New Contest 6-16-08!!!! Pick a handle and name it!!!
A suggestion was recently made to me that if someone came up with a 'new' idea for a handle material for the GEC's.........it MIGHT just see production. I know it's pretty hard to imagine there are any options left that Great Eastern hasn't already done, but, it's worth a shot.
I know one idea I've had is running a 23 or a 73 Linerlock in Blaze Orange G-10 or Micarta. Last fall I sold a pile of Bark Rivers with the Blaze Orange G-10 and I think it makes a world of sense for a hunting knife and I think the Linerlocks would make a dandy hunter. I have no doubt that there are a bunch of you out there that have had similar ideas about a new handle. So here's the deal...
- Post your ideas for a new handle material, color, pattern etc as a response to this entry.
- Which pattern knife would you like to see it on
- NAME IT!!!!! We have to have a name for your idea
Try as I might, I just can't make it any simpler then that. For the time being, I'm going to leave the 'end date' of the contest open to give everyone a little time to come up with some ideas. But let's see what we can come up with by mid July.
IF we can get a 'winner' and Great Eastern will run with it, the 'creator' is going to be the proud owner of one of their personal creations with all the recognition due them. And think about it, how many of you have ever had a shot at submitting an idea that actually had a chance at becoming a production knife?????
Should someone come up with just a 'barn burner' of an idea, and you really like it too, speak up. If someone comes up with a great idea, I promise I will lobby the hell out of GEC to run it. In the meantime, spread the word around and let's see what we can come up with!!!
greg
I'd like to see greenbone like the old Case knives from the 40's. You could call it Classic Greenbone or Old Greenbone. I love the look of those old Case greenbones. I'm sure they could experiment with some dyes or natural materials to come up with something similar.
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OK greg, this is a really longshot, but one of my treasures is a Northwoods, Ivory Tiny Toothpick. If GEC could get some preban ivory I would go to heck for a #73 pattern single blade with ivory handles. Maybe a run of 10 or 15.
Anybody come up with anything crazier?
Jack
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Shoot, I forgot to name it. How about Ivory?
Jack
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Jack.....ya gotta get more creative. How about..'white' ivory?
greg
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As opposed to what "purple" Ivory? or maybe "black" Ivory?
haw, haw.......
Jack
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hey jack hey greg gec made a knife called ivory casein!!!! (SMILE) JOHN
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I'd like the guys to go for mammoth , it is expensive but readily available and I'd love to see it in a single blade scout (maybe with a wharncliffe blade???) and I think we could call it the "jurrasic"...
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I am a huge fan of Dymondwood laminates. They have way to many color combinations to really pick a favorite. I really think any of their models would look fabulous. I would simply call them the Dymondwood series. This is not a really original name but fitting for them. I make alot of pens and darts out of this wood and they really look fantastic. If you want to check out the colors go to www.rrpwhite.com/color%20chart.htm
Check it out
Mike
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An American Woods series would be great to see - perhaps in a 73 end cap, the cigar or even the 25. The exotic woods are OK but there is so much to offer with some of our native wood. Birds eye or tiger stripe maple, burls of various types, osage orange, 200 year old tight grained oak recovered from old barns, spalted beech, etc. etc. Lots of great choices that would make great 50 knife or less runs - I saw that GEC did some factory tests in 2006 but some retail runs for us regular collecting crowd would be awesome.
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Mike, I think you've got a great idea. How about a series of 3 or 4 knives, each in different wood?
greg
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That's what I was thinking Greg, maybe three or four per year for a continuing annual series. Definitely enough beautiful choices to go on for years. Could either be grouped various ways, i.e. by types of grain like burls, figured, spalted or by species. How about starting with a birds eye Maple, an Osage Orange heartwood and a Manzanita burl...that would be an awesome set. Would be handsome in a #73 with endcap. Or, why not go with a #23 with an endcap...a knife fit for Hercules!
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Oh, and maybe the cardboard tube could have a little write-up about the wood/tree in American history and folklore. American Elm would be a cool handle since it's nearly extinct and only found in used wood (barns, etc.). Doing stuff like that might be desirable collector-wise...
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I think you're onto a great idea. I'll be glad to push for it!
greg
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With all these acyrlics, I can't believe they haven't had any candystripe acrylics yet.
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