Johnny if these are Sodbusters to be, and they certainly look it, then I couldn't be happier!!! Now I just hope they make it a linerlock and in black, of course! Secondly I also hope they'll make it in the #23 size too!!! I love the feel of a sodbuster handle, one of the most comfortable grips of all!
I would love to see those as well, GEC has a great Liner lock system. Okay, Sodbuter, stag scales, linerlock and a kicking mule shield. I agree with the comfort comment, I EDCed one for a long time.
The #23L, is probably a real worked. The #46, I can't see it being so much more useful than the more pocket friendly patterns, for me, I'll pass on hauling around a whale.
Luca, why do you like the whale for EDC?
I'm not condemning anyone, I just want to learn. : )
Johnny, I don't feel that either of my knives are too big, actually I find anything smaller too small. I don't know how you can skin and dress a deer with your #72 and #73, skin a cat maybe, but a deer? Maybe I just have big hands.
For me the Whaler is a knife that knows no limits where serious cutting is concerned. It will slice a hard aged salami, or a hard cheese like it wasn't even there, like butter. It would probably also skin and carve up a deer or a bear like it was butter! And if I need to cut some rope, it's good and ready. Plus it impresses the crap out of friends who have never seen anything like it. I also like the big hand feel and grip, especially the single bladed version. The weight issue for me is a good thing, I like knowing it's there, you can definitely feel it's presence. The #23 does all of the above, but in a slimmer version, and I like the security of having the linerlock just knowing it well never fold on me no matter what. The other knife I edc is a #36 that I rotate in and out of pocket and for all of the same reasons above. I'm a big pocket knife man and I'm not overcompensating for anything! Ha Ha! I still think GEC could go bigger on some of their knives. A bigger #23, call it lucky #13? A bigger size (with a #23 size blade) on any possible future Sodbuster model? I guess I just don't understand smaller knives, maybe you could educate me on this?
I have a #72 Frontier Bone in my front pocket. I am working on the computer today but have my Elk Conductor in front of me and my Red Elk #72 at my left hand. Luca, my two cats are looking a bit scared with both of my #72's within reach (but I could probably handle skinning them with the Conductor)! LOL, just kidding about skinning the cats of course!
I like doing more with less, I also like having more. Where you are EDCing 2 big knives, I'm EDCing 4 medium knives. I used to butcher deer with a Buck 110, not a small knife my any means, but it got to the point where I realized that I didn't need a knife that was so big. So, with the pack lightened I am more free, but I haven't sacrificed anything either.
If you have never gone the way of the small knife, than it would be hard to understand, same as I have never gone the way of the big knife. I like EDCing a knife and hardly noticing it. I'm more free that way. And to be honest, I feel that I could skin a deer with my #56 Dogleg. : )
So maybe it's just opinions? I feel that I could skin a deer, a bear, or anything else that lives here in Pa, all with my little #73. But, you feel it best to carry a whaler, or the big brother of my #73.
Good to hear your EDCing that #72 Tom, I'm sure it's gonna get a great patina. It's always nice to have back up that nice, those Elk conductors look great for the pocket.
Hmmm, I just remembered, my brother butchered his deer with Buck fixed blade knives. The big ones, being 119, 103 and 102.
While I used a much smaller Great Eastern #73. Maybe it's just a mind set and not wether a knife is useful or not for certain chores. Either way, it's nice to see the difference in opinion, thanks for sharing Luca.
It's been a while since I have stick with an EDC for very long. I always end up switching one out for another. My #72 in Red Wine even took a break for a couple weeks. It's touch sticking with one. : (
Johhny, you're right it is just a matter of preference and it all comes down to what feels better in hand for each and every one of us personally, like they say, "to each his (her) own." All knives no matter what size only do one thing, cut, but obviously shape and size will affect what it is you're cutting and what it is you're cutting will influence one's choice of blade size and design, along lines of perssonal preference, of course. I'm happy we all enjoy our own knives so much that we take time out of our days to communicate that joy to others here. Spread the joy!
I agree, I don't take my #73s to a nice dinner, I bring a #56. Occasion has a lot to do with my choice of EDC. Right now, since the temp is dropping, I'll pack a few extra knives along.
It is good to just discuss knives, I learn from your take on knives and I'm sure someone could get something out of what I have to share. But, our opinions are our's and nobody can really affect that. Thats what makes this place great.
You're right about occasion, that's kind of what's fun about owning different patterns and going with how you feel about the occasion when selecting your knife for the moment at hand. When I go to a nice dinner, I carry the #89 Melon Tester in Snakewood - hey I know it's not big and heavy, but it is long enough at 4". I think of that knife as a real gentleman's knife, not that I'm a gentleman... And if it's a black tie affair, then it's my very own iKC special factory ordered black beauty #36 all steel smooth buffalo horn, a classy knife if there ever was one. It's nice to see our friend Billy Oneale using a photo of his black beauty #36 knife as his ID photo here!
