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Awesome!!! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again I NEED a 78😅

2 is 1 an 1 is none. I like them stag an the main blade shape. Good luck

You have 2 now if you had one 5 yrs from now wanted a second one it would cost way more. So I see have a couple also a could of your favorite fixed blades. Buy now save later.

I was wondering where they all went 😆. If you’re done with one of them let me know!

Couldn't agree more, this is one of my favorites as well. Great video

Talk about 3 awesome pieces, heirloom quality for sure!! Crazy to think the prices you were able to pick up the 1st 2 for!! Thanks for sharing these with us!!

What a great blade!! I do not have a NW but this is definitely wanting me to pick one up!! Just a phenomenal piece, thanks for sharing!!

Very nice indeed! Very high quality cutlery. I too prefer Stagbover anything else, nice bone being second. Thanks for the show! I have a really nice Stag Case Sowbelly that I’m saving to pass down to my boys one day. Check out my stag videos if you get a chance 👍🏼

To hell with the rainy day. It’ll last ya past your lifetime

I freaking love these!! Ive got a 2 blade and a single blade stag too. Ive even thought of finding an extra backup single blade stag 78. The stag on the one you got from Country Knives is bout the best ive seen. Im case ya dont end up recovering your 2 blade, you can put some potassium permanganate on it and will darken the stag. It works great. Love the knives and the video!!

That must be the wrong tube for that one; the tube number indicates that is the two-blade version of that run. So either wrong tube or you did a blade delete.

Awesome knife Id really like to add one to the collection

Very nice knife brother. I don't own any GEC hard to get my hands on the ones I like but maybe one day. Thanks for sharing brother 🤙

I see the "greening" also when leather meets up with brass for prolonged periods, like a knife with a brass bolster stored in its sheath. Also yes you have sold a couple modern knives to me at good prices and it is much appreciated of course! Keep it rolling, loving the new channel

I've bought one myself, waiting for the delivery. Love the idea.

Flush with warm water and soap. Use a soft brush. You need to get all the grime out, then blow out the water with pressure (air compressor or similar), then oil everything including the bone. I typically use food grade oil.

Bill calls it a Rams foot because it’s the reverse of the Lamb. It’s wider at the tip than the base. Lamb is the opposite. Sheep is the same width throughout. When Charlie requested his lamb, Bill jokingly made the Ram (a term GEC coined).

Definitely need to go through a flush on most of mine as they’re getting gunked up and losing good snap for sure. Thanks for the tips brother. Love the cattle bone they use but this is a reason I’ve been turned off the new releases. One as always because of availability and two they are getting a bit sloppy here and there. Don’t mind doing some work on my blades if need be but the reason we all love GEC is the quality. Maybe one can be too picky but 🤷🏻‍♂️

I like the size but 4 sheep foot blades is not what I need in a daily carry knife, it is also very expensive at $250.00 give or take. So, I passed on this one, but I bought a Remington Grandaddy cowboy Barlow for $200.00 which is beyond my budget, but I always wanted one of those and I will carry and use it. I like the GEC #97 pattern, and the Remington is the same size but thinner nice quality. However, I made a promise to not buy anymore knives costing $200.00 and more for 2025 no matter how nice they are I just cannot afford them anymore and at 64 years old near retirement on a low income I need to keep a tight budget. I have all I need many GEC and custom knives in my collection I may still buy a couple Case knife patterns I am missing but they are more affordable than GEC. Though I am basically done with adding more knives to my collection.

My GEC #23 Jumbo trapper has tiny hairline gaps not at the bolsters but the front top backsprings when shining my olight through the knife backsprings. It also has jigged bone handle scales. Other than that, it is a very nice quality knife with nice snap and backsprings. The other knives I tested were My GEC Toenail clipper in white bone no gaps, My GEC 97 has no gaps My Remington Cowboy grandaddy Barlow has minor gaps at the bolster to bone. I also shined light through the top of My LT Wright Frontier first small fixed blade in stag and it showed light passing through the top front part. My conclusion is that it is the natural bone and stag handles that cause these hairline gaps not seen by the naked eye. The wood and micarta might be better but you would need to check all your knives for these hairline gaps. I guess if we put these knives under a microscope we would find even more complaints. I know we expect perfection at GEC prices, but they are dealing and working with natural bone and you can only get so tight on bone or stag. So if you are a perfectionist and this bothers you sell your knives and keep searching for perfection or enjoy and keep what you have.

I guess I've been pretty lucky with bolster gaps on mine, but I've seen a few people in my knife group with a lot more gaps than in the past. I don't understand why they keep going with lighter pulls. The 15 TC barlows that came out recently had such light pulls that I didn't even keep a green one. Thank you very much for the tip of using the ultra thin KPL for flushing. I've always just used the same lube as I've used for the pivot which is usually either regular KPL or even mineral oil. It makes a lot of sense though since the purpose of flushing is to get rid of the gunk and that stuff, a thinner lube would clean and escape much faster than a thicker one would. So much appreciated! I really enjoy your channel. Matter of fact, it & Richter's are my 2 favorite channels.

I just LOVE that cocobolo 93! Do you know where I could get one other than eBay? I appreciate the video! Very cool knives.

