Great Eastern Cutlery hosted by Ken Mundhenk

Collectors of Great Eastern, Northfield and Tidioute Knives

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  • Jan Carter

    Well I see we went from 68 members to 67 and back to 68. Anyone know how we find out who the new one is so we welcome them?
  • Jan Carter

    now we have 69 YIIIPPPEEE!!!!!! MAX are you sure its not you?
  • Jan Carter

    OK Max, I guess it is not you. Our newest members are Chuck Harnage and Rob Hupp. They both appear to be new to IKC and our little group here. Let's make sure we give them a great welcome to the community
  • Jan Carter

    Well, we started out with 68 members and are up to 71. Welcome to the newest members and thanks for joining us here.
  • Ken Mundhenk

    We're at 73 members now
  • Jan Carter

    Ken, good to hear from you, been awfully quiet lately. I hope that means business has been great!!
  • Charles Ray Wagnor

    Any one got to look or hold the new bird and trout, fine looking knive as far as I can tell
  • Bob Andrews

    Chris told me,the new fixed blades,including the Bird and Trout,won't be ready to ship until probably sometime in November.They are also going to be VERY LIMITED production.VERY!
    Bob Andrews
  • Bruce Piehl

  • johnny twoshoes

    Here are some factory pics.

  • johnny twoshoes

    A few more.

  • johnny twoshoes

    KNIVES!!!

  • johnny twoshoes

    Well, I didn't actually sneak them out I got caught in the act, so I had to put them
    back. :(
    But they let me keep the pics.:)
  • Jan Carter

    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
  • Jan Carter

    80 members woohoo!!!!!!
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  • Jan Carter

    Is everyone done Holiday Shopping?


  • In Memoriam

    D ale

    Jan/Ken .. it'd be great if a link to GEC's hm pg  were in the opening Group Discussion "Information" section. I know I have it under favorites .. somewhere. Or I could certainly google it again. Just came here quick thinking I'd find it .. & didn't .. just a thought.

  • Jan Carter

    Dale let me get with Ken/Scott and see if there is a way to embed it here.  Great Idea
  • Jan Carter

    Dale,

    Scott added the link right under the Video.  Thanks for the suggestion


  • In Memoriam

    D ale

    Cool .. Supercool !!!

     

    It just seemed like a right nice place to have a link direct to their (GEC's) homepage.

     

    I really knew very little about GEC before iKC. I still don't own one .. but .. that will be rectified soon. Hopefully, the link & where it's @ will turn a few more member's on to GEC.

  • Jan Carter

    What will be your first purchase?  Do you have a favorite pattern or handle type?

  • In Memoriam

    D ale

    Oh yeah .. but don't think GEC's makin' one @ the moment.

     

    I'm rather fond of modified mini-copperlocks .. small unique quality locking folders in the more general sense.

     

    My current EDC is a Queen's  06L Teardrop in honey amber bone. I'm rather fond of their buttonlock version of the 41L  too.

     

    I've been looking more & more @ GEC's product & there's certainly a purchase in my future !!!

     

     

  • Jan Carter

    Fond of the teardrops myself!!  Take a look at the 72 mini lockback, nice knife

  • In Memoriam

    D ale

    .. Tidioute's 260210 is sweet .. so's Northfield's ..

     

    .. and Northfields #890310 certainly caught my eye !!!


  • In Memoriam

    D ale

    Whoah .. you're right Jan .. those Wharncliffe lockbacks (720110LB) are sweet .. I'll be taking a much closer look @ those :)
  • Jan Carter

    I hope you all have a happy and safe new year!!
  • Jan Carter

    86 Members today.  Welcome to Michael Bolen
  • Jan Carter

    8 members today.  Welcome to Luca Vignelli
  • Jan Carter

    Sorry that was 87 members

  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Congratulations for your continued growth- GEC! Keep it up- plus you've got a good knife company here too!
  • Jan Carter

    Scott,

    Thanks, we are steadily seeing more people interested in this amazing USA made knife..

  • Jan Carter

    88 members, welcome to Mr. Robert Burris
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  • Bob Andrews

    Take a look at the rules Gary,specifically rule #3.A lot of us have stuff for sale,but this isn't the place to do it.

    Bob Andrews

  • Jan Carter

    If you have not read this entry in the blog by Scott King, you should.  It will make every collector laugh and feel the pains of what we thought our collections would be and what they really are.

    Pages from a knife collector's journal- It is time to re-define my ...

  • Gary Kennedy

  • Jan Carter

    Gary,

    Those are sure gorgeous.  Is the third one down a toe nail?

  • Gary Kennedy

     Yes Jan very nice Toe Nail or Sun Fish  Thanks they make some great knives
  • Jan Carter

    Gary,

    Are you going to list them for sale in the Sale or Trades?  I was going to start a discussion for everyone to put their notice that they have GEC's in that blog for sale, but think it would be more effective for those folks to put their notice right here on the comment wall.  What do you think?

  • Gary Kennedy

    I would think putting them in the group would make it easier  Gary
  • Jan Carter

    Also if there is anyone out there looking for a particular GEC, like the older ones, Tell us. someone may have one
  • Gary Kennedy

    I put a 2009 Antique Walnut Bone Toe Nail in the for sale
  • Vince Roberts

    Jan - speaking of older GEC's.   I'm looking for a 735208 in Burnt Grizzly.   I remember more than a year ago Doug Scearce told me that there were only 5 pcs serialized and 7 nos in 2008.  I know it's a long shot but I doubt there is anywhere else on the web that I would any more luck than here. 
  • Jan Carter

  • Jan Carter

  • Vince Roberts

    Thanks Jan.  I sent the owner an email.    Now I will have to start my research to see if I can figure out all the models that have been produced with the Burnt Grizzly bone.  I would like to have a complete set.... but finding them is half the fun! 

     

    Thanks again

  • Jan Carter

    Your welcome.  Good refernce (pics) of the older models http://www.tsaknives.com/Great%20Eastern%20Photo%20Gallery.htm

    Be careful because it will make you want them all

  • Luca Vignelli

    Anybody out there have a Great Eastern Northfield UN-X-LD #362210STL in Ebony wood from the 11/23/10 release date that they want to sell? Please?
  • Luca Vignelli

    I just spoke with Chris Tucker the other day, she's the sales director at GEC, about special ordering custom spec knives. Their minimum order for a custom knife production is 50 pieces and they have a three to four month turnaround time. We have 88 memebers here so far, so we could use our numbers to order ourselves a very special knife and we could do so 3 or 4 times a year too. The way it works is that we spec the knife, from their existing patterns, choose materials, blades and details, and a mimimum order of 50 pieces (if not more) and they come back to us with a price. If the price works for us, we just sign the papers, give them the go ahead, and the money, and wait for our special packages in the mail! We'll get to talking about commissioning new patterns from them later, like a real repro of the C. Platts Jumbo Swell Center, although I did see the one the club made last year. Anyway, let me cut to the chase: I propose that we ask GEC to price out a Northfield #36 Sunfish all steel with smooth shiny all deep black buffalo horn handles (big black and shiny like a grand piano!). Anyone interested??? If I hear back from fifty of you out there we CAN do this! And then do it again and again!