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I just bought a new GEC #13 whittler. It seems to be well built, with the exception of one of the secondary blades bottoms out on the spring in the center where the hump is and leaves a tiny nick in the blade and the spring. I'm guessing the kick was ground down a little short, causing the problem.
It looks like the blade nick will sharpen out easily enough, but the short kick will probably cause problems until it bottoms out to its final stopping point. I taped up my Spyderco Medium pocket stone so only the very end was exposed and tried to remove a little material from to spring, but so far only removing brass from the liner. Should I plow along until I get down to the spring, or is there a better way of solving this problem, or is this a fatal flaw?
Seems like I read someone write about gluing a bit of cork in the bottom of the well, but I dont want to do that if there is a better solution.
TIA
It looks like the blade nick will sharpen out easily enough, but the short kick will probably cause problems until it bottoms out to its final stopping point. I taped up my Spyderco Medium pocket stone so only the very end was exposed and tried to remove a little material from to spring, but so far only removing brass from the liner. Should I plow along until I get down to the spring, or is there a better way of solving this problem, or is this a fatal flaw?
Seems like I read someone write about gluing a bit of cork in the bottom of the well, but I dont want to do that if there is a better solution.
TIA