it but wishfull thinking goes a long way.

anyone one to see the sneak preview of the lumberjack?

It looks like a large Sunfish....why the name Lumberjack?

Jeff, welcome aboard and yes that is what we're bandying about here, the possibility of a future special factory order from GEC for a new Northfield Moose #54 knife. We welcome your interest and support.

OK, well the Lumberjack below looks like it will be in all steel, which I adore, not just like, unless that's just a working model. Here's a funky little observation, it looks to me like the frame has been reversed, that is the thin end is by the base of the blade rather than the other way around, and the fat end supports a lanyard hole. What the heck is that secondary blade though? It's flat and has a notch cut out of it? My guess is that it may very well be a saw and that the notch is for your finger to add additional downward pressure on the saw when cutting very thick and strong rope or wood?

C'mon GEC play with that beautiful #46 frame and introduce the Super Giant Moose too! Please? Pretty please???

Luca,

I just reread that peice.  I think you may be on to something about the notch being a leverage point for a sawblade.

Unless it's a timber scribe? Not as usefull as a saw though. I'd say a saw, though the joke around another site is that it's a tongue depressor, though that's just a little mean spirited...

I absolute agree with you it looks more to be a tongue depressor than a true knife.

Not the blade, the other mystery thingy. That blade, the Whaler #46 is true beauty imho.

excuse me but are you talking about the blade Jan posted???????

You'll have to excuse me for my comment on this knife. The beauty  I see in a knife is in the usefulness of it and not just the art. I see no use in this knife other than it may look pertly, so that to me could be a just another useless object unless I could use it. I guess it might make a fair skinner. Put a saw blade on it, than you might have something, a hunter might pocket.

A whole lot of people other than hunters use pocket knives. This type of knife is used by and carried buy many working people.Oilfield roustabouts,deckhands and sailors, and timber men to name a few.

Patrick,

Although I also find a challange thinking of the whaler blade as a pocket friendly item, I can tell you I know many people that use the whaler as an everyday carry knife.  For those that like the larger knives this beauty was received on the scene as "beyond awesome".  I have a buddy that carries one on his side daily and he uses it for everything

In the past 3-4 years I myself have found the beauty in the Toenail knives and thier varities.  This type of blade lends itself not only to everythng mentioned previously but also for the same things we use our clip and spey's for.  Everything from cutting straps on bundles  to trimming the steak before searing it on the BBQ.

Personal preference in blade type is what keeps knifemakers and designers up at night and what gives us all the ultimate choices in collecting and using decisions.  Celebrate the beauty of the knife and buy what you prefer.

GEC has posted some pics of the set up knife for the Lumberjack. Check em out!

Its looking kinda cool

Hey Moose fans, could this be a hint???

http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bull...

I'm just hoping it will be a big one! Or perhaps, going back to the theme of an older posting of mine, that GEC will make a Moose pattern in small, Bullwinkle J. Moose (too small for me), medium/large as the regular Moose is, and X-tra large the heretofore never been seen giant Moose, built on a #46 frame. It has to be one of the all time great patterns, so make it to fit each and every one of us! Bespoke!

Don't get your hopes up to much...Greg posted on his Blog that a run of #66 Calf Roper's and Moose where to be run

Wait a minute! A moment of joyful appreciation of GEC is due. The fact that there is a tantalizing Moose at the "end of the hallway" is making me jump up and down with anticipation, hope, and potentially unbridled happiness! Robert, are you with me here! Yahoooooooo! Louder!!! I can't here ya! YAAAHOOOOOOOOO!

Oh, I hope it's not a 3 1/2" slant bolstered, dog legged Moose. Please, say it isn't so. I'd be kinda let down, only because that one's not for me personally, though for others, it may fit their dreams just right. I dream big!

Yea Luca, let the Moose in....open the door.....Yahoo.......open dat darn door, you all!

Sorry Luca, from what I see on Mike at CK.net early bird reservation section it appears that it will be a 66 BJM, but some will have straight bolsters and some will have the slanted that you are not a fan of. I like both types of bolsters and on the #54 frame I like the slanted ones. I would like to see more knives come out in the #54 frame and a moose would be one of them. I have noticed that there are still a fair amount of #54 moose's still on distributors shelves though. Must not be a real big seller with everyone. My only issue with the moose's is that the swedged blade ends kinda cut into my fingers when I'm using them. It does seem to be an underappreciated pattern though. That is good for the new collector though since some pretty cool ones are still out there for sale. Hope that GEC hears your request and makes the knives that you and Robert are looking for!

Awwww Shucks! Rats and double rats! Thanks for the bad news Tom, bad for me anyway. I definitely want a #54 Moose and I have seen what's available at all of the distributors, and they're mostly Tidioutes. I'm not a fan of the funky acrylics nor of the variations on stag and that's mostly what's available now. There are some midnight blue available, but they're Tidioutes. How close to black is the midnight blue? Anyone out there know, please let me know. Greg at TSA has some Moose, but they're expensive protos, and they're stag. I'd like to see a #54 Moose in black buffalo horn, or truly black ebony, and I definitely like the swedged blades and love the long pulls on the Northfields. I know GEC is listening and reading our posts here, but so far I haven't seen any action, maybe it's time we do an SFO? And Tom, I know you'll be on that in a hot second!

Luca..

Think of the darkest area of your Navy Blue Blazer ( winter or summer weight in case you ask) and it's just a tad darker...it's like looking at black but seeing Navy Blue edges