Totally agree with you. I love the pinch opening knives. Makes it so much easier to work with. When I'm working, I generally open my knife then make a few cuts and close it again. After opening a knife several times, you really start to appreciate an easy to open knife.
Perfection! I would never know the easy opens were not factory! I want a match striker pull notch on a knife so bad! I would use it as a nail file :) your work is superb Randy! Hopefully the hurricane stays well away from you guys!
Enjoyed the video i saw a comment of not likeing nail nicks i also am not fond of them. I put a KWIK thumb stud on mine.All so for those that might not no they make thumb nick openers and they also can be highly collectable all have a blessed day Randy.
I have the same EO SFO 852213 in African Blackwood and love it. I have to pick it up and look at it at least once a week haha. I like your vids. Thanks
That particular knife is spectacular. Wish I had one. Hope you are still enjoying it. I would be compelled to have a look at it at least weekly as well. ✌🏼
Those secondary blades are called "coping" blades. They are prized by master craftsmen of leather, wood, textiles, etc, for their ability to do super fine cuts & even shapes. Here is a fact: "Production" knife companies CANNOT AFFORD to put a perfect razor edge on their knives. You take a brand new blade that has been heat treated, annealled & ground from a blank. Now, go sharpen it to perfection. Time it & see how long it takes. Now, multiply that by dozens, if not hundreds of knives PER DAY. You would have to pay a small army of craftsmen to keep up. And it would add an incredible price increase to every knife & slow down sales. Would you rather pay 20 extra bucks or do it yourself? That's the truth. Actually, GEC does a pretty good job with theirs. I would like to see any of us use a STONE WHEEL the way those old masters do it, with quick one-handed passes, and not screw up on a bunch of blades & scratch the crap out of em. Back to the drawing board for "that knife". I would be scared to try........with a stone wheel? Not ME.......ha ha. You did an excellent job on those EZ open mods. And making those pen blades into coping blades. That's a sweet SFO. You should see the SFO I got from Mike Latham, it's a single spear blade EZ open in smooth ivory bone. It has all the same stuff, like the match striker long pull.........PLUS a really nice liner lock!!! Rob at ApostleP has it right now, to do a video on it soon. Unfortunately, they all sold out. I just love it when you come out with a whole slew of traditional knife videos Randy. I always look forward to them. Thanks man!!!
@@larrymackerethjr.3812 Thanks for the kind words Larry. I'm now 60 yrs old, and I grew up at the tail end of an era where traditional knives were about to lose their quality, not to mention all the great old factories in which very few remained in the 60's & 70's. Practically every man & boy in the south had a traditional pocketknife when I was a kid. I grew up carrying & using the #54 Case Trapper. So finally, around 2010, I decided to really dive in and start collecting & researching traditional folder history going all the way back to the mid 1800's here in America. A sea of information was at hand, and I'm still learning. I propositioned Rob of youtube ch: "TheApostleP" to start a joint effort on traditional folders, the famous old factories, the various patterns, and their history. I would supply knives from my collection for both new GEC knives as well as very old knives, and write a complete detailed history of various old factories for each video. The series is called: "Traditional Knives Anthology" on Rob's channel, where he shows my knives and reads the body of work I researched & wrote, which requires a lot of time & effort. Over 20 videos in the series beginning about 10 yrs ago I believe. Check em out, if ya haven't already. Go to Rob's homepage on his channel & select "Play Lists"......scroll down & you'll see "Traditional Knives Anthology". We still manage a new video once in a great while, as we are both very busy these days. Thanks again Larry. Steve.....Melbourne, Fl.
Love the video! The easy open hole isn't my thing but I am a bit unusual my self. Not a lot of spendy blades my self but I do own two case One brand new and another from the late 40s and a old boker camp knife from 51. Other then that my main collection is new bucks and old.... old timers . No desire to own any new old timers due to radical difference in quality between the new and the old and horrible compared to my bucks
Just watching some of these old vids bro and laughing since i bought this actual knife from you. Still love it. Still carry it at times. Even ended up in the hospital cause i put the big blade through my hand. Lol. Good times. Lol
Did you ever end up selling the Green EO GEC? Would love to have a crack at it aha. Waiting for the next time in a decade they release a long pull 85 with coping blade.
22 June 2022. I am a rookie knife nut. Love the educational and entertaining videos. Thank you much. And THANK YOU JESUS !!! 😀✝️✌🏼
Totally agree with you. I love the pinch opening knives. Makes it so much easier to work with. When I'm working, I generally open my knife then make a few cuts and close it again. After opening a knife several times, you really start to appreciate an easy to open knife.
Perfection! I would never know the easy opens were not factory! I want a match striker pull notch on a knife so bad! I would use it as a nail file :) your work is superb Randy! Hopefully the hurricane stays well away from you guys!
