2020 GEC #62 Easy Pocket Congress and Pocket Carver Thread

I’m really hoping for some type of two spring Whittler configuration on the pocket carver. @Jiki has opening me up to the idea of all three blades bring the same.

most of my carving is done with straight blades, but I do like curved blades for some tasks. I'd have been pleased with a small clip instead of one of the two small wharnecliffe blades.
 
SnackPack said:
Good to know. So do we know if GEC is planning a split spring for the two bladed congress as well or just the whittler?
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The congress will only need 1 spring.
cbr1000 said:
I don't know what set-up GEC will go with on the 62 Whittler.
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As I said in post 242 from a source at GEC the spring will be split, but "but not traditional " so we don't know till we see it.
 
Jiki said:
The congress will only need 1 spring.


As I said in post 242 from a source at GEC the spring will be split, but "but not traditional " so we don't know till we see it.
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Will be interesting to see what GEC decides for the 62... especially if it's not the same as the 13. They sure have mastered the art of building anticipation lol
 
Hitting my mailbox soon.
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I'm a sucker for a red handled knife, and the red bone and killer shield on the 62 was too much to resist!

As great as the Carver will be, this slim 2 blader will also make for a great whittling knife.
 
Mayonardo said:
Hitting my mailbox soon.
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This picture actually demonstrates the thing I was afraid of about this pattern. You can see the almost proud point of the secondary pen blade. The swell center and the thinner opposite ends makes it a challenge to bury the tips and keep them buried.
 
EngrSorenson said:
This picture actually demonstrates the thing I was afraid of about this pattern. You can see the almost proud point of the secondary pen blade. The swell center and the thinner opposite ends makes it a challenge to bury the tips and keep them buried.
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I can see what you're sayin' but I don't think it should be a real problem in use.

Of course, if I get the thing and it is constantly poking me when I try to use it, this will be the place I come to complain. So stay tuned. :)
 
EngrSorenson said:
This picture actually demonstrates the thing I was afraid of about this pattern. You can see the almost proud point of the secondary pen blade. The swell center and the thinner opposite ends makes it a challenge to bury the tips and keep them buried.
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Not really. It is usually unwise to make declarations based on one photograph that may or may not show the pen tip above the scales. I doubt this is the case. I will report on mine after I get it, probably this Saturday.
 
@Mayonardo i appreciate that you believe I’m unwise, but I have more reasons than just a picture to believe that it is hard to avoid proud tips with this pattern shape without sinking the nail nick.

As an example, the pile side already has an access notch for the pen blade nail nick. This is a feature added at construction of the knife likely because it’s difficult to have an accessible nail nick without a proud tip. Also simply consider the fact that blades longer than the mid point of the knife will be increasingly more difficult to keep buried in the blade well, since the handle itself slopes away. That paired with the fact that the blades rest at an inclined angle, which will exacerbate the problem.

I think being wise is seeing the potential downfall of something and avoiding it.
so sure, that gleaming pen blade point in the picture may or may not be indicative of a reoccurring pattern. Maybe some will be more buried, but I think you’ll get a proud tip with less than usual amounts of sharpening.
 
Well, hope that tip isn't proud.:eek::poop: It could be photo angle and I've never had a GEC yet with a proud tip-plenty of other makes and patterns though....
 
Will Power said:
Well, hope that tip isn't proud.:eek::poop: It could be photo angle and I've never had a GEC yet with a proud tip-plenty of other makes and patterns though....
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My BF knife was borderline proud... I posted a pic of it in the BF thread. It was easily remedied with my handy-dandy Dremel and a drum sander, but it was the closest I've seen to proud on a GEC. The upside is that it is usually easily corrected...
 
EngrSorenson said:
As an example, the pile side already has an access notch for the pen blade nail nick. This is a feature added at construction of the knife likely because it’s difficult to have an accessible nail nick without a proud tip. Also simply consider the fact that blades longer than the mid point of the knife will be increasingly more difficult to keep buried in the blade well, since the handle itself slopes away. That paired with the fact that the blades rest at an inclined angle, which will exacerbate the problem.
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Good eye!

Dan.
 
Jiki said:
Oh, the 1st world problems we get heated about on the internet. :rolleyes:

Maybe this is why this pattern has been made with straight edge blades traditionally.
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sorry, I don’t mean to be heated- just not a fan of how some people word certain things.

To your other point- if that’s really true about the original patterns? I’d believe it! Greater distance between tip and nail nick would make it easier. The pocket carver seems like a knife with better longevity because only one of the blades travels past the mid point, and at that it’s the main which is between two stubby secondaries. This will keep the tip blocked by a closed secondary at all times even if it does become proud of the blade well itself.

@dantzk8 thanks! I focus on these things because a proud tip I can’t get back in the blade well is a knife I no longer carry.
 
EngrSorenson said:
I focus on these things because a proud tip I can’t get back in the blade well is a knife I no longer carry.
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I hear you. Filing the kick wouldn't be a solution in that case. I would file the tip and make a sheep foot of the pen blade. I would call it a congress knife.

Dan.
 
This is interesting on many levels. I actually said:
Mayonardo said:
It is usually unwise to make declarations based on one photograph that may or may not show the pen tip above the scales.
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Maybe the pen tip is proud, maybe not. No proof either way but now the thread has evolved to the point of the design being unworkable for curved tip blades, methods for repairing the supposed defect and the knife being not carry-able.

This is a typical and entertaining aspect of many social media discussions and “issues”.
 
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