Tools for Gents SFO, Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) 92 Eureka Jack in Burlap Micarta 2019

[@davidkurle5418]

I like any kind of micarta, including burlap. But I have to say, out of all the knife companies I think GEC does their burlap micarta the best. Thanks for the look at this awesome Tidioute!

[@MesserHQ]

no problem, glad you enjoyed the video! I like micarta for a user, it really gets better the more you use it.

[@BensBlades]

Burlap Micarta is my favorite type of knife scale. Thank you for the great video. Gonna order one!🔪🖤🗡

[@MesserHQ]

let me know if you are able to find one! this one was limited to 100 but I have seen a couple on the secondary.

[@BensBlades]

@@MesserHQ Haven’t found one in burlap micarta yet. Only Buffalo horn. Will keep looking. Thank you!

[@Zen_Ali_123]

One of my favorite GEC patterns. Wasn't wild about the spearpoint at first, but like the burlap micarta for you, it's grown on me.

[@MesserHQ]

Ive always liked the gec spears, but i do feel like this one is not as fat as the 85 or the 78... either way i think a spear blade is a good jack of all trades blade. Thanks for stopping by bud.

[@jerseyknifeguy6382]

Joe I love them!!!!!!! Great pieces!!!!!!! I love that burlap wow sharp lookin piece,,,,,,,,,

[@MesserHQ]

yeah like I said, the Burlap micarta is growing on me, I love the way it looks when its good and pocket worn. Thanks as always bud.

[@thomaschainey3230]

Great video thanks. Great knives. Like the coping blade over the pen if the main blade is a spear point great combination. I also like a main blade wharnecliffe and a small pen blade combo also. I have the GEC Huckleberry Boy's Knife & Dixie Stockman that has main clip point, wharnecliffe and drop point with natural canvas micarta covers. Plus a GEC #62🔪F&F Pocket Carver. I love them all and they are great knives.

[@MesserHQ]

I've had a couple boys knives (great pattern!) and I have always wanted a dixie stockman....Im watching one on ebay at the moment. That pocket carver looks good as well but I haven't been able to find one at a price I can live with yet.. Thanks for the comment and I am glad you liked my video!

[@thomaschainey3230]

@@MesserHQThe little knife shop in little town in ohio still have a few Great Eastern Cutlery. GEC #62 easy pocket Congress 2 blades wharnecliffe and pen with ivory acrylic and red jig bone $140.00. They also have #62 pocket carver 3 blades wharnecliffe with canvas micarta between $110.00, $130.00 & $140.00 and Deriline $90.00 covers from. I have to go back to get the name of the shop.

[@thomaschainey3230]

@@MesserHQ Eagle Valley Cutlery

[@MesserHQ]

@@thomaschainey3230 thanks for that! Ill check them out👍

[@hiboucanne5662]

love the 92. the blade selection is perfect. ATB

[@MesserHQ]

I like it too, but from the comments it looks like a lot of people arent sold on the blade combo. I happen to like it though, and although my first choice would be the Talon on the table, the spear and the coping is also a good setup imo.

[@gastredner6044]

Got mine in September last Year. Love it! The Burlap Micarta with the brushed metal is absolutely beautiful. It hasn't found it's Way in my Pocket yet. Have some Boker and Otter Slippies for EDC so far. Greetings from Germany

[@MesserHQ]

Awesome sounds great Ich wohne in München🤘😀🤘

[@gastredner6044]

@@MesserHQ Ha, ha....... hoffe, man kann mein Englisch so durchgehen lassen 😉

[@MesserHQ]

@@gastredner6044 wie du willst👍

[@MesserHQ]

Better than my German🤣🤣🤣

[@UR_Excluded]

I have that same one in elk also. One of my favorites. If I were buying, I’d be looking for more elk, and similar.

[@MesserHQ]

yeah I really like the 92 as well and I bet that elk looks killer!

[@bdh3949]

I only have one in burlap micarta, the Northwoods Bear Lake. I didn't have a choice so I took it and I must say I'm very happy with the look, feel and so far performance. It's all good.

[@MesserHQ]

Ohh i bet that is great! I haven't owen a bear lake yet but i hope to eventually. I will agree that the texture of the burlap is great. It has a tackier feel than other micarta. Thanks bud.

[@JGOIII1978]

Awesome video as always, Joe. 👍🏼

[@MesserHQ]

Thanks man, appreciate it. Wasn't really looking to pick this one up, just fell in my lap😀 happy it did, really cool knife.

[@keimerjorg]

Good video again Joe. I also own this SFO and I has become my daily driver, so I bought it in OD Green Micarta also, and those two brothers rock! I like the “worn” look they get, the other 92 I have, in Camel bone is way too shiny, learned the hard/expensive way that Northfields is not for me. BTW I just received the Robert Klaas Cokebottle you made a video of, and that knife might take the throne, we’ll see. Happy New Year from Denmark

[@MesserHQ]

I may have to wrestle that camel bone away from you😀 its a great pattern and I would love to pick up some more. let me know if you want to move it!

[@keimerjorg]

@@MesserHQ Sure we can work something out, any way to PM you here on KZbin? If you can provide an email a can send some pictures.

[@MesserHQ]

Um if you have instagram thats easiest, same name if not [e-mail] and i forgot to say congrats on thr Klass! Mine has great fit and finish. My only complaint about it is its a bit thick behind the edge.

[@keimerjorg]

Thanks! Yeah, the blade is a bit thick, but i haven’t seen better fit and finish on any other Klaas, and it really sturdy and super sharp. I don’t have Instagram, so I’m gonna shot you an mail. I also have a couple more GECs for sale, all that will be in the mail👍

[@HobieonYouTube]

Hey Joe, I like the burlap Micarta on that knife. It has a lot of character. The knife looks flawless too. I recently got a big #97. I’ll do a video on it soon. Take care.