Nice work Randy. Love the originality you bring to the modding scene!
Awesome. Would love to see a video of you making the easy open
Enjoyed the video i saw a comment of not likeing nail nicks i also am not fond of them. I put a KWIK thumb stud on mine.All so for those that might not no they make thumb nick openers and they also can be highly collectable all have a blessed day Randy.
I have the same EO SFO 852213 in African Blackwood and love it. I have to pick it up and look at it at least once a week haha.
I like your vids.
Thanks
Forgot to add, great job on the EO mod to the green brier 85
That particular knife is spectacular. Wish I had one. Hope you are still enjoying it. I would be compelled to have a look at it at least weekly as well. ✌🏼
I don't understand how you don't have at least 50,000 subscribers.....
Nicely done and the mods look great too. Good job.
Great job fella!
As always, Cheers! For The Video.
Those secondary blades are called "coping" blades. They are prized by master craftsmen of leather, wood, textiles, etc, for their ability to do super fine cuts & even shapes. Here is a fact: "Production" knife companies CANNOT AFFORD to put a perfect razor edge on their knives. You take a brand new blade that has been heat treated, annealled & ground from a blank. Now, go sharpen it to perfection. Time it & see how long it takes. Now, multiply that by dozens, if not hundreds of knives PER DAY. You would have to pay a small army of craftsmen to keep up. And it would add an incredible price increase to every knife & slow down sales. Would you rather pay 20 extra bucks or do it yourself? That's the truth. Actually, GEC does a pretty good job with theirs. I would like to see any of us use a STONE WHEEL the way those old masters do it, with quick one-handed passes, and not screw up on a bunch of blades & scratch the crap out of em. Back to the drawing board for "that knife". I would be scared to try........with a stone wheel? Not ME.......ha ha. You did an excellent job on those EZ open mods. And making those pen blades into coping blades. That's a sweet SFO. You should see the SFO I got from Mike Latham, it's a single spear blade EZ open in smooth ivory bone. It has all the same stuff, like the match striker long pull.........PLUS a really nice liner lock!!! Rob at ApostleP has it right now, to do a video on it soon. Unfortunately, they all sold out. I just love it when you come out with a whole slew of traditional knife videos Randy. I always look forward to them. Thanks man!!!
Just read your comments. You are truly a knife nut. I appreciate the education. God bless
@@larrymackerethjr.3812 Thanks for the kind words Larry. I'm now 60 yrs old, and I grew up at the tail end of an era where traditional knives were about to lose their quality, not to mention all the great old factories in which very few remained in the 60's & 70's. Practically every man & boy in the south had a traditional pocketknife when I was a kid. I grew up carrying & using the #54 Case Trapper. So finally, around 2010, I decided to really dive in and start collecting & researching traditional folder history going all the way back to the mid 1800's here in America. A sea of information was at hand, and I'm still learning. I propositioned Rob of youtube ch: "TheApostleP" to start a joint effort on traditional folders, the famous old factories, the various patterns, and their history. I would supply knives from my collection for both new GEC knives as well as very old knives, and write a complete detailed history of various old factories for each video. The series is called: "Traditional Knives Anthology" on Rob's channel, where he shows my knives and reads the body of work I researched & wrote, which requires a lot of time & effort. Over 20 videos in the series beginning about 10 yrs ago I believe. Check em out, if ya haven't already. Go to Rob's homepage on his channel & select "Play Lists"......scroll down & you'll see "Traditional Knives Anthology". We still manage a new video once in a great while, as we are both very busy these days. Thanks again Larry. Steve.....Melbourne, Fl.
Love the video! The easy open hole isn't my thing but I am a bit unusual my self. Not a lot of spendy blades my self but I do own two case One brand new and another from the late 40s and a old boker camp knife from 51. Other then that my main collection is new bucks and old.... old timers . No desire to own any new old timers due to radical difference in quality between the new and the old and horrible compared to my bucks
Just watching some of these old vids bro and laughing since i bought this actual knife from you. Still love it. Still carry it at times. Even ended up in the hospital cause i put the big blade through my hand. Lol. Good times. Lol
Very Nice!!!!
Like to see a modification easy open on a single blade Victorinox Silver Alox.
Its a revers ez open omg it looks better then factory it looks so perfessonal custom
Hey Randy! Do you still do The ez open mods?
Did you ever end up selling the Green EO GEC? Would love to have a crack at it aha. Waiting for the next time in a decade they release a long pull 85 with coping blade.
Great work!
Great work dude
Bro no way so cool so cool !!!!
Like that mean green string bean!
Hey Randy...how about you sell me that Greenie?
Do you have a tutorial on how to make that mod?
nice job
Love it.
if you want to sell that green EO or the queen EO, give me a shout please.
Very nice
Its not mirror but reflective polish
Coping secondary blade
I detest a nail nick...awful.
M
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