#15 Clip Long Nail Pull

wardcleaver

wardcleaver

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I read somewhere (someone selling, I think) that the extra long pull, that extends into the tang, was intentional.

Why would they do that? I think it looks like a goof, but I bought the knife anyway from someone else.
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A version of this knife with a pen blade would really do it for me.

I wonder if we'll see some 15s here pretty soon?
 
IMO that entire run of blades was done that way by mistake using new CNC machines / operators, not discovered until too late. The fix was more expensive than the fallout, even convinced some it was on purpose. You don't see it on early GEC long pull clip points and you won't see it again. GEC has made some two blade 15s with clip / pen blades, they are just rare and since GEC never repeats a pattern / covers and 15s are not on the foreseeable future, good luck finding one in the style you want.
 
Kind of interesting. Makes you ask why. I could imagine a scenario (back in the day) where a tool or process used that length pull by default...so it just was.

Anyway, thanks for sharing. I’ve never seen that.
 
The pull running into the tang was INTENTIONAL!!!:eek: Bill and I talked about it months before it was released!! It was indeed a nod to the old style knives. I am always looking to put old-style features into my SFOs. Many companies ran the nail groove right through the tang in their exhibition examples, but Bill felt it would interfere if it ran past the pivot!!:)
 
waynorth said:
The pull running into the tang was INTENTIONAL!!!:eek: Bill and I talked about it months before it was released!! It was indeed a nod to the old style knives. I am always looking to put old-style features into my SFOs. Many companies ran the nail groove right through the tang in their exhibition examples, but Bill felt it would interfere if it ran past the pivot!!:)
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Any idea why it was ever done that way historically Charlie?
 
waynorth said:
The pull running into the tang was INTENTIONAL!!!:eek: Bill and I talked about it months before it was released!! It was indeed a nod to the old style knives. I am always looking to put old-style features into my SFOs. Many companies ran the nail groove right through the tang in their exhibition examples, but Bill felt it would interfere if it ran past the pivot!!:)
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I remember you sharing with us, and discussing using it, LONG before the knives came out.:thumbsup::cool:
 
The costs of defects in manufacturing are too high for an entire run to have been completed with defects. Unless one would believe that GEC is managed by dimwits. Evidence to the contrary is abundant.
 
Thanks all for your replies.
I still think it looks like a FU, but if it was intentional and thats the way the old timers did it, thats good enough for me.
With these knives, tradition rules and I can appreciate GEC going with the "old school" look for its own sake.
 
Chief said:
IMO that entire run of blades was done that way by mistake using new CNC machines / operators, not discovered until too late. The fix was more expensive than the fallout, even convinced some it was on purpose. You don't see it on early GEC long pull clip points and you won't see it again. GEC has made some two blade 15s with clip / pen blades, they are just rare and since GEC never repeats a pattern / covers and 15s are not on the foreseeable future, good luck finding one in the style you want.
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I think your pullin' my leg... :rolleyes: :D
 
Kiteman72 said:
A version of this knife with a pen blade would really do it for me.

I wonder if we'll see some 15s here pretty soon?
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Nail nicks cut into the tang stamp have always been a mistake IMO. If for no other reason, they look like a goof, as the OP observed. A mistake is still a mistake even if you do it on purpose, actually it's worse.
 
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