2020 GEC #62 Easy Pocket Congress and Pocket Carver Thread

waynorth said:
Bisbee can be beautiful Turquoise, hornetguy!! Maybe we should start a "Rings and Knives" thread!!?? I am sure many people here wear rings when carrying knives!! (where is the emoji that looks like your avatar??)
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Ubiquitous Kingman from a Navajo school! It's been to many Oregon Shows!! I left it behind in a motel, and got it back from Eugene to Vancouver!!:eek:
Sweet people!!;)
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We really do need a "raised eyebrow" emoji...

Kingman is probably my second favorite turquoise... although some of the prettiest I've seen lately is from Kazakhstan... this is one of my "modern" Bisbee rings...

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but to keep on topic, I found a snakewood 62 on the big auction site to add to my family... should be here by mid week..
 
Do you like the width of one frame over the other? I thought it was interesting how GEC was able to make the carvers the same width as the easy pocket congress
 
I have always appreciated the extra depth and feel a split back taper gives a knife. The carver is a great knife and love the half stop main blade. You cant go wrong with any of them. I do however prefer the blade selection on the courthouse but I am no whittler or carver.
 
rockgolfer said:
I have always appreciated the extra depth and feel a split back taper gives a knife. The carver is a great knife and love the half stop main blade. You cant go wrong with any of them. I do however prefer the blade selection on the courthouse but I am no whittler or carver.
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I will always prefer a divided two spring setup over a parallel version, and varied blade shapes over 3 similar ones, but this pocket carver’s super thin secondaries are absolutely wonderful for carving. It really opens up the possibilities for cutting in tight spaces.

P.R. said:
That's some nice looking cocobolo. I'm no whittler either. I have a U.S.A made Schrade split back that I really like. I like the new gec carver but the split back design has always been fascinating to me.
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“Split backs” or divided duel spring whittlers are truly wonderful pieces when executed well. To me it’s the perfect utilization of space without cranking blades. The pocket carver does suffer in that a divided duel spring whittler pattern would make for longer blades (or a shorter frame).
 
EngrSorenson said:
The pocket carver does suffer in that a divided duel spring whittler pattern would make for longer blades (or a shorter frame).
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Yet it doesn't suffer due to the fact that the blades are the perfect length and you would not want a shorter frame for that would put the end in an uncomfortable place in your hand when in use.:);)
You darn engineers always over thinking the situation. :rolleyes:
If the split back version is harder to execute than the catch bit version why is the split back version more prevalent? Would industry not pick the "easier" way to be more productive? Is it that the wedge is actually easier because it is a cheater piece? I truly do not know.
 
Jiki said:
...You darn engineers always over thinking the situation. :rolleyes:
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Well I’m definitely guilty as charged.

agreed- the 62 is perfect as is, but my point was more that the parallel spring whittlers have a blade length challenge.

I suspect it’s harder to make a tight Whittler with a divided spring. The pivots cannot be drilled straight down due to the fact the scales are out of parallel. You can imagine what kind of nightmare drilling on angles (not to mention cutting the wedge pieces) would be.

conversely, a parallel spring Whittler has a blade cramming issue- this is evident on the case seahorse with the primary actually impacting the travel path of the secondaries while closed.

what Mr. Howard did here was phenomenal. I think he is the master of tolerance and geometry. Short blades and clever cutting of primary grinds was the solution for the blade crowding tendency.
 
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