2012 BF knive going back to GEC for "surgery"

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The Wharncliffe blade on my 2012 BF knife has gone form just a touch of play to a much more noticeable wobble. Called GEC and they said they would fix it. No worries on my part but what kind of turn around can I expect?

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I need to send my Pioneers in for some "spring" assistance :D (would like to have them brought down from finger removers on the pull scale). I have a ton of other knives to tide me over, but I can't bear to let these knives go back to the factory. I would like to find out the turnaround time, also.
 
I sent a montana workhorse in last week and the lady told me I could expect anywhere from ten days to two weeks turn around.
 
Finger removers? You better just send them on my way. I am a slip joint opener to a fault. I have a few of their scharade scouts, and one pioneer. They were a 9 on the pull scale when new. I would rate them at a 5-6 now.

My yellow rose #23 is also about a 6-7 now.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
I need to send my Pioneers in for some "spring" assistance :D (would like to have them brought down from finger removers on the pull scale).
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I'm thinking about doing the same thing...I need all ten fingers :D
Time won't be an issue for me, and I can't expect wonders with international shipping involved. I'm just curious to see how satisfied you will be with the "backspring assistance".

Fausto
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I sent in my #73 to fix some blade wobble as well. IIRC it took them ~ 3 months to fix it and get it back to me.

- Christian
 
You know that cattle knife I keep posting? Had a touch of blade wobble on the main clip. Less than 3 weeks round trip. Chris @ GEC will fix you right up.

My assumption is that if they can simply squeeze it a bit an then polish the bolsters it returns quickly. If it's a disassemble/repair/reassemble it takes a while to get it back. Just depends on the level of work required for the fix.
 
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I had to sent my #57 back last week because the spring was coming loose. Hope it does not take 3 months. I'm sure it will be perfect when it returns.
 
Spring coming loose??! That sounds major, is it the single spring HW or the split spring Whittler?
 
willgoy said:
Spring coming loose??! That sounds major, is it the single spring HW or the split spring Whittler?
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That terminology is above me but it is the 3 blade version with the main blade spring not being flush anymore. It was quite sharp and would catch skin so I sent it back.
 
Well she is back! Just got my 2012 BF knife back from GEC. She is tight as a drum now and the patina is intact! My thanks to GEC for fixing one of my favorite knives!
 
My experience suggests that you are looking at a month. As I understand it knives get repaired in good degree when they are waiting on production parts.

Peter
 
Got an email from Chris at GEC this morning regards the blade of my #73 rubbing on the liner on the lock side, She said around 7 days. Maybe it depends on what 'surgery' is being done to how long it takes.
Kris
 
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richstag said:
Wait times have really sky rocketed lately it seems. About a month I have been waiting for mine. They must have a lot more repair work than they used to?
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They've only been in business a few years. Even if the same percentage of knives slip through QC, they have more knives out there now than they used to have, so there are going to be more knives that need fussing with.
 
I would suspect that the turn around shouldn't be any more than a couple of weeks at the most. If it's just to correct the blade wobble, then it shouldn't take much time at all, but if they have to wait for new parts to be tooled, you might be waiting a good while longer than two weeks.

I sent in a brand new #66 Serpentine Jack which was a lemon because of a faulty secondary spear blade (it also had a wobbly main blade). The turn around took about 2 months, but I believe that was only because they had to wait for new spear blades to be tooled. Now, back from the factory, the #66 is perfect in every way.
 
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