Good job Ken. Great Eastern is a popular brand and is one of the most widely watched videos at CNJ YouTube Channel. Maybe you can get some of the executives of the company to come by and answer questions and talk about some of their product line. That'd be great for the GE collectors.
Thanks Scott, and Roger for joining GEC group. I know you guys are aware of the fine knives GEC are putting out. As new ones come out I'll post pic's so everyone can see them. I've invited Ryan Daniels, Sales Manager of GEC to join us here, hopefully he will give us a heads up on what coming.
Hey Ken, I guess you know that our NKCA Youth Knife for 2007 was a GEC white bone handled trapper. Did you order one of those for your collection? If not, let me know and I think we have a few still available. Since they're more than a year old, any knive still available can be sold to NKCA members (not just youth members).
Have a great day!
Lisa
I love the quality of the knives but can GEC work on the nail nick a little bit I think Ive broke every nail I have . finally went to a knife opener .GREAT KNIFE
hey gays and gals glad to be here great fan of GEC i started whith them in 06 i have a compleat set of 06s only two that i know about,any ways glad to be here
I just spoke with Chris at Great Eastern, they have some new Great Eastern and Northfield knives coming out. She hopes she can post here today and tell us about them.
Hi all, in the next couple of days Great Eastern Cutlery will be producing the following knives: a #538308 Great Eastern (440C stainless steel blades) stockman in Red Stag, a #735109ECL Northfield (end cap single skinner blade with a liner lock) in Burnt Stag and a #231208 Great Eastern in American Elk.
My mistake, sorry, on the #23 Great Eastern American Elk the pattern number will be #235208 with the main blade being a drop point skinner. Sorry for the mis-info.
yes ken they had ser# any over runs did not have ser# they seam to be a bit more expensive,they only a few like that. i would to go back in records and look.
I haven't been very active here lately. We live in Shawnee State Forest in Southern Ohio. Last friday due to windy and dry conditions (with the help of a fire bug) Shawnee Forest had a 3,000 acre forest fire. On saturday we thought we were going to be evacuated. We contacted friends (Roger Cunningham, who happens to be our insurance agent) was more than eager to help us move if the need arose. Luckly we were spared. What a relief. Roger was jumping with joy. It was a long four days and nights. So now I can get active again on the site
yeah, Ken sorry I didn't respond. Glad all is OK. So you got Roger out of bed to come help you? :) just kidding.
Glad to have you back. Hope you don't mind I added a vid to the main area of the GE Group
Great Eastern Cutlery will be having their 3rd annual knife rendezvous(open house) July 23rd,24th and 25th at their plant inTitusville, PA I'll be posting lodging and other information as I get it. Roger Cunningham and myself along with our wives went last year. We had a great time. I'll keep you posted.
I am Lost on Great Eastern. I stole the pictures from ebay hoping some of you Collectors would know thw answer.
This knife has the number 127 etched on the Bolster. The blade says 250 made. The seller of this knife said only 110 were made. Now the question. How can this be number 127 if only 110 were made in this Bone Jigging? What are they talking about is 127 the frame number?
This is the Auction information that was posted with the knife below.
Up for bid is a 2006 Great Eastern Cutlery Tidioute model #23 Pioneer with diamondback amber jigged bone handles. There were only 110 of this pattern made with this jigged bone in the innaugural year of this fine cutlery. This knife is serial #127 (250 total of this Tidioute pattern made, 110 in diamondback bone). It measures 4 1/2" closed, has flush nickel silver bolsters and pinned "Tidioute" shield, brass liners and pins, and 1095HC carbon steel blades, unused and unsharpened. Both blades have super strong half stops and excellent walk and talk. Any marks on the blades are simply from the factory oil, they're in pristine condition. The bone handles are in excellent condition, no chips or cracks, and done in GEC's own diamondback jigging. The knife has never been used and comes with original tube and wax paper wrap. This knife is one of the first knives made in GEC's first year of production, don't miss this opportunity to own a piece of history! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
OK, it worked! I'll get back to the ebay link in a second, but first I wanted to say I was watching the same 2006 GEC auction that Mike was asking about. All the different numbers for quantities had me confused also. Referencing the GEC 2006 Production Totals (this is cool!) only confused me more. They show a total of 200 #23 Tidoutes made, 110 of them in diamondback bone. There is something I'm not understanding here.
