Every now and then someone asks me a question I assume everyone knows the answer to. Do I take special orders. Short answer is yes. I’m not talking about Early Orders for GEC knives. What I’m referring to are special orders for products I don’t carry in the store. It might be for a product…
Rating the “Pull”
In the last few days, I’ve had more requests than usual from customers to rate the ‘pull’ of several knives. Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, we usually refer to the ‘pull’ as the effort to open the blade on a folding knife. Then we’ll ascribe a number to quantify that…
Aqua Camel Bone Toothpick
I just finished listing the latest release from GEC. The Aqua Camel Bone Toothpick is in the store. Notice the polished bolsters compared to the satin finish on the Che Chen Rosewood. There’s a fair amount of variation in the handle colors so each knife is pictured individually. The knife in the store listing is…
New Old Stock & China Tariffs
Sorted through and found a couple of interesting pieces to list yesterday. It’s always interesting to discover some new old stock you’ve overlooked. I’ve accumulated a lot of odds and ends and in the lot was a really nice looking knife you don’t see very often. It’s a 2008 Premier Series Schatt & Morgan Humpback…
GEC Toothpick Arrives
Saturday I received the first of the 2019 128119 GEC Toothpick knives. Standard dimensions are the same as previous releases. 4″ OAL Closed, 7″ OAL open, 1095 Satin Blade, no half stop. The main difference from most previous runs are the satin bolsters and end caps. The first release is in Che Chen Rosewood. I’m…
GEC Lumber Jack & Crime Update
This week I was lucky enough to come across a GEC Lumber Jack. For those of you that haven’t been around GEC too long, this was one of the hottest releases GEC has brought out. I’d put it up there with the 98 Texas Camp Knife. Measuring over 4″ long closed, the Lumber Jack featured…
Stag & Mammoth Ivory Additions
I just listed a few 97 Allegheny’s in Sambar Stag. I only received a few and opted to just list them rather then try to do a lottery. I don’t anticipate they’ll last long! The second items were some really nice Schatt & Morgan #99 Exectutive Jacks with Mammoth Ivory handles. I purchased the entire…
Blade Steel Confusion
At the show last weekend I had a brief discussion with a fellow that started with him asking what was the best blade steel. It didn’t take long to get drawn into a circular discussion about the merits of this steel vs that steel and what you wanted to use the blade for. In short,…
Show Followup
It was good to see some of you make it to the Detroit Lakes show this past weekend. Thought I’d follow up and pass on a few notes. Last year the DL show wasn’t held due to a major remodeling project at the Armory. The Armory looks 100% better and was worth the time and…
Gun Show this Weekend
Sorry to be so late reminding folks of the Gun Show this weekend in Detroit Lakes at the National Guard Armory. Last year they were remodeling our armory so we didn’t have a show. This year we’re back on schedule. Show hours are Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 9-3. I’ll have 4 tables setup with all…