Thanks. That is actually a test run peice. It is called End of Day in a 250109. That is the only one made in that pattern but End of Day was actually on a total of about 6 test run peices in 2009. I can tell you that if you ever get a chance to go to the Rendevouz, that is the best place to find those odd peices.
We're down to the last few payments needed to complete our special factory order of the GEC #36 Buffgalo Horn Sunfish. If you haven't contacted GEC to make payment yet, please do so by the end of this week, or all of our orders will be delayed until all of our payments are in, which will hold up the production of these knives for all.
For any of you that dont know, Pat Vroman is the materials ordering person at GEC (among other things) His Birthday is tomorrow. If you go to the GEC forum, I have started a Happy birthday VMAN. Please feel free to add your thoughts.
Miss Jan, have you heard any news on the new knives planned called Full House, French Kate, Whaler and Weaver Jack? The Whaler might just be in time for fishing season.
Here's the next new variation shipping most likely on Monday, April 25. Unfortunately, we won't get to see pix until then but here's the details. All of these will be Jacks including the 3 blade.
56 Tidioute Weaver Jack EZ Open, Bare End, No Nail Mark, Smooth Bolsters, HAWKBILL BLADE:
Ebony Wood 75 Total
Jigged Bone (unnamed) 75 Total
Rust Red Micarta 75 Total
56 Tidioute Weaver Jack Bare End, Smooth Bolsters, HAWKBILL, Clip, Pen Blades:
Bocote 50 Total
Rust Red Micarta 50 Total
56 Northfield Weaver Jack End Capped, Lined Bolsters, HAWKBILL and Pen Blades:
Jig Bone (unnamed) 75 Total
Burnt Stag 75 Total
56 Northfield Weaver Jack End Capped, Lined Bolsters, HAWKBILL, Clip, Pen Blades:
No news yet on the french kate, full house or whaler. I have heard tell that one of them will be a show knife for the rendezous this year but dont know which one it might be
Just wanted to be sure everyone knows about the show GEC is in this weekend. Took this from the GEC site, it is from Bob Andrews.....
Just to make sure everybody knows where we will be, The NRA Convention is in Downtown Pittsburgh at the David Lawrence Convention Center. The Monroeville Gun and Knife Show is at the Monroeville Convention Center located just off the Parkway East,or the PA Turnpike in Monroeville,PA,maybe 10 miles from Downtown. I will be at the Monroeville Show all weekend with a large selection of Great Eastern Cutlery. I will be accompanied there,on Saturday, by Christine Tucker from the Great Eastern Factory.
Update on the SFO GEC Northfield #36 Buffalo Horn Sunfish:
Folks, five people have not paid as of yet and are holding up the completion of all of our orders. GEC must be paid in full for all of our collective order of 50 knives before the necessary materials will be ordered and production will be scheduled.
I am strongly urging all who have not completed their payment to GEC directly to do so immediately or risk losing their reservation for this knife.
If you have any questions about completing your order please contact me here and I will help you to do so. If you have decided that you do not wish to complete your order then please notify me so that I may offer your spot on the list to other people interested in acquiring this very special GEC #36 Sunfish knife.
Thanks to all of those who have completed their payments promptly and I'm looking forward to the successful completion of this group project.
Max, Thanks for the thought. I have contacted those on the list by every means available and not everyone came forward with their personal contact info so iKC is the only way I can contact those people. If they don't check in here, they may lose out. You snooze you lose, I'm sorry to say. Just another reason to click "follow" for email notifications when you want to keep on top of what's going on at iKC!
Luca, I requested (and paid for) two extra knives when I emailed Christine, so maybe only three more people need to come forward. Or, maybe some more of us could "invest" in more than one knife? Personally, I'm guessing that this knife will be an instant hit when pictures get out.
I commited to making sure you all have any info I have as far as future items so here is what I saw today"
First off, we'll see the balance of the #56's coming through later this week. I got a dribble of information about a new version of the #48 that will be called the "Templar". Here's some info to chew on till we get to see it:
Single clip Blade
Man made handle materials ONLY: Kryptonite, Black Gold Perylic, Stained Glass, Black Micarta
Northfield Trademark Only
"...very medieval looking.." Not my words, but a quote.
Probably about 10 days to 2 weeks out
(I think we've got a history buff on our hands naming and designing knives!!!)
Next up will be some #72 GEC's in American Elk and Red Wine Jig Bone with a Clip and the same materials with a Wharncliffe.
Of even greater interest is going to be the 72 Tidioute and Northfield's with a SPEAR blade. I know there have more than a few of you waiting for this one. Currently, it's anticipated we'll see an as yet unnamed jigged bone on both trademarks as well as a Bocote on the Tidioute.
