All About Pocket Knives

I am new to this forum and have already had a chance to “meet” a few of you and even buy a few knives from some of you. I have always enjoyed knives and my favorite knife manufacturer has been Chris Reeve Knives.

Recently, I have re-entered the slip joint world and I enjoy collecting GEC knives that feature the beaver shield.

Since I am always taking pictures of them and hunting them down for my collection, I thought I would start a thread here too.

The first pic is the one that started the beaver tail addiction for me, the Pioneer Trapper.

𝗚𝗘𝗖 𝟮𝟯𝟱𝟭𝟮𝟬
𝗣𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿
𝗝𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱

#𝟮𝟯 “𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹” 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

𝗚𝗘𝗖 #𝟮𝟯
𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

BeaverTail_Hunter wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:42 pm #𝟮𝟯 “𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹” 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

𝗚𝗘𝗖 #𝟮𝟯
𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

Fantastic scales on that one.

𝟳𝟯 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲 & 𝗧𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱.

𝗚𝗘𝗖 𝟳𝟯
𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:45 pm

BeaverTail_Hunter wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:42 pm #𝟮𝟯 “𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹” 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

𝗚𝗘𝗖 #𝟮𝟯
𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

Fantastic scales on that one.

Thanks. I was just recently able to pick up the 2007 #73 also.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 “𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥” 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕.

𝗚𝗘𝗖 𝟮𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗘𝗖 𝟳𝟯
𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

This is a Ben Hogan pattern #65 lock back beaver 🦫 tail

here is one of my 65’s

𝗚𝗘𝗖 𝟲𝟱𝟭𝟭𝟭𝟭
𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱
𝗝𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱

Drukai wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 1:59 am This is a Ben Hogan pattern #65 lock back beaver 🦫 tail

awesome Ben Hogan! Thanks for sharing that one!

Just this one but I would have more if they weren't so dad blamed expensive. I'm a big fan of the 48.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:10 pm Just this one but I would have more if they weren't so dad blamed expensive. I'm a big fan of the 48.

That 48 “Improved Trapper” is probably my favorite of the 48s !

BeaverTail_Hunter wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:28 am

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:10 pm Just this one but I would have more if they weren't so dad blamed expensive. I'm a big fan of the 48.

That 48 “Improved Trapper” is probably my favorite of the 48s !

I'm with you. Hands down my favorite of the 48's and tied with a couple of other GEC's.

𝗚𝗘𝗖 #𝟰𝟴𝟴𝟭𝟭𝟬 𝗕𝗘
𝗝𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱

Big Jack #54

Another recent 2007 23 and 73 pairing

𝗚𝗘𝗖 𝟮𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗘𝗖 𝟳𝟯
𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳

GEC 48 Improved Trapper

𝙶𝙴𝙲 𝟹𝟾𝟹𝟸𝟷𝟻
𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙺𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎
𝙹𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢

BeaverTail_Hunter wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:04 am 𝙶𝙴𝙲 𝟹𝟾𝟹𝟸𝟷𝟻
𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙺𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎
𝙹𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢

That one is my favorite.

BeaverTail_Hunter wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 6:46 pm GEC 48 Improved Trapper

One of my favorite patterns (and my only Beaver Tail)

Shaner Sportmen’s Club SFO
#235120

saw this - ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144197944214?h ... Sw-UxhPhwG

𝗚𝗘𝗖 𝟰𝟴𝟭𝟮𝟭𝟭
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿
𝗝𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮

𝐆𝐄𝐂 #𝟔𝟎
𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞
𝐉𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟲𝟬 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲.

𝗚𝗘𝗖 #𝟱𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝟲𝟬
𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀
𝗝𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