Hello,
I just received my #73 Tidioute 2 blade scout in River Blue bone a couple of weeks ago and decided it needed tested!  It's so good looking I almost hated to start carrying it, but I did.

I've used it around the farm for almost 2 weeks and have been cutting hay strings, feed sacks and other paper products, and many numerous other cutting jobs.  I haven't sharpened the blades at all, just using the factory edge.  I have been using the spey blade primarily for cutting hay strings on round hay bales.  If you've never done this, it is one of the harshest cutting jobs you can do with a knife.  If a knife can hold an edge well after doing this several times, it's a good knife.  My 73 is still shaving hair!  Granted, it is just barely shaving hair, but it has held up much better than I expected.  It will still cut paper with no problem.

I have made custom knives for 20 years.  I know a quality knife when I see one.  When I first opened the package on my 73 Tidioute, I thought to myself, WOW!!!!!!!  This knife is handmade quality in a production knife!  The fit and finish is fantastic.  The springs are heavy which I really like, and the bone handles really set this knife off!

The only thing I don't like is the ugly 1 OF 50 on the blade.  GEC PLEASE TAKE THE BLADE ETCH OFF!!!  It really distracts from the beauty of the knife.

Other wise, it is as near a perfect knife as can be found in a production knife.  GEC, you make one great knife!  I will definitely be buying more of these for my customers who like factory made knives.

Craig Blankenship
Booger County Outfitters LLC.