[@MesserHQ]

Yea its a really cool knife that just kind of fell into my lap! I just watched your vid so expect a comment soon :) Great looking and I love the double nail nick! I haven't had the computer on for the last week or so (needed a break) but Im trying to get caught up. Stay safe bud!

[@budg8522]

Got both the 74 mustang and 47 Viper in brown micarta and...unlike myself...it just keeps getting better looking with age. Like a fine patina...the more I use the knives the deeper the color and character of the micarta becomes. It’s a cover material that screams ‘get me out of the safe and USE me!’

[@davids9549]

Very nice! Tidioutes in micarta make easy daily users. My #92 (I have a rule of only one knife per pattern otherwise I'd end up penniless) is the Northfield Goldenrod Camel Bone version, only carried occasionally as a piece of pocket jewellery!

[@MesserHQ]

Yeah this one may be a user. I am always penniless😀

[@gizmocarr3093]

I like GEC knives and the other ones included they make too. The issue is; they are much harder to collect and finding ones you like is even worse. I have tried to find ones reviewed by you and others. As of this moment; I never found a single one for sale you or anyone else reviewed. However; if you review one made by Case I can find them and they are still priced at retail prices or even lower. All the GEC models you do find have inflated prices over retail; I guess; you either buy them at inflated prices or don’t buy them. I gave up looking for GEC knives; if I find one by accident I like; I will buy it; that is about what I think of GEC pocket knives. You can say what you want about Case knives; but if you are not happy with what you get; just return it to get it fixed. It might be hard to do from Germany; so I see that point. So in Germany do what Germans do; and buy Boker. I live in Pennsylvania and buy Case; I might like GEC; but everyone buys them before I can. You live Germany and have boxes of GEC knives; that makes me laugh.

[@MesserHQ]

yeah thats just the nature of the beast, they are expensive but they also continue to increase in value so I find them to be good investment pieces. As far as the availability, I'll have to disagree. On ebay alone, two Fremont jacks sold last month and I had a look today and there are several 92's 78's 15's and other popular frames on ebay as I am typing this. There are also instagram sales, facebook, slipjoint group sales, web forums ect... the knives are out there its just a question of how much time and effort you personally want to put into hunting these things down.... Also living in Pennsylvania, you could for sure make it to the GEC Rendezvous. There they have a ton of slipjoint collectors selling very rare pieces as well as the Rendezvous knife they put out and the parts knives they make every year. I've been dying to go and after corona Ill try to make it to the next one my self. I know its not for everyone but the thrill of the hunt is what keeps me coming back! Thanks as always for your comments, I look forward to them every video!

[@gizmocarr3093]

@@MesserHQ I agree with what you say and there are available ones just in much fewer quantities. The reason they hold their value might be important for profit seekers intent on turning a dollar. Few knife collectors get rich collecting pocket knives. The ones who are left the knife collectors collection after they pass away make the real windfall. I have lots of knives and never sold one. I have given some to others for one reason or another. GEC knives are like Mercedes to me I like looking at them but never thought buying one was worth the money.

[@richterknives]

I think the wharncliffe blade is amazing looking on this frame. I’ve not really taken to the spear/coping blade setup.

[@MesserHQ]

I know you're a wharny guy just like me.... and I prefer the Talon but i I love any eureka jack, its a great pattern.

[@bosse641]

Love the classics. I got a Victorinox Alox Bantam in the mail today :o) Splendid edc.

[@MesserHQ]

Thanks bud, the bantam is one of my favorite Victorinox knives👍

[@brown11871]

Love my 92 , its in OD green

[@Severin_Blue215]

Nice. I was looking for my next GEC and I was deciding on a 92 Stag and a 44 Autumn Gold Jigged Bone. I ended up going for the 44. Also a 47 Stag that popped up after I bought it. 😅

[@MesserHQ]

Yeah you gotta buy them when they come up or someone else will👍

[@jerseyknifeguy6382]

I like it😀

[@MesserHQ]

thanks bud, yeah the Eureka Jack is one of my favorite frames thaat GEC puts out.

[@cctvspystore]

yup, I'm pretty finicky about Burlap Micarta...just ordered my first slip joint from Boker w/bluish black burlap..it checked the boxes for me instead of the castle burg wood

[@Messerjocke90]

I really like the Burlap Micarta. There's a nice depth to it, like on some wood types on guitars like buckeye Burl, quilted maple and all that. But the knife itself just isn't for me. I wanted a gec so bad, I didn't really thought it through 😆🤷‍♂️. But if you like it man, that's awesome 💪. I'd like to get my hands on the moss green one you got, a tc Barlow or a Freemont jack. The last one would be my absolute favorite. But I really really would like to get my hands on several different models to feel and see in person. So I could could tell which ones for me or not. Man I hope corona is over soon so the knife shops open up again.

[@MesserHQ]

Yeah after corona we will meet up and you can handle alot of different slipjoints👍

[@Messerjocke90]

@@MesserHQ sounds great! And I gotta check out your local shops as well. Maybe I find another hartkopf that I like

[@MesserHQ]

There are lots of cool shops in Munich 😀

[@davidbenvie9870]

A good looking knife. I have a love hate relationship with GEC. They’re hard to get, loved it when I overpaid for it. Hated that I lost it.

[@MesserHQ]

I know what you mean, I really can't complain. I have overpaid for gecs, but I have also gotten some great deals so its a wash!

[@johnbanco862]

Id like to replace my early 70s old timer with that gec.but cant find one.no mater couldnt afford it any how lol..great vidio.

[@MesserHQ]

Sorry to hear that. They are hard to find but keep looking!!