TKP 2015 6.0: Great Eastern Cutlery Tour Pt. 4 -- Hafting thru Honing
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- This Part 4 of 4 in a video sub-series covering our factory tour of Great Eastern Cutlery, guided by Christine Tucker and William Howard. All the staff at GEC were gracious and helpful. I hope you all enjoy this very special look into a great American company!
Here's some contact information for GEC:
Website: greateasterncut...
Phone: 814-827-3411
Chris' Email: chris@greateasterncutlery.net
That was absolutely fascinating to watch! All those finishing steps, just so labor intensive. I know a lot of folks knock GEC for their factory edges, but there's a couple good reasons why they are done the way they are, and I'd shiver at the thought of honing knives on a grinding wheel, with a single FREE HAND......and to top that, using BOTH HANDS!!! All day long, every day...........and not wreck some of those blades. Yikes!!! Yep.......Patty is great at what she does. The whole gang at GEC deserve our respect. Thanks Rob, for bringing us along!
With every part of this series it did indeed get better. There's a reason so many (including myself) own and use a GEC knife.
Thanks Rob
Man oh man did I enjoy this series! Thank you so much for sharing this!
God bless the Apostle P you tube channel..love the series.
Just found these and watched all four - totally absorbing, and such a treat to see the people and processes which made my GECs. Thanks to you I have even more respect and admiration for these creations. As someone in the UK who would find it quite a trek to see these things for myself, I'm particularly grateful for these fascinating insights - many thanks indeed!
THERE AINT NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT KNIFE ! GREAT EASTERN CUTLERY TRIES LIKE HELL TO MAKE ONE !
Great Series, it truly gave me a greater appreciation to what it takes to make a knife and a better understanding of the value in a Great Eastern Knife.. :)
Oh boy.....I can't wait to visit that place!
wonderfully done. It makes me especially proud to own gec knives. This is a true example of American craftsmanship. It also proves that the people who are good at doing what they do make it look easy.
Joe wagner I ended up with two of these #38 Grinling Whittlers... so far. It's really a "statement knife" for GEC. It's a masterpiece!
Beautiful knives and a great video! Thanks for sharing!
The headline for me in this video series has been, "labor intensive, labor intensive, labor intensive." I now have an elevated respect for all the pride of product displayed at GEC along with the craftsmanship and loyalty exhibited. I had assumed that all the materials were thrown in a larger hopper and after chugging its way through the factory...out pops the finished product. Boy, was I so naive and wrong :).
If I recall correctly, the circular etched three "P" engraving on the main blade of the #38 stands for Pattern Premier Production. I would never have know this.
I'm outta popcorn.
Including Rob the caveman grinding pin ends, I counted TEN different grinding and polishing steps between Rob and Dick, just to do a GEC knife. And actually, several of those machines had dual grits on the grinding belt. That's a lot of finishing steps. And that was for a Titdioute knife. Imagine the added steps for a Northfield version. They say there's over 200 individual hand operations to produce a typical GEC knife!
When you are there for the GEC rendezvous, make sure you bring your Edge Pro with ya. A lot of folks are gonna want a ApostleP Edge on their newly purchased GEC blades!!
Gilbert Smith There's no way I'm gonna do that! I can't even bear the thought of the look Patty would give me if I did. I'm sure I would just fall over dead at the sight of it!
Great series Rob. Love watching American manufacturing. Loved Patty's hand sharpening. Made it look easy. We know it's not.
Great series of videos. Thanks
Thank you again for this wonderful tour, Rob! It feels a bit like you took us with you on your shoulders. It was one of the best - if not the best - factory tour videos, I've seen on RUclips so far.
A peaceful Easter to you and your family. God bless you!
Great tour! I so enjoyed it. Thank you.
Great Video... Thanks for what you do!
Thanks so much for this series. It's gratifying to see a company still concerned with quality. It's amazes me how they can do so much hand work and still keep their prices affordable.
I was thinking the same thing. The Tidioute versions of this #38 Grinling whittler, that they are actually producing during the making of this video, are so labor intensive, and an extremely difficult pattern to make, period. Yet they only charge plus or minus a hundred bucks, depending on the dealer and the model choice. I couldn't see myself making this knife to that degree of quality & precision, and then only charge a hundred bucks for it. Amazing. For the folks that think these are "priced too high", well, they just haven't actually held one in their hand yet.
Bless you for sharing this series of films. Great to see such pride in workmanship and family belonging. I hope to add some of these pocket knives to my collection of working knives. Thanks again for sharing. All the best from Scotland. Garry
Wow! That was time very well spent watching this GEC series. Thanks for doing this.
Great video, I just started collecting & carring traditional folders again after a 30 yr absence .
Wow a great feeling it makes me think of my grandpa every time I use one
Gotta love Those People , and i do ...
Very cool series, this has really made me want a GEC. Id like to get a Barlow from one of their lines.
Simply - GREAT ,SIR !!
Simply amazing. All have a blessed day Randy.
really enjoyed the series. awesome job!!
The amount of hands on craftsmanship that still goes into these knives is staggering to me. What a fascinating process! Rob, I know your pilgrimage was far from a tedious chore for you... but nonetheless, thank you for putting together this series. Really enjoyed it and I'm really looking forward to the 2016 tour of Great American 'Overbuilt Folder' Knifemakers :)
EveryDay Knife Guy - Giveaway ON NOW! Ha! I believe I'm officially banned from Medford Knife and Tool ;)
GEC is making a Trapper knife run in 2020 . Stay tune !
Rob, what a great set of videos. You have a new sub and I can't wait to catch up on your vids. A job well done, Sir. Thanks.
Awesome videos thank you so much!! Makes me want move. There's no knife place around here... Well there's frost cutlery.
Thank you Rob for this excellent series,I really enjoyed it.I live in the UK and own a GEC 81 Abilene Stockman which I love .If I lived in the US I would own more GEC knives,but postage cost is a factor for me. Which is your favourite GEC model and why? Best wishes and kind regards Chris.
I would love to see a splitback whittler with a caplifter and can opener on the secondary end.
GEC IS MAKING A #93 SWAY-BACK RAM'S FOOT BLADE KNIFE IN 2019 JUNE.
tyfs
I sure wish i could make something as nice
I have a kryptonite green #38, I wonder if he is working on my knife....