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by lxplumm
Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:43 am
Forum: Chinese-made knives
Topic: the TEK X
Replies: 29
Views: 7964

Re: the TEK X

lxplumm wrote:I see the Tec X web page is missing. Anyone have any idea what is going on? Case's website still has the link, but it will not take you anywhere. http://www.wrcase.com/index_en.php
Ops! I guess it's back (kinda').
by lxplumm
Fri Feb 17, 2017 2:27 am
Forum: Chinese-made knives
Topic: the TEK X
Replies: 29
Views: 7964

Re: the TEK X

I see the Tec X web page is missing. Anyone have any idea what is going on? Case's website still has the link, but it will not take you anywhere. http://www.wrcase.com/index_en.php
by lxplumm
Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:53 am
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: J. Bruce Voyles
Replies: 8
Views: 804

Re: J. Bruce Voyles

I just read this on his facebook page: "I received a call last Thursday from the bosses at Knives Illustrated Magazine--my day job for the last 14 years. I have held the job under several different owners, but that tenure ended with five simple words. "Your position has been terminated.&qu...
by lxplumm
Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:10 am
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: J. Bruce Voyles
Replies: 8
Views: 804

J. Bruce Voyles

J. Bruce Voyles is no longer the editor of 'Knives Illustrated'. Anybody know anything about that? (He didn't even say goodbye.)
by lxplumm
Wed May 22, 2013 9:10 am
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: 23TL
Replies: 12
Views: 1637

Re: 23TL

OK, now I get it. Thanks Jerry.
by lxplumm
Tue May 21, 2013 11:59 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: 23TL
Replies: 12
Views: 1637

Re: 23TL

So are you saying that it opens normally (and locks somehow?) and when you want to close it, you push the lever up? I see GEC's website has been updated with more information but it still isn't clear to me exactly how it works.
by lxplumm
Tue May 21, 2013 8:45 am
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: 23TL
Replies: 12
Views: 1637

23TL

Anybody know what the heck the #23TL is all about? Something that I've never seen before.
by lxplumm
Tue May 21, 2013 8:08 am
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Northfield Brand Blade Finish
Replies: 6
Views: 1768

Re: Northfield Brand Blade Finish

I have a White Owl with satin finished blades and I like it better than my knives with polished blades. Seems more like a 'real' knife to me.
by lxplumm
Sat May 11, 2013 1:59 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: GEC Factory Video
Replies: 18
Views: 4456

Re: GEC Factory Video

Thanks for the link, Classic Case. I learned a lot and got my first close up look at Bill Howard. I think a full scale interview with him would be fascinating.
by lxplumm
Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:28 am
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Help me pick a GEC bone color for my next project.
Replies: 15
Views: 3166

Re: Help me pick a GEC bone color for my next project.

I like them all Mike, but I chose Copperhead.
by lxplumm
Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:16 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: TSA TO ALLOW KNIVES ON PLANES!!!!
Replies: 62
Views: 16365

Re: TSA TO ALLOW KNIVES ON PLANES!!!!

Wow! I was surprised to see how much opposition there has been to the revised TSA regulations. I had no idea how many knife-haters there were out there. It's almost if the people who don't carry a knife don't want anybody else to carry one either. It's hard to believe that in a world full of knives,...
by lxplumm
Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:42 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: TSA TO ALLOW KNIVES ON PLANES!!!!
Replies: 62
Views: 16365

Re: TSA TO ALLOW KNIVES ON PLANES!!!!

Yup, maybe my optimisn was a little premiture. :(
by lxplumm
Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:52 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: GEC Pricing
Replies: 8
Views: 1294

Re: GEC Pricing

Hey Mike. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post and satisfying my curiosity.

Looks like you got a 'good deal', Jody. Ha ha
by lxplumm
Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:57 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: GEC Pricing
Replies: 8
Views: 1294

GEC Pricing

Here's a question that I have always wondered about. Did GEC intentionally create retail prices way above the actual selling price in order to create the illusion of 'getting a good deal' or were the prices just beaten down by compitition? You'd think that there would have to be some markup, or nobo...
by lxplumm
Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:00 am
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: TSA TO ALLOW KNIVES ON PLANES!!!!
Replies: 62
Views: 16365

Re: TSA TO ALLOW KNIVES ON PLANES!!!!