I'm going to a baptism on Sunday, my EDC choice is a #89 melon tester in stag. A knife I just pulled out to admire some, after I got my hands on it I knew it would need some pocket time. So, it will get some.
I'm sure I could get by with using a lesser knife, but why would I. Occasion EDC is a fun thing, the knives I don't normally carry get pocket time.
I do love it and wish it were coming out in a primitive bone. Need to see what the smooth bone will look like. Maybe I will get lucky and it will be a beaver pond smooth
I have gotten into this a little late, but are there any of the 2011 iKnife Collector Knives still available? I would be interested in one if they are still available.
You sure were Johnny! Love it as a start! Now I want to see them go bigger, the Sr. size not the Jr. and I want them to go wood and bone on this and stag for those of you who like it too. Anyone out there know what the positive qualities of 01 Wando Tool Steel are, 'cause I don't, compared to? But sounds like a true work knife steel to me. Please elucidate... How many are in this factory test run? Who has them? This, and it's hopefully future big brother, should be a GEC mainstay, made better than anyone else out there could do, and in plain and fancy models. Sign me up! Linerlock too, a must!!! Consider the market research done, I'm sold. Stop testing and start producing! Redneck orange? Would black be City Slicker Black? I'll take it, and love it.
Thank's Craig, I guess I saw that, but I do need new glasses. And yes, I have purchased from there in the past and been satisfied. Robert and Jan, I don't have a Moose, never held one, but sure as hell want to see more made. I think it's a pattern I could take a true liking to. I love the equal end cigar style, just as I like the new smaller #68. A Moose has two perfect blades, the clip and the spear, and for me that's an all in one, and it's just the right length for me.
I agree Luca, I would love to see a bigger one to match his little brother. That would be an awesome work knife set, I love the introduction of this pattern for GEC. I think they will nock this one out of the park, another great pattern passed through GEC production.
They have nailed everything so far, so I can't wait to see this one.
WANDO belongs to that class of oil-hardening tool steels known as non-deforming steels. It will develop full hardness on oil quenching from a relatively low temperature with minimum volume change, hence non-deforming. It is a general-purpose tool and die steel. Among its many applications are dies for many purposes, shear blades, taps and reamers.
I'm not familiar with WANDO but O-1 has been around for a long time. Randall Made Knives here in Orlando uses it on their non-stainless blades and it seems to be a real workhorse. I don't know why it was chosen by Mike at CK over the 1095 that GEC regularly uses unless it was to keep the price down?
Billy Oneale
It went great, Johnny. It fits in my pocket just like it had always belonged there.
Dec 6, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Glad to hear it Billy, it really is a great pattern, it just begs for use. Looking forward to seeing new pics of it after a patina is started.
Dec 6, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Could these be for a sodbuster?
http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/matt...
Dec 6, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Johnny if these are Sodbusters to be, and they certainly look it, then I couldn't be happier!!! Now I just hope they make it a linerlock and in black, of course! Secondly I also hope they'll make it in the #23 size too!!! I love the feel of a sodbuster handle, one of the most comfortable grips of all!
Dec 6, 2011
johnny twoshoes
I would love to see those as well, GEC has a great Liner lock system. Okay, Sodbuter, stag scales, linerlock and a kicking mule shield. I agree with the comfort comment, I EDCed one for a long time.
Well, heres to hoping.
Dec 6, 2011
Jan Carter
Wow, we almost fell off the font page...That never happens
Dec 7, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Yeah, I know, strange. : )
Dec 7, 2011
johnny twoshoes
So what are you guys carrying right now?
I have a #73L in my pocket and a #73 Scout on my hip. My #72 in Red Wine is in the backpocket and I also have a non-GEC scout knife in my LFP.
Dec 8, 2011
Luca Vignelli
A #23L in my pants back pocket and a #46 single blade in front. I should probably get a hip sheath!
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Wow, thats a man ready for anything. : )
The #23L, is probably a real worked. The #46, I can't see it being so much more useful than the more pocket friendly patterns, for me, I'll pass on hauling around a whale.
Luca, why do you like the whale for EDC?
I'm not condemning anyone, I just want to learn. : )
Dec 8, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Johnny, I don't feel that either of my knives are too big, actually I find anything smaller too small. I don't know how you can skin and dress a deer with your #72 and #73, skin a cat maybe, but a deer? Maybe I just have big hands.