This knife, although a prototype, is the same as referenced in a previous post. It is a Bulldog brand 3 blade trapper made by GEC. I respect GEC quality, like most Bulldog knives that are not celluloid, and love the 3 blade trapper design. But there is something about this knife that turns me off. In my opinion, it is an ugly knife. Seems to be selling ok though.
Ken Mundhenk
Apr 20, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Apr 20, 2009
Roger Cunningham
Apr 20, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
Apr 20, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Apr 20, 2009
Lisa Sebenick
Have a great day!
Lisa
Apr 21, 2009
Gary Kennedy
Apr 21, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
Apr 21, 2009
Roger Cunningham
Apr 22, 2009
james childers
Apr 22, 2009
Roger Cunningham
Apr 23, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Apr 23, 2009
KnifeMaker
Joan Mae Howard
Apr 23, 2009
KnifeMaker
Joan Mae Howard
Apr 23, 2009
In Memoriam
Anthony "Tank" Meeks
Apr 23, 2009
james childers
here are the 2006 setApr 23, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Apr 23, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Apr 23, 2009
james childers
Apr 24, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Apr 24, 2009
james childers
here are some of my 2007s GECsApr 25, 2009
Bruce Piehl
Apr 26, 2009
Charles Ray Wagnor
May 1, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
May 1, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
May 1, 2009
Rusty R Halsey
May 3, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
Glad to have you back. Hope you don't mind I added a vid to the main area of the GE Group
May 3, 2009
Roger Cunningham
May 4, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
How's that? Anything you'd like me to do with this video? I can take it down, if you'd like.
May 12, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
May 13, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
Is that something you can post on the master community calendar?! :)
Scott
May 13, 2009
Mike Bryant
I am Lost on Great Eastern. I stole the pictures from ebay hoping some of you Collectors would know thw answer.
This knife has the number 127 etched on the Bolster. The blade says 250 made. The seller of this knife said only 110 were made. Now the question. How can this be number 127 if only 110 were made in this Bone Jigging? What are they talking about is 127 the frame number?
May 13, 2009
Mike Bryant
Up for bid is a 2006 Great Eastern Cutlery Tidioute model #23 Pioneer with diamondback amber jigged bone handles. There were only 110 of this pattern made with this jigged bone in the innaugural year of this fine cutlery. This knife is serial #127 (250 total of this Tidioute pattern made, 110 in diamondback bone). It measures 4 1/2" closed, has flush nickel silver bolsters and pinned "Tidioute" shield, brass liners and pins, and 1095HC carbon steel blades, unused and unsharpened. Both blades have super strong half stops and excellent walk and talk. Any marks on the blades are simply from the factory oil, they're in pristine condition. The bone handles are in excellent condition, no chips or cracks, and done in GEC's own diamondback jigging. The knife has never been used and comes with original tube and wax paper wrap. This knife is one of the first knives made in GEC's first year of production, don't miss this opportunity to own a piece of history! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Item Specifics
Type : Folding Knife Brand: Great Eastern Cutlery
Material : 1095HC Model: #23 Pioneer
CLOSED LENGTH : 4 1/2" Style: Folding Trapper
May 13, 2009
Rusty R Halsey
I'm still playing with referencing an ebay auction. Lets see if this works.
May 14, 2009
Rusty R Halsey
This knife, although a prototype, is the same as referenced in a previous post. It is a Bulldog brand 3 blade trapper made by GEC. I respect GEC quality, like most Bulldog knives that are not celluloid, and love the 3 blade trapper design. But there is something about this knife that turns me off. In my opinion, it is an ugly knife. Seems to be selling ok though.
May 14, 2009