My technique on flushing for last 45 years. Several drops lightweight oil at tang and liberal application by kick in pivot. Work the knife open and close with oily rag. Repeat with 3 in 1. Clean well to get rid of metal residue. Then normal lubrication. My current lightweight is bench made blue lube.

Very nice knife, now i need to get one lmao

Here is what Google says on bone shrinking and swelling, "Yes, bone used on knife handles can shrink and swell, especially when exposed to significant changes in humidity and temperature, making it important to properly care for and store knives with bone handles to prevent cracking or damage; always store them in a cool, dry place and occasionally apply a light coating of mineral oil"

Just checked my bone handled GEC's. My viper from last year has a gap on the show side bolster not quite as bad as yours. The other 2 knives I have are from 2017 and 2018 and they have no gaps so maybe this is a recent production issue. Be interested to hear what others have found as I have a small sample size. Good video, I subscribed.

Those gaps blow my mind. Now I gotta inspect all of mine 🤣

Man you can hear that action… dope.

That bone is ridiculous. I do the same exact thing to flush a knife. I really hope I’m able to get a Northfield version of the 93. I dig that long pull and I already have the Tidioute. Great review bud

When it comes to sharpening, I'd consider myself LESS than a novice/beginner, so please excuse my sharpening ignorance, lol. When you sharpen a Northwoods do you use a different angle for the saber grind than you would for the same size blade with a flat grind?? This last run of NW heritage jacks was pretty great, but the secondary prices were CRAZY!!! Thankfully I was patient and eventually I snagged one of the blue sawcut for a reasonable price. The action on yours sounds incredible!! I've only got 3 or 4 NWs in my whole collection now, and I'm like you, I can't bring myself to patina the blade either.

I haven’t been able to sang one of these but really want one. I’m an 86 lover like you are. This is the best video ever put out on this, believe that because I’ve probably watched them all 🤣

Love your collection, thank you for sharing! 🍻🙌

I have one with micarta covers from the 2014 run. Well used and loved. Great walk and talk. My favorite of the few GECs I own.

Nice piece!...I chased one a few years back unsuccessfully but got one on the most recent drop in 2023 Northfield in ironwood. They are slightly bigger than I thought they would be initially

Need one of these like the handle design

yah the Viper design is one of the models that basically got me into GECs and the rest is history love it.. thanks for sharing.

New sub! Good video!

I only have 1 from the 2016 run and you're right, the action is phenomenal. The viper is one knife that I usually prefer the Tidioute versions. The cut swedge on the Northfield blades makes it less pinchable for me too. I like that GEC made a full-size swayback jack. Case's is just a lil too small to me. Love the covers on yours. Great video too

That’s the best one ever made imo. I love my stag and blue bone Tidioute but my East Indian rosewood is “the one that got away” for me. I’m an idiot for letting go of it. Love the video man. Also I’m glad you mentioned Randy’s video. He is the one, like you said that got me foaming at the mouth with the viper.

Viper is such a beautiful design 🇺🇲🤌🏽

I totally agree the American jacks are way better (looks & action). I just dont like the longer bolster & a shield. Thats why my favorite of the newer run was the marrow cause no shield. I did like how they wrapped the backspring farther to meet the pen blade. As for the Rozee mistake, i seen on FB that Randy Bell said the brace or bracket that held the blades for stamping had a loose bolt. So the tang stamp is slightly slanted. I looked at it and even hearing that, its still hard to tell. I really enjoyed the historical info on delrin. Great video, as always.

No, not as good as the American Jacks I agree, but a fine and distinctive knife all the same. For me Delrin is just too basic a material for a high-end knife like this (fine on a Farm & Field), but it's something plenty of folks like. The pulls on my two (Cocobolo and Marrowbone) are okay rather than outstanding and needed a bit of a flush to get the action a bit snappier. I'd have so much preferred the secondary to be a Sheepfoot/Coping, but you can't have everything. One thing you didn't mention is the wrap-around secondary spring, a nice extra touch which I've only previously seen on the #92 Eureka Jack.

I've a couple of these and I think they're excellent. There are also non-locking 2-blade versions of the same release but I think the lock really suits this knife for the reasons you explained. Very strong pull, too strong really, although I prefer it to the stupid-weak pull on GEC's other large Hunter, the #97 Allegheny (which is non-locking and downright dangerous). Your Northwoods is sensational.

Simply awesome looking knife! It’s a terrific retirement gift for yourself! Enjoy it!

Another great video! I am glad you started making traditional knife videos because this arena is really you!

Maybe using delrin was the "mistake" on the Rosie haha...I have one too and can't find anything wrong with it except that it seems like the The Rozee name on the shield should be flipped?. Also got the GP knives version which came perfect.

My favorite GEC pattern. When you are 6’4” and have gorilla hands, this is a perfect knife. I just can’t carry it in the office. I wear shorts often and hardly feel it in pocket. I love the 07 Otter Messer which is the same size.

It's like the buck 110 size, people are used to that, I got same one in 2020. Have the 2 blade trapper in autumn too. Might like that one a bit more but the lock definitely makes it cool and unique

As always, thanks for another great video 👍🏼 The 23 is one of my favorites and the linerlock micarta from 2020 was actually my first GEC. I really enjoy the large useful blades.

I never knew that Cattaraugus was first to patent a liner lock. Really good information. The 23 is a little big to carry every day for my personal taste. I have the beaver jigged cherry wood model. As always, love your videos.