For me the Whaler is a knife that knows no limits where serious cutting is concerned. It will slice a hard aged salami, or a hard cheese like it wasn't even there, like butter. It would probably also skin and carve up a deer or a bear like it was butter! And if I need to cut some rope, it's good and ready. Plus it impresses the crap out of friends who have never seen anything like it. I also like the big hand feel and grip, especially the single bladed version. The weight issue for me is a good thing, I like knowing it's there, you can definitely feel it's presence. The #23 does all of the above, but in a slimmer version, and I like the security of having the linerlock just knowing it well never fold on me no matter what. The other knife I edc is a #36 that I rotate in and out of pocket and for all of the same reasons above. I'm a big pocket knife man and I'm not overcompensating for anything! Ha Ha! I still think GEC could go bigger on some of their knives. A bigger #23, call it lucky #13? A bigger size (with a #23 size blade) on any possible future Sodbuster model? I guess I just don't understand smaller knives, maybe you could educate me on this?
Dec 8, 2011
Tom Peterson
I have a #72 Frontier Bone in my front pocket. I am working on the computer today but have my Elk Conductor in front of me and my Red Elk #72 at my left hand. Luca, my two cats are looking a bit scared with both of my #72's within reach (but I could probably handle skinning them with the Conductor)! LOL, just kidding about skinning the cats of course!
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Luca,
I like doing more with less, I also like having more. Where you are EDCing 2 big knives, I'm EDCing 4 medium knives. I used to butcher deer with a Buck 110, not a small knife my any means, but it got to the point where I realized that I didn't need a knife that was so big. So, with the pack lightened I am more free, but I haven't sacrificed anything either.
If you have never gone the way of the small knife, than it would be hard to understand, same as I have never gone the way of the big knife. I like EDCing a knife and hardly noticing it. I'm more free that way. And to be honest, I feel that I could skin a deer with my #56 Dogleg. : )
So maybe it's just opinions? I feel that I could skin a deer, a bear, or anything else that lives here in Pa, all with my little #73. But, you feel it best to carry a whaler, or the big brother of my #73.
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Good to hear your EDCing that #72 Tom, I'm sure it's gonna get a great patina. It's always nice to have back up that nice, those Elk conductors look great for the pocket.
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Hmmm, I just remembered, my brother butchered his deer with Buck fixed blade knives. The big ones, being 119, 103 and 102.
While I used a much smaller Great Eastern #73. Maybe it's just a mind set and not wether a knife is useful or not for certain chores. Either way, it's nice to see the difference in opinion, thanks for sharing Luca.
Dec 8, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris
My Moose #66 [I think} has found a way in my pockect this fall and hasn't left yet.
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Wow, thats awesome Robert.
It's been a while since I have stick with an EDC for very long. I always end up switching one out for another. My #72 in Red Wine even took a break for a couple weeks. It's touch sticking with one. : (
Dec 8, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Johhny, you're right it is just a matter of preference and it all comes down to what feels better in hand for each and every one of us personally, like they say, "to each his (her) own." All knives no matter what size only do one thing, cut, but obviously shape and size will affect what it is you're cutting and what it is you're cutting will influence one's choice of blade size and design, along lines of perssonal preference, of course. I'm happy we all enjoy our own knives so much that we take time out of our days to communicate that joy to others here. Spread the joy!
Dec 8, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Now if there were only a way to make some money while doing this here on the site, then I would never log off!
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
I agree, I don't take my #73s to a nice dinner, I bring a #56. Occasion has a lot to do with my choice of EDC. Right now, since the temp is dropping, I'll pack a few extra knives along.
It is good to just discuss knives, I learn from your take on knives and I'm sure someone could get something out of what I have to share. But, our opinions are our's and nobody can really affect that. Thats what makes this place great.
I look forward to more conversation like this!!!
Dec 8, 2011
Luca Vignelli
You're right about occasion, that's kind of what's fun about owning different patterns and going with how you feel about the occasion when selecting your knife for the moment at hand. When I go to a nice dinner, I carry the #89 Melon Tester in Snakewood - hey I know it's not big and heavy, but it is long enough at 4". I think of that knife as a real gentleman's knife, not that I'm a gentleman... And if it's a black tie affair, then it's my very own iKC special factory ordered black beauty #36 all steel smooth buffalo horn, a classy knife if there ever was one. It's nice to see our friend Billy Oneale using a photo of his black beauty #36 knife as his ID photo here!
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
I'm going to a baptism on Sunday, my EDC choice is a #89 melon tester in stag. A knife I just pulled out to admire some, after I got my hands on it I knew it would need some pocket time. So, it will get some.
I'm sure I could get by with using a lesser knife, but why would I. Occasion EDC is a fun thing, the knives I don't normally carry get pocket time.
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
The deluxe is here.
http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/6102...
Dec 8, 2011
Luca Vignelli
I think that one will make JJ here very happy, and help Jan along with her pit carvin' class...
