Anybody notice the tinest of Blade Rap near the tip of their Clip blade after closing? I do the finger nail test after sharpening to see if I missed any part of the edge or consistency of sharpening and noticed on both my Stag and GBM developed just a very minute area where the blade raps against the back spring. Sure enough after skating off the nail I looked and there's a very small blunt area 1/4" back from the tip of the Clip on both knives.
This is not a big deal for me as continued sharpening will cure the problem most times (worked on a couple of my 85's) but on both of my 29's I wasn't eliminating this (very minor) issue. I did graduate up to a round/flat cutting wheel on my dremel to lightly work a very small channel in the back spring and Viola!!! all good Now this may cause discern among some members here but I've done it before with a 66 and there too it corrected what sharpening wouldn't.
This is NOT a complaint against GEC because MANY brands have this issue in certain knives. Not sure if there's a bigger GEC fan than me and because I can rectify the issue there is no need to send back for something I can do I also know you can walk the blade closed but I don't do that
I didn't notice any blade rap on any of my examples but I'm glad that you brought this up.
On all three of mine the tip of the main is slightly protuberant when closed. You can easily slice open a fingertip when passing it over this area of the knife. So, I was contemplating filing the kick to make the tip set lower. Based on your experience, this effort would likely induce blade rap where none exists now.