While I understand everyone's cynical attitude toward the new TSA rules, I see this change in regulations as just one more step in the loosening of knife restrictions all across the country (see ConservativeKnives, link http://www.kniferights.org/). We have a long way to go to get back to the pre-sw...
by lxplumm
Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:12 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Are people still collecting GEC?
Replies: 60
Views: 8554

Re: Are people still collecting GEC?

I also stand with whitebuffalo58. In my worst nightmare, GEC finds cheaper and faster ways to make knives, starts running full page ads in Knives Illustrated, decorates their knives with ‘I love Mom’ slogans, gets bought out by a conglomerate that only cares about maximizing the bottom line and then...
by lxplumm
Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:34 am
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Are people still collecting GEC?
Replies: 60
Views: 8554

Re: Are people still collecting GEC?

WHAT?? I'm SHOCKED!! OK, OK, I have a couple of those too (not as many as you, I'm sure). I'm probably a little premature in predicting the demise of all slippies. There still seems to be plenty of them around and I'm sure they'll still be here long after I'm gone. OK, kid, :D I'm glad to know you d...
by lxplumm
Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:55 am
Forum: Queen Cutlery Collector's Forum
Topic: Queen's new website
Replies: 33
Views: 6562

Queen's new website

I see Queen finally has their new website done. Looks pretty good.

http://www.queencutlery.com/
by lxplumm
Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:39 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Are people still collecting GEC?
Replies: 60
Views: 8554

Re: Are people still collecting GEC?

Some interesting thoughts,Lane ::hmm:: ___this issue/question was just asked/discussed on another forum ___what some GEC Collectors said *******___link to topic below****** http://blog.tsaknives.com/2013/02/26/anyone-excited-about-gec-anymore.aspx Thanks for pointing me to Greg's blog, which tended...
by lxplumm
Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:23 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Are people still collecting GEC?
Replies: 60
Views: 8554

Re: Are people still collecting GEC?

I suppose GEC gains some customers by the things that they do and loose some customers for the same reason. There are so many GEC's out there with numbers on them I really don't think that they mean much anymore. I buy (and use) the GEC's that I like, and I really don't care if they have a number or...
by lxplumm
Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:09 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Are people still collecting GEC?
Replies: 60
Views: 8554

Re: Are people still collecting GEC?

Call me a sissy if you want, but my upper limit is 3 1/2 in.. In my urban environment I just feel more comfortable carrying a smaller knife.
by lxplumm
Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:33 am
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Are people still collecting GEC?
Replies: 60
Views: 8554

Re: Are people still collecting GEC?

And I in turn have to agree with Earl. For most people, using knives are generally some kind of one handed opener. If someone did want a slippie to carry in their pocket, Smokey Mountain would be happy to send them a Steel Warrior for ten bucks (plus $10.00 shipping, ha ha). On the other hand, peopl...
by lxplumm
Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:26 am
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: Are people still collecting GEC?
Replies: 60
Views: 8554

Re: Are people still collecting GEC?

So here's my uninformed opinion. I see the market for pocket knives in a general decline and that most of the people who do buy knives these days (slip joints in particular) are collectors. Up until now GEC has succeeded in large part, not by creating a new market, but by taking market share from ot...
by lxplumm
Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:07 am
Forum: Chinese-made knives
Topic: NO MORE POLITICS !
Replies: 41
Views: 54684

Re: NO MORE POLITICS !

While I agree that we shouldn't have to listen to people telling us who are enemies are, it's OK to express a chauvinistic preference for knives made in America, right?

Otherwise we will probably be disenfranchising a majority of the people who post on this website.
by lxplumm
Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:57 pm
Forum: Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) Collector's Forum
Topic: New to GEC
Replies: 20
Views: 4063

Re: New to GEC

The Conductor certainly fits the bill size-wise and it is definitely a knife that I am proud to own, but for some reason those two chunky guys keep jumping into my pocket (a latent fondness for Whalers?). In the forward to 'Collecting Case Knives", by Steve Pfeiffer, John Sullivan wrote, "...

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