We could very well see all of these within the next couple of weeks.
Rusty, Jean-Francois and everyone else that has taken and offeredto take up some of our orphaned #36's. Thank you, we appreciate your willingness to help
Miss Jan, I'm not good at trading knives so I thought I'd ask for your help. I have a Schatt Morgan moose in 134 ats steel, mint condition that I would like to trade for a Great Eastern moose. Is there someone or some place to try to make a trade?
If you are looking for a little wider variety of folks to show to go to the forum link at the top and go to the sale or trade forum. You can list it there also
GREAT NEWS MY FRIENDS! Christine Tucker at GEC has just informed me that we have reached 100% confirmed payments for all fifty of the knives we ordered!!! Congratulations to all of us, we really did it!
GEC has gone ahead and ordered our Buffalo Horn for the scales of our #36 Northfiled UN-X-LD Sunfish! Now, they ordered just enough to make fifty pieces, so this knife run will be limited to fifty examples plus the one prototype that will be auctioned off for the Wounded Warrior Project.
So now orders for the special factory order GEC Northfield UN-X-LD #36 Steel Buffalo Horn Sunfish ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED. NO FURTHER ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN.
Those who got in on this are probably feeling very satisfied now, and deservedly so! These will be beautiful, I'm sure of that!
I am glad to hear that, Luca. Thanks for the update. I am looking forward to this knife. It should be a beauty. Thanks for the hard work to make this possible.
Thank you again to all the participated and spread the word to friends. Luca, pat yourself on the back, the co ordination of this effort was no small feat but one you undertook successfully. Thanks for the dedication you showed to the project
Hey guys and gals, have ya'll heard anything about some damascus on some GEC knives? What do ya'll think about this idea? Alot of the other big knife makers have tried it. Why not GEC?
I have heard that the new Templar will be "medieval looking". This has led to some speculation about maybe a damascus. Another speculation about that was maybe a swing guard. One thing is for sure GEC will keep us looking forward to the next one.
As promised, we are trying to make our way through the collection and get the pics loaded. Heres the toenails. The individual pics are on my page also.
To all who have thanked me for my efforts in organizing our group special factory ordered #36 from GEC I thank you in return for making my dream knife possible. Without all of you who shared in that dream this knife would never have been realized. Thanks.
Luca Vignelli
OK Chris, let Chris(tine) at GEC know of your good intentions on Monday. Thanks!
I'll also post an update on our orders after I speak with Chris on Monday, and hopefully most or all of our orders will be in by then.
Apr 23, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 23, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 24, 2011
Billy Oneale
Apr 24, 2011
Jan Carter
OK Folks if you will bear with me, I am not a photographer but between Donnie and I we are figuring our what peices to put on next. This is the 53's
Apr 25, 2011
JJ PARKER
Apr 25, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 25, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 25, 2011
JJ PARKER
Apr 25, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 25, 2011
Jan Carter
These are the 25's and 26's. Bottom right is a test run 1 of 1
Apr 25, 2011
JJ PARKER
Apr 26, 2011
Jan Carter
JJ,
Thanks. That is actually a test run peice. It is called End of Day in a 250109. That is the only one made in that pattern but End of Day was actually on a total of about 6 test run peices in 2009. I can tell you that if you ever get a chance to go to the Rendevouz, that is the best place to find those odd peices.
Apr 26, 2011
Luca Vignelli
We're down to the last few payments needed to complete our special factory order of the GEC #36 Buffgalo Horn Sunfish. If you haven't contacted GEC to make payment yet, please do so by the end of this week, or all of our orders will be delayed until all of our payments are in, which will hold up the production of these knives for all.
Thanks all for participating!
Apr 27, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 27, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 27, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 27, 2011
Tom Peterson
Jan,
I like that bottom right #25. It reminds me of the old fruit stripe gum! I want one of those!!! Awesome! Tom
Apr 27, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris
Apr 28, 2011
Jan Carter
56 Tidioute Weaver Jack EZ Open, Bare End, No Nail Mark, Smooth Bolsters, HAWKBILL BLADE:
56 Tidioute Weaver Jack Bare End, Smooth Bolsters, HAWKBILL, Clip, Pen Blades:
- Bocote 50 Total
- Rust Red Micarta 50 Total
56 Northfield Weaver Jack End Capped, Lined Bolsters, HAWKBILL and Pen Blades:- Jig Bone (unnamed) 75 Total
- Burnt Stag 75 Total
56 Northfield Weaver Jack End Capped, Lined Bolsters, HAWKBILL, Clip, Pen Blades:Apr 28, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 28, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris
Apr 29, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 29, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris
Apr 29, 2011
Jan Carter
Apr 29, 2011
Jan Carter
Just wanted to be sure everyone knows about the show GEC is in this weekend. Took this from the GEC site, it is from Bob Andrews.....
