Northwoods Bear Lake

The Northwoods Knife brand name originated in Gladstone, Michigan when a man named Dave Shirley adopted it as his knife company's name in 2004. Dave was well known for collaborating with popular knife companies to have knives made to his specifications for resale well before 2004 & beyond. KnivesShipFree bought Northwoods from Dave & has continued to team up with respected makers to produce knives marked with the Northwoods brand name.
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Outstanding pair of knives Ivoryman. I agree with KJ on the stag one, absolutely gorgeous looking handles.
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Thanks Sunknife, appreciate it.
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The Bear lake has become my favourite slip joint over all others, not sure if that will change in the future ::hmm::

Here's one in stag ::tu::
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Very nice Travis! That is indeed a great pattern. ::nod::
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Beautiful knife Travis.
I would like to see this pattern with a spear point blade. GEC has made too many knives with a Wharncliffe blade.
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Good looking piece Travis B. Nice stag on that one.
Never enough Wharncliffes to go around. Try to find one for what they were retail. Good luck. Demand far exceeds supply. They did make a Bear Lake in spear, some must have been asleep and missed it.
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That's some nice stag on those Bear Lake's. I think it is the perfect size.
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One more. Thanks Farside. Great size, and could be mistaken, but seems like it's not any of the regular patterns GEC does, I can't name the pattern #, can anyone else? Wish GEC did one of these under their own name like they do many patterns.
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I find the tapered handle creates an exceptionally attractive configuration. For some reason it looks different to me than a standard sleeve board.
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Oops, there is a spear point Bear Lake. Right on !
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I call them Mini Fremont's :)
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Ivoryman wrote:One more. Thanks Farside. Great size, and could be mistaken, but seems like it's not any of the regular patterns GEC does, I can't name the pattern #, can anyone else? Wish GEC did one of these under their own name like they do many patterns.
Iman is that last one covered in mammoth? If so I'm jealous. ::tu:: I Guess I better show mine off. Giraffe, Kudu and stag.
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Virtually all the knives being shown are #12s on a scale of 1 to 10. ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Iman is that last one covered in mammoth? If so I'm jealous. ::tu:: I Guess I better show mine off. Giraffe, Kudu and stag.[/quote]

You got it, and man you have a beautiful group of them yourself. I must say this thread has my attention more than any other today, not even close. Great shows all, I love seeing the different ones. Keep 'em rolling.
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Iman so yours are, from the top: stag, giraffe & mammoth ?
I think the mammoth is rare for this pattern. Wish GEC would do this one again and use mammoth. Why not ?
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Thanks for earlier comments, sorry for the slow reply ::tu:: some beauties there Ivoryman and gsmith ::super_happy:: .... I'm not sure how many of you guys are on Facebook and sorry if your seeing my pics again.... But the bear lake is definitely my favourite pattern/slippy..... I kind of hope gec doesn't start using the patern, just so it stays that bit more special/different ::shrug:: .... Any how here's a couple of kudu's ::tu::
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Some smokey burlap :)
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All great beauties, without exception.
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First run stag....
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I'll take the Stag one please. :D
Why is it we don't know the GEC pattern # for this knife ? And, as far as i know GEC has not used this frame for any other knife.
Did Queen have a sleeveboard knife of this exact size ? If they did it is possible that GEC bought the Bear Lake frame from Queen.
Any thoughts on this ?
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TravisB wrote:Thanks for earlier comments, sorry for the slow reply ::tu:: some beauties there Ivoryman and gsmith ::super_happy:: .... I'm not sure how many of you guys are on Facebook and sorry if your seeing my pics again.... But the bear lake is definitely my favourite pattern/slippy..... I kind of hope gec doesn't start using the patern, just so it stays that bit more special/different ::shrug:: .... Any how here's a couple of kudu's ::tu::

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You're rocking it Travis, beautiful shots, great backdrop with the lake and the rope. Love those shots, first rate photography. And of course fabulous Kudu, stag, even the Burlap looks great in that group. Wow. Love the pattern and yours are stellar from those runs. Wow.
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Ivoryman wrote:
TravisB wrote:Thanks for earlier comments, sorry for the slow reply ::tu:: some beauties there Ivoryman and gsmith ::super_happy:: .... I'm not sure how many of you guys are on Facebook and sorry if your seeing my pics again.... But the bear lake is definitely my favourite pattern/slippy..... I kind of hope gec doesn't start using the patern, just so it stays that bit more special/different ::shrug:: .... Any how here's a couple of kudu's ::tu::

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You're rocking it Travis, beautiful shots, great backdrop with the lake and the rope. Love those shots, first rate photography. And of course fabulous Kudu, stag, even the Burlap looks great in that group. Wow. Love the pattern and yours are stellar from those runs. Wow.
Thank you Ivoryman ::tu:: I enjoy taking knife pics, problem is I always need more knives ::dang::
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::tu::
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The first run of Bear Lake is a barehead, no caps, right ?
And second release has caps ?
What was the time interval between these 2 releases ?
I still think there could be a Queen connection with this pattern.
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kootenay joe wrote:The first run of Bear Lake is a barehead, no caps, right ?
And second release has caps ?
What was the time interval between these 2 releases ?
I still think there could be a Queen connection with this pattern.
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First run was in 2016 with only top bolster and second run in 2018 with the double bolsters/caps :)

I believe it's a pattern all to its own.... It's like a offspring of a Northwoods Forrest Jack and a Fremont :lol:

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