2020 GEC #62 Easy Pocket Congress and Pocket Carver Thread

From Great Eastern Cutlery web site:
Catch Bit
A small piece of metal, usually brass, which acts as spacer to make up the difference between a thin pocket knife blade and a thicker spring that operates it. The catch bit is shaped so that it will not move when the blade is rotated. A pocket knife may also be designed with a thin blade and catch bit to make room for other blades.
 
Two of these knives my wife uses in the kitchen, two of them are mine. Can you guess which ones? The Old Hickory might be the sharpest knife in the house, man that thing takes an edge. My buddy gave it to me when I found it at his fish camp last year.
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hornetguy said:
Well, my unicorn EP is paid for, and will be shipped as soon as it can be received/organized. I can't wait...
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You and me both! I think the unicorn will be my last "new" knife for a while, hope it's good enough to scratch my itch for a couple months.
 
GE Jr said:
Some good info here:
http://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/pocket-knives/knife-terminology/
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I'm not meaning to beat the "catch bit" discussion to death, but the skeletonized brass spacer on the 62, IMO, is not a catch bit... I've looked at mine and all I see is it is a skeletonized spacer used to provide more space in the blade well for the overlapping blades..... I don't see where it keeps the spring from rotating as described in the "official" catch bit definition....
 
HEMI 49 said:
I'm not meaning to beat the "catch bit" discussion to death, but the skeletonized brass spacer on the 62, IMO, is not a catch bit... I've looked at mine and all I see is it is a skeletonized spacer used to provide more space in the blade well for the overlapping blades..... I don't see where it keeps the spring from rotating as described in the "official" catch bit definition....
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It’s a cut-out scale, as mentioned in the ‘Scale’ paragraph. ;)
 
this forum is proving to be hazardous to my bank account. all those beautiful pic of the 62 just made me get one, along with the 3 other GECs I've got coming since I joined a few days ago.... I feel a problem arising. I guess I just feel so far behind and in need to catch up or something.. is there a recovery thread started yet LOL!!!!!
 
SDknifeguy said:
this forum is proving to be hazardous to my bank account. all those beautiful pic of the 62 just made me get one, along with the 3 other GECs I've got coming since I joined a few days ago.... I feel a problem arising. I guess I just feel so far behind and in need to catch up or something.. is there a recovery thread started yet LOL!!!!!
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Hi, my name is Brent and I collect traditional folders..... Now I sleep in my car and eat at the Mission....
 
HEMI 49 said:
Hi, my name is Brent and I collect traditional folders..... Now I sleep in my car and eat at the Mission....
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Hi, my name is Dan and I’m a traditional slip joint addict.

The steps are:
  • admitting that one cannot control one's desire for additional GEC’s, such as the gorgeously executed #62.
  • recognizing that there will always be another beautiful GEC to pine for.
  • examining past errors begging your significant other for another GEC.
  • making amends for these errors, buttering them up sufficiently.
  • learning to live a new life with far less spending cash
  • helping others who suffer by discussing how great your latest GEC purchase was on Blade Forums.
 
GE Jr said:
It’s a cut-out scale, as mentioned in the ‘Scale’ paragraph. ;)
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once again with the terminology... haha... why is it a cut out scale? I think the scale is the part between the bolsters and fixed to the liner. Why isn’t it a “cut out liner”?
I’ll never understand the vocab. “I don’t know what it’s called... I just know the sound it makes when it takes a man’s life.” - Fourleaf Tayback
 
EngrSorenson said:
once again with the terminology... haha... why is it a cut out scale? I think the scale is the part between the bolsters and fixed to the liner. Why isn’t it a “cut out liner”?
I’ll never understand the vocab. “I don’t know what it’s called... I just know the sound it makes when it takes a man’s life.” - Fourleaf Tayback
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According to GEC, (and counter-intuitive to most of us, IMHO) The wood/bone/stag part of the knife are called "covers" and the metal parts most of us would call liners are the "scales".

Some old two blade Jack Knives (both blades pivot from one end) have full scales (brass liners) running down the middle, creating in effect two wells. Many multi blade knives with blades pivoting from both ends, like a Stockman, have a cut out scale, allowing one larger well that allows for the blades to be crinked past the center to fit.

English is fun, and trade specific terminology is even more fun. :D
 
I also learned that a catch bit is only attached to one bolster, if a spacer is is attached to two bolsters it is then a cut out scale.
 
Wow. I’ve been using the wrong terminology for a long time. How can I call myself a true knife knut?!

Someone BOLSTER my self-esteem! Help me PIVOT off this topic! Help me SCALE to new height of knowledge! These puns are where I’m drawing the LINER.
 
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