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.

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

Anyone wanting to pick up another IKC knife?  We have 4 left and really want to comlete the order

I'll see if I can't get the word out to some fellow Iknife and GEC brothers. : )

Thanks Johnny I could use all the help I can get

Where can I find a picture of this knife?

Dick,

You can get the details here

http://www.iknifecollector.com/profiles/blogs/ikc-2011-community-knife

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

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. : )

Thanks George, appreciate the support

Dick, let me know we are down to one or two now

Christmas will soon be upon us, what knife will be with you on that special day?

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!

WOW! I LOVE the spear version. (Not for you, Luca : too small indeed!)

Can anybody confirm the size of the White Owl? Please?

Confirmed the #68 will be 3 7/16" long closed.

Just good for MY hands. Sorry ;=)

I WAS RIGHT!!!!!
http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7151... 

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.

That White Owl is very close to a moose pattern. They should have called it a White Moose...lol

LOL...

Robert I will surely be pulling for a new moose for you soon.

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.  

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.

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?

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.

I just looked it up to see what it was all about, honestly it sounded like a foreign steel, but I know GEC wouldn't do that. It may have a funny name, but I wouldn't mess with it, it sounds great. 

Just posted a new discussion up above. Chime in and let us know what you think!

just saw...we have 140 members in here and just today hit 1000 comments.  I love being a part of this wonderful and active group.  Thanks everyone for making this so much fun everyday!!!

Fresh! Spiral Cut Buffalo Horn GEC Northfield #46 , one of 9 made December 2011, unserialized.  I'll take a better picture in the daylight...

Luca, that is a beauty for sure, love the long pulls on the Northfields. Another great specimen of GEC quality!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS to everone ,got me a 72 pattern today ,and hope santa is good to everyone ,TOM@KAY

Yea!!!  a 72    wooohooo.  Tried to call yesterday Thomas

Merry Christmas to everyone, God Bless and be safe this holiday season!!!

Merry Christmas and to all a good knife! ;)

I got some GEC stuff to share, but we'll see tomorrow about knives. I can't wait to get pics. : )

A Beavertail has come to see me!!!!

A sweet little Bullwinkle Moose in burnt stag has made it home in Cajun land.

Me too Jan!!!!

I can't wait to share.

I saw this on he GEC website in the "What's Happenning Today" section and I thought it curious. I am eager to see what their new "Lumberjack" pattern will be, hoping it will be big, and I saw this photo, identified as "lumberjack spear and pen blade design pieces". Well, those look like Whaler blades to me, so I'm wondering whether the "Lumberjack" will be a Whaler variant, or maybe the phot was just mislabeled? Hmmmm... very curious.

Maybe the Lumberjack will be a Whaler with some sort of jigged wooden handles??? Maybe it will be a Whaler with a Jack set up? The anticipation is getting to me. I love these hints that GEC drops on us, now I'm hungry for more! Wait, is that a #26 or #36 main blade on top of the #46 main blade, or is it just the regular #46 pen blade? Now I have to go and look and compare the photo below to my knives...

Robert, you made me want a Moose! I want a Moose! I think I need a Moose! Anybody else out there want and need a Moose? More Moose please... I can't get the Moose out of my head. I'm in the mood for Moose!

What do you think about something along the lines of an old clasp knife.  A modified version of course but maybe?

Thinking about it, but my hallucinations below might not be such a bad idea, something new and completely over the top, but in a good way. Now I don't want to offend any purists here, but what if GEC made a new variant of the #46 Whaler and replaced the smaller pen blade with a full size #36 main blade in a Moose configuration, or maybe even in a Jackknife configuration too??? Wow, would that be cool! Two monster blades on one frame, "two great tastes that taste great together..." Then they could call it the "Jumbo Jack"!!! I like that idea, and I think the name is really catchy! The Jumbo Jack! Hey, if they made one, I'd be the first in line to get one!

Luca ...

I place my #85 main blade on top of the #46 and it looks to be a darn good fit and similarity to the picture.

Luca, Bulldog did something similar in '03 or '04, made muskrat, trapper and congress style sunfish.  I have one of the muskrats (see pic below).  Imagine a muskrat with 2 fat clip blades!  The congress was pretty wild with 4 big blades.  Of course those were all with the normal #36 size blades.  A #46 muskrat or congress would be mind boggling!

Handmade, if I remember right, Jan's knife has smooth bone handles and is pretty rare.

Crud, I probably just sinned by posting a pic of a non-GEC knife here.  If anyone objects, I will remove it (if I can figure out how).  Sorry