Great Eastern Cutlery GEC 99 Wall Street In Chestnut Wood: Overview

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Alchemy_1

5 жыл бұрын

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@TheStreamingEnderman 2 жыл бұрын

I. NEED. THIS. Seriously, this is gorgeous! GEC is like Case, but actually viable.

@davids9549 5 жыл бұрын

Just bought the same knife today! Very lucky to find one here in the UK. Quality is just stunning. The bolsters - are they in fact stainless steel rather than the usual nickel silver? They certainly look and feel that way to me.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

David S Nice score 👌. As far as I know, the bolsters are brushed nickel silver on this model.

@davids9549 5 жыл бұрын

@@Alumapro23 Thanks, that's good to know. I hadn't realised nickel silver could come in a brushed finish.

@jimhebrank74 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice! I was lucky enough to get the Chestnut and Orange Springfield bone. They are sweet.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Jim Hebrank I’m definitely happy I was able to get one of these. Great pattern I had never had before. 👌

@oldfool2635 5 жыл бұрын

Good education of some small things I did not know, Thanks.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Old Fool 👊

@billmc8964 5 жыл бұрын

I was lucky to get a #99 burnt Elk, great vid!

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

BillMc89 Very nice. I got cart sniped twice on those and then ended up landing this chestnut and a dealer finally sending me an invoice for one I asked about when the knives first dropped. So, now I have multiple chestnuts and no Elk 🤦‍♂️😄

@andresmiguel2573 3 жыл бұрын

@@Alumapro23 Don’t dealers do preorders?

@stevegoldsmith2781 5 жыл бұрын

GEC if you like it, buy it! Yes, those words are to be embraced. Nice job.

@sisler42789 5 жыл бұрын

Just picked one up on ebay because of your video. thanks for posting!

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Jake Sisler Very cool! Enjoy, man 👊

@llucagullo3876 5 жыл бұрын

✨precious ⚡️💫🤩

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

LLuc Agullo 😁

@darvinclement8404 5 жыл бұрын

Nice looking wood on that one. I lucked into a Springfield bone 99 and a beavertail 85 that should be here Monday. Keep the great videos coming.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Darvin Clement Very nice! I’m happy to see some patterns come back that haven’t been run in a while. I hope they look into some other patterns that haven’t been run in years in 2019.

@kcbeem123 5 жыл бұрын

She is a beauty!

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

kcbeem123 Thanks 👊

@MRSOMTHINBASIC 5 жыл бұрын

Cool

@jtb_5 5 жыл бұрын

I had a chestnut that had lighter grain with some nice contrast. Solid lock up and centering, but had the scuffs on the bolster. I ended up selling it because I landed a standby reserve that I wasn't expecting. This is a cool knife, for sure.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Butcher Mike is good at gauging those things. 99% of the time standby means you’re getting one. 👊

@jtb_5 5 жыл бұрын

@@Alumapro23 That's good to know, thanks! This was the first standby I've been on, having either missed or hit before.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Butcher It can be tough. Always good to land one. People sometimes get mad at Mike about how long it takes to ship highly reserved knives out, but he’s very careful on how he counts. He does his best to come through for us.

@jtb_5 5 жыл бұрын

@@Alumapro23 Yep. I've made it a point to buy from Mike when I can. I even emailed him before I bought the first 99 because I wasn't sure how he considered the standby in terms of commitment. His response was generous and so I have no qualms about selling the one I bought and buying from Mike. I'd rather support a good man, even if what I'm buying is not as much to my liking as another (it isn't like I'm getting a defective product, after all!).

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Butcher Yes, Mike is a great guy that tries hard to make the customers happy. I’m always happy to support a business like that.

@PatrickDustman 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, love that. SurvivalAustria

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

SurvivalAustria Thanks 👊

@asphyxiate14 5 жыл бұрын

Is that a crack in the wood under the top bolster on the acorn side??

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Asphyxiate14 No, it’s the coloration and the grain of the wood.

@JTsKnifeLife 5 жыл бұрын

I'm just getting into GECs now, and I'm finding that the single blade models tend to be the most in demand and spike in value the most. Would you agree with that, and are there any you would recommend more than others? I currently have a 78 and just ordered an 85.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

JT's Knife Life From what I’ve seen and what I’ve gathered talking to people as they grow into the hobby, there are a few reasons for what you’re describing. When people start off, they like single bladed knives for a variety of reasons. That creates a demand for single blade variants. Then there are the SFO’s and exclusives that are a mix of single blade and multi blade knives. For example, the TC’s. TC’s fly off the shelf because they’re exclusive knives, but they also happen to be single blades knives, most of the time. I have a video in my playlist on knives that I would recommend to people starting out. I list the 15, 77, and 78 in that video with an explanation as to why I recommend each. Traditionals, especially GEC’s, can be great knives to own and fun to chase, but they can cause you some headaches 😄👊

@yosef6216 5 жыл бұрын

pretty

@peterpuleo2904 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing will ruin a knife faster that using it as a pry bar.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Peter Puleo Depends on what the definition of pry is and what the knife is, but I agree, in the right conditions. There’s nothing to support a traditional knifes pivot so it’s just going to slowly work itself apart, for example.

@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 5 жыл бұрын

You ever heard of "Bear and Sons"? Made in Alabama USA. A bought a Rosewood Barlow from BHQ(on a whim). It's a...really decent knife for the price. Walk and talk is equivalent to GEC-was surprised about that. Fit and finish..not perfect. Springs are annoyingly proud and shield transitions to bolsters aren't smooth(not horrible). I sent the company a message stating that if the quality control was better they could compete with Great Eastern. For the price I paid it really is a good knife. Kind of a sleeper.

@dwainsw4076 5 жыл бұрын

Chestnut wood or chestnut bone. Title says wood, you said bone in video. Thinking it’s wood.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Dwain S&w Yes, I misspoke. It is wood.

@twilightshooter4990 5 жыл бұрын

Chestnut wood is very soft. Not the best choice for knife scales.

@Alumapro23 5 жыл бұрын

Twilight Shooter Softer, absolutely. Balsa like, no. If I could roll pictures in after the fact, I would. I discussed this with my buddy before I even got mine. I had a stainless 15 in chestnut and in elk some years ago. I 5th pocket carried the chestnut and the adjustment knob of my chapstick left faint markings on the cover. Best? Best for what and whom? I’ve covered the topic of our use of the word best in another video. Best is a qualifying term that requires parameters. I could make an argument that wood isn’t the best handle material for a tool at all. Wood is a natural material that is going to require care, has a lower strength than a synthetic material (in general), and no matter what you do, it’s not going to hold up as long as a synthetic material. For a traditional knife, I don’t know. From talking to individuals, myself included, we buy traditionals for the way they age and the way they look like they can tell a story. So, in that case, softer covers would be “best”. I don’t know what your use of the word best was in relation to, but I’d be interested in hearing.