Just to make sure everybody knows where we will be, The NRA Convention is in Downtown Pittsburgh at the David Lawrence Convention Center. The Monroeville Gun and Knife Show is at the Monroeville Convention Center located just off the Parkway East,or the PA Turnpike in Monroeville,PA,maybe 10 miles from Downtown. I will be at the Monroeville Show all weekend with a large selection of Great Eastern Cutlery. I will be accompanied there,on Saturday, by Christine Tucker from the Great Eastern Factory.
Apr 29, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Update on the SFO GEC Northfield #36 Buffalo Horn Sunfish:
Folks, five people have not paid as of yet and are holding up the completion of all of our orders. GEC must be paid in full for all of our collective order of 50 knives before the necessary materials will be ordered and production will be scheduled.
I am strongly urging all who have not completed their payment to GEC directly to do so immediately or risk losing their reservation for this knife.
If you have any questions about completing your order please contact me here and I will help you to do so. If you have decided that you do not wish to complete your order then please notify me so that I may offer your spot on the list to other people interested in acquiring this very special GEC #36 Sunfish knife.
Thanks to all of those who have completed their payments promptly and I'm looking forward to the successful completion of this group project.
May 2, 2011
Luca Vignelli
May 3, 2011
Rusty R Halsey
May 3, 2011
Jean-François
Luca, if necessary, I could order a third one.
Mille grazie per i tuoi sforzi!
May 3, 2011
Luca Vignelli
May 3, 2011
Jan Carter
I commited to making sure you all have any info I have as far as future items so here is what I saw today"
First off, we'll see the balance of the #56's coming through later this week. I got a dribble of information about a new version of the #48 that will be called the "Templar". Here's some info to chew on till we get to see it:- Single clip Blade
- Man made handle materials ONLY: Kryptonite, Black Gold Perylic, Stained Glass, Black Micarta
- Northfield Trademark Only
- "...very medieval looking.." Not my words, but a quote.
- Probably about 10 days to 2 weeks out
(I think we've got a history buff on our hands naming and designing knives!!!)Next up will be some #72 GEC's in American Elk and Red Wine Jig Bone with a Clip and the same materials with a Wharncliffe.
Of even greater interest is going to be the 72 Tidioute and Northfield's with a SPEAR blade. I know there have more than a few of you waiting for this one. Currently, it's anticipated we'll see an as yet unnamed jigged bone on both trademarks as well as a Bocote on the Tidioute.
We could very well see all of these within the next couple of weeks.
May 3, 2011
Jan Carter
Luca....Can you call me please?
May 3, 2011
Jan Carter
May 3, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris
May 3, 2011
Jan Carter
May 3, 2011
Jan Carter
If you are looking for a little wider variety of folks to show to go to the forum link at the top and go to the sale or trade forum. You can list it there also
May 3, 2011
Luca Vignelli
GREAT NEWS MY FRIENDS! Christine Tucker at GEC has just informed me that we have reached 100% confirmed payments for all fifty of the knives we ordered!!! Congratulations to all of us, we really did it!
GEC has gone ahead and ordered our Buffalo Horn for the scales of our #36 Northfiled UN-X-LD Sunfish! Now, they ordered just enough to make fifty pieces, so this knife run will be limited to fifty examples plus the one prototype that will be auctioned off for the Wounded Warrior Project.
So now orders for the special factory order GEC Northfield UN-X-LD #36 Steel Buffalo Horn Sunfish ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED. NO FURTHER ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN.
Those who got in on this are probably feeling very satisfied now, and deservedly so! These will be beautiful, I'm sure of that!
May 4, 2011
Luca Vignelli
May 4, 2011
Jean-François
May 4, 2011
Billy Oneale
May 4, 2011
Jan Carter
May 4, 2011
Alan
May 4, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris
May 4, 2011
Jan Carter
Robert,
I have heard that the new Templar will be "medieval looking". This has led to some speculation about maybe a damascus. Another speculation about that was maybe a swing guard. One thing is for sure GEC will keep us looking forward to the next one.
May 4, 2011
Jan Carter
As promised, we are trying to make our way through the collection and get the pics loaded. Heres the toenails. The individual pics are on my page also.
May 4, 2011
Luca Vignelli
May 5, 2011
Tom Peterson
May 6, 2011
Jan Carter
May 6, 2011
Jan Carter
May 9, 2011