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Hmm, not sure if it's one I would "need", but it is a beauty.
The bolsters are a nice touch to an already classy knife pattern. A great gentleman's knife for sure.
Dec 8, 2011
Jan Carter
I do love it and wish it were coming out in a primitive bone. Need to see what the smooth bone will look like. Maybe I will get lucky and it will be a beaver pond smooth
Dec 8, 2011
Jan Carter
Anyone wanting to pick up another IKC knife? We have 4 left and really want to comlete the order
Dec 8, 2011
johnny twoshoes
I'll see if I can't get the word out to some fellow Iknife and GEC brothers. : )
Dec 9, 2011
Jan Carter
Thanks Johnny I could use all the help I can get
Dec 9, 2011
Richard L Campbell (Dick)
Where can I find a picture of this knife?
Dec 9, 2011
Jan Carter
Dick,
You can get the details here
http://www.iknifecollector.com/profiles/blogs/ikc-2011-community-knife
Dec 9, 2011
George Canter
Gentlemen,
I have gotten into this a little late, but are there any of the 2011 iKnife Collector Knives still available? I would be interested in one if they are still available.
George
Dec 9, 2011
Billy Oneale
Dec 9, 2011
johnny twoshoes
George, this knife is going to be a great one so I would definitely get in on it.
Good luck, I hope they have one for you. : )
Dec 10, 2011
Jan Carter
Thanks George, appreciate the support
Dick, let me know we are down to one or two now
Dec 10, 2011
johnny twoshoes
Christmas will soon be upon us, what knife will be with you on that special day?
Dec 14, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Preview photos of the "White Owl" posted:
http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/information/white-owl/
Sweet looking in both spear and clip versions. I like it alot!
Dec 16, 2011
Jean-François
WOW! I LOVE the spear version. (Not for you, Luca : too small indeed!)
Dec 16, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Can anybody confirm the size of the White Owl? Please?
Dec 16, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Confirmed the #68 will be 3 7/16" long closed.
Dec 16, 2011
Jean-François
Just good for MY hands. Sorry ;=)
Dec 16, 2011
johnny twoshoes
I WAS RIGHT!!!!!
http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7151...
Dec 16, 2011
Luca Vignelli
You sure were Johnny! Love it as a start! Now I want to see them go bigger, the Sr. size not the Jr. and I want them to go wood and bone on this and stag for those of you who like it too. Anyone out there know what the positive qualities of 01 Wando Tool Steel are, 'cause I don't, compared to? But sounds like a true work knife steel to me. Please elucidate... How many are in this factory test run? Who has them? This, and it's hopefully future big brother, should be a GEC mainstay, made better than anyone else out there could do, and in plain and fancy models. Sign me up! Linerlock too, a must!!! Consider the market research done, I'm sold. Stop testing and start producing! Redneck orange? Would black be City Slicker Black? I'll take it, and love it.
Dec 16, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris
That White Owl is very close to a moose pattern. They should have called it a White Moose...lol
Dec 16, 2011
Jan Carter
LOL...
Robert I will surely be pulling for a new moose for you soon.
Dec 16, 2011
Luca Vignelli
Thank's Craig, I guess I saw that, but I do need new glasses. And yes, I have purchased from there in the past and been satisfied. Robert and Jan, I don't have a Moose, never held one, but sure as hell want to see more made. I think it's a pattern I could take a true liking to. I love the equal end cigar style, just as I like the new smaller #68. A Moose has two perfect blades, the clip and the spear, and for me that's an all in one, and it's just the right length for me.
Dec 16, 2011
johnny twoshoes
I agree Luca, I would love to see a bigger one to match his little brother. That would be an awesome work knife set, I love the introduction of this pattern for GEC. I think they will nock this one out of the park, another great pattern passed through GEC production.
They have nailed everything so far, so I can't wait to see this one.
Dec 16, 2011
johnny twoshoes
That steel sounds tough:
WANDO belongs to that class of oil-hardening tool steels known as non-deforming steels. It will develop full hardness on oil quenching from a relatively low temperature with minimum volume change, hence non-deforming. It is a general-purpose tool and die steel. Among its many applications are dies for many purposes, shear blades, taps and reamers.
Dec 16, 2011
Tom Peterson
I'm not familiar with WANDO but O-1 has been around for a long time. Randall Made Knives here in Orlando uses it on their non-stainless blades and it seems to be a real workhorse. I don't know why it was chosen by Mike at CK over the 1095 that GEC regularly uses unless it was to keep the price down?
Dec 17, 2011
Rusty R Halsey
Great info on the steel, Johnny! If it is used to cut other steel, mere wood and bone will be no obstacle. I may have to get one just to try it out.
Dec 17, 2011