Another new mini CQC-15

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With the standoffs making their way into production, I thought I would grab a particular Emerson I always had my eye on and wanted it in its classic form. The blade design just seems like it will work in and out of the woods. I was right, its a hell of a all purpose EDC with a nice touch of attitude. My only minor issue after cleaning it was when I went to remove the pocket clip and replace it with a scull clip, one of the heads of the screws broke off as I was unscrewing it. I took the knife apart and separated the inserts from the g10 scale and used a pair of needle nose to unscrew the broken screw. I used the other screws to see if the ti liner was stripped but they seemed to thread in and out fine enough. I suspect that in manufacturing, someone screwed the pocket clip on too tight and stressed out one of the screws. No worries, emailed Emerson and I am sure they will send me a set of screws. As for now the pocket clip has the two end screws holding it on...The action is clean, smooth with a centered blade and with early lock up. Life is good.....Anyways here are a few pics.




 
^^ That's a beauty right there.

I've always thought those 15s looked really B A
 
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Great pics, mystro! The CQC-15 pattern is one of my favorites too.:thumbup:
 
Thanks guys, I wanted to pass along that Slip 2000 EWL synthetic grease is outstanding on guns and knife pivots. It is orderless and its wear properties are higher than anything I have ever used. If its good enough for chain guns, it will hold up on your pivot. You wont believe how smooth and fast it gets your knives.
 
You do it in two steps, L2. Sharpen the recurve with a Sharpmaker on the corners of the rods, or just use round or oval ceramic rods and sharpen the flat tanto section on a bench stone or the 'flats' on a Sharpmaker. With practice, you could use a Lansky kit for the whole process.
 
A.P.F. said:
You do it in two steps, L2. Sharpen the recurve with a Sharpmaker on the corners of the rods, or just use round or oval ceramic rods and sharpen the flat tanto section on a bench stone or the 'flats' on a Sharpmaker. With practice, you could use a Lansky kit for the whole process.
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Hey APF, thanks for the help. I would think it would be the same, just like a regular tanto, but that one is very faint. Not a real hard edge in other words. Seems like you might be able to mess it up pretty easy. I would think an Edgepro would be pretty handy as well on that.
 
Yup, two steps like a CQC7. I use a Lansky and do it in two steps like two seperate blades.
A.P.F. said:
You do it in two steps, L2. Sharpen the recurve with a Sharpmaker on the corners of the rods, or just use round or oval ceramic rods and sharpen the flat tanto section on a bench stone or the 'flats' on a Sharpmaker. With practice, you could use a Lansky kit for the whole process.
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