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.
Here is a GEC that was never released for sale to the public. This knife was given to me by Ken Daniels (owner of GEC). He told me that they had problems with the handle material cracking at the pins..so after about 20 they decided not to make any more. As you can see by the stains on the blades this is a knife that I carry and use. I had to give him my word that I would use it and not resell it. I always make sure I have this knife in my pocket when I go to the NKCA shows just to show Ken that I still have it and I'm using it.
Toenail and Sunfish seem to be used interchangeably with some people. Is there a difference between the two ? Is the sunfish a symmetrical pattern and the toenail larger at one end than the other?
This melon-sampler whittler just came in the mail, thanks to CollectorKnives.net, and all I can say is WOW! The photos just did not prepare me for the actual in-hand experiance. I tried to show the unusual proportions compared to a big model 23 trapper. This one is definately a keeper!
The new release page on greateasterncutlery.net is showing a new 3" sleeveboard with a wharncliffe main blade and a carpenter scribe small blade! I was just thinking how I liked patterns that were a little different (some might say oddball) and this one will be hard to resist.
Had a chance to see Ryan and Ken Daniels at the NKCA Show in Dalton, along with Ken Mundhenk (and the infamous Roger Cunningham). The Daniels are excited about GEC and said their knives are selling in total the minute they are made. This company is on a roll and produces high quality knives.
Last weekend Roger Cunningham and myself attended the NKCA Show in Dalton,GA. We had the pleasure of meeting Gary Kennedy and Jan Carter iKC members also we got to see Ken,Ryan and Courtney Daniels from Great Eastern Cutlery. Had dinner with the one and only Scott King and Mark Zalesky, Editor of Knife World. Mark wanted to eat at the famous oyster bar in Dalton but he had to settle for the "Depot" which was great. We had a great time, seen alot of knives and meet alot of great folks. I'm posting a pic of Gary Kennedy hard at work peddling his knives. (nice looking ones at that)
Ken It was a pleasure to meet you and Roger at the Dalton Show . That's what makes a show so good you get to meet people and see knives at one place I know the internet is a place to see knives and meet other collectors but there is still nothing to equal to good knife show . PS. the Depot was a good choose
Joe Ball
Jul 1, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
Jul 17, 2009
Perry Miller
Jul 17, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
Jul 21, 2009
Danny Allen
Jul 21, 2009
KnifeMaker
Joan Mae Howard
Jul 22, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Jul 27, 2009
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
Aug 3, 2009
In Memoriam
Scott King
Aug 10, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Aug 10, 2009
Joe Ball
Aug 12, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Aug 13, 2009
Michael D Sabol
Aug 20, 2009
Bruce Piehl
Aug 23, 2009
Mike Bryant
Sep 7, 2009
Ken Mundhenk
Sep 8, 2009
Richard L Campbell (Dick)
Sep 8, 2009
Danny Allen
Sep 8, 2009
Frank Evans
Oct 24, 2009
Frank Evans
Oct 26, 2009
Brad Hyde
Nov 3, 2009
Richard L Campbell (Dick)
Nov 19, 2009
michael cassani
Nov 19, 2009
Roger Cunningham
Nov 20, 2009
David L. Anthony
check out this link to you tube. If you look closely at the writing on the back of the packing tube, you will see why I was interested by it.
JUST me being humble!!!!! ha ha ha
Nov 24, 2009
Mike Latham
I just love that Wharncliffe blade!!
Mike Latham
CollectorKnives.Net
Nov 25, 2009
Rusty R Halsey
This melon-sampler whittler just came in the mail, thanks to CollectorKnives.net, and all I can say is WOW! The photos just did not prepare me for the actual in-hand experiance. I tried to show the unusual proportions compared to a big model 23 trapper. This one is definately a keeper!Dec 12, 2009
Rusty R Halsey
I finally scored a 2006 GEC off of Ebay. It is a mint herringbone model 73Dec 12, 2009
Vince Roberts
Dec 12, 2009
james childers
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Rusty R Halsey
Dec 13, 2009
Gary Kennedy
Jan 9, 2010
Gary Kennedy
Jan 9, 2010
Rusty R Halsey
A pair of GEC whittlers ---Jan 17, 2010
Derek Smith
Jan 17, 2010
Gary Music
Jan 23, 2010
Frank Evans
Jan 24, 2010
Frank Evans
Jan 24, 2010
Rusty R Halsey
Feb 6, 2010
Ken Mundhenk
Feb 23, 2010
Ken Mundhenk
Bubinga Wood,"Beaver Tail - Furtaker Trapper" on blades. Beaver ShieldFeb 25, 2010
Ken Mundhenk
Feb 25, 2010
tom white
Feb 27, 2010
Vince Roberts
For those that like a Spear this might be the one you were waiting on.
Mar 9, 2010
Rusty R Halsey
Mar 10, 2010
In Memoriam
Scott King
Mar 13, 2010
Ken Mundhenk
Mar 18, 2010
Gary Kennedy
Mar 28, 2010