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mrnotsam123

mrnotsam123

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Quick story of my purchase ;)

After not liking emerson for the longest time, designs were interesting to me but I just didn't feel I had to have one. (I had traded for a horseman a while back but for some reason as much as I liked the design I wasn't ready to warm up to it) but I finally caught the bug. I had been looking at makers recently and decided I had enough framelocks for now. After a zt 0550, 0560, a sebenza 21, KA mini samaritan, and a TSF m390 beast I decided if I was to get another knife It'd be a g10 handle scaled liner lock. After browsing this forum I saw a few threads praising the toughness of the knives along with the Russian video of the cqc7 vs the zt 0350. So I decided since I really liked the designs as of recently, and I had a bm 940 I didn't carry that was brand new, I'd either sell it or trade for an emerson. Long story short after a few trade attempts not working and a few sales not happening I was able to sell the 940 for a good price and then pitch in a few bucks myself to go down to my local knife shop. Went there and immediately after holding a cqc7bw-sw knew it was exactly what I wanted. The Reliant and the CQC-10 were also awesome but the 7 was calling. knivesshipfree is my local shop and is FREAKING AWESOME. They had a 2012 out with the backspacer and I just asked about the standoff model and they got found me one in the back for about $2.00 extra.

I think I am being converted. I'll be posting more pics with use of it for the next few weeks.:cool:
 

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More pics later when tapatalk stops crashing on my phone.

Also, I took it apart, wiped it down and re lubed it with hoppes 9 gun grease. After it breaks in a little I was thinking I might break it down again wipe it then put crk grease in it.
I figure the break in time will be about a week or so for the sticky lock and to smooth up the action with continual opening and closing, any words of advice there?
And anyone have anything they recommend for tips regarding sharpening a chisel grind for a someone who hasn't done it before? Haha

Thanks,
-Nick
 
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This is my cqc7 there are many like it but this one is mine, my cqc7 is my best friend....haha
 

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Nice start to the family. It won't be the only one. I'm thinkin' that the next one should be a CQC15, either size. If the 7 feels about right to you, then a mini-15 is the ticket. If you want to go bigger, the full sized 15 is waiting. Then there's the new flippers, the Sheepdog and the Iron Dragon. And then...

Welcome!
 
Another one for the 15. Carried mine today. Just enough recurve for those pull cuts and I don't feel bad about using that tanto!
 
The 15 was my favorite for about 2 years that it was carried and used. Then I got a ETAK B and that 15 was immediately shelved...Serious.
 
The 15 and the 10 are top 2 of the list list. The 8 and commander and journeyman are all close 3rds haha. Any advice on sharpening on a sharpmaker?
 
Nick, Mr. Emerson had some sharpening tips on his website there for a while. I'm not sure if they're still there with the new site format.

I don't have a sharpmaker but my brother does and after having watched him sharpen his knives a couple times on it, this is what I would do: I would mark the edge with a sharpie and then run the fine stone in the 15 and 20 degree settings to find the best match. Sharpen the edge only one side and then strop the back side on a legal pad or a strop to knock off the burr. Hope this helps :)
 
The Journeyman is my current carry. And it's a good one. Get one while you can, because they have been discontinued. But I've also carried the mini cqc-15 and thought it was a great knife also. And I have a Mini cqc-7 on the way.
 
mrnotsam123 said:
The 15 and the 10 are top 2 of the list list. The 8 and commander and journeyman are all close 3rds haha. Any advice on sharpening on a sharpmaker?
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It's been covered a while bunch on MTE, entire section with nothing but talk of sharpening stuff.
There is also some stuff on the Emerson site about sharpening.
 
ibute21 said:
... I would mark the edge with a sharpie and then run the fine stone in the 15 and 20 degree settings to find the best match. Sharpen the edge only one side and then strop the back side on a legal pad or a strop to knock off the burr. Hope this helps :)
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This is what I do when I use a SM on my recurved Emersons. One of the really nice features of the SM is that you can infinitely adjust the angle of your blade by adjusting the angle of your hand.

But the 15 recurves are fairly gentle and I don't always need to use a SM. Sometimes I can just strop them back into shape. My balsa strops have radiused edges and my bare leather strop is just leather with magnets on the back. I can put it anywhere on the base I want. So I overhang the edge just a little and use the flex in the strop to hit the recurve.
 
RevDevil said:
It's been covered a while bunch on MTE, entire section with nothing but talk of sharpening stuff.
There is also some stuff on the Emerson site about sharpening.
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Thanks! thats what I was looking for, I'll also try the sharpie trick some time. Also looking around for tips on centering the blade, It's not horribly off center but it gets close to rubbing on the presentation side and when it's closed has . I've tried the trick listed here where you loosen the handle and then the pivot 1 1/2 turns then open the knife and re tighten from the bottom up but that leaves it at about the same place, and the blade is now a little wobbly when closed. I imagine that with time and use this might get a little better but was wondering if maybe anyone had other tips to try.
 
Sounds to me like the pivot's not tight enough. They aren't meant to be flicked, except for the new ones on bearings. The more traditional "Emerson" models are intended to be a bit snug when properly set. The blade should center up for you with proper pivot tension and realigning the scales. Out of a dozen different knives and several models, I've never had an Emerson that wasn't perfectly centered when everything was set up within their designed tolerances.
 
dalefuller said:
Sounds to me like the pivot's not tight enough. They aren't meant to be flicked, except for the new ones on bearings. The more traditional "Emerson" models are intended to be a bit snug when properly set. The blade should center up for you with proper pivot tension and realigning the scales. Out of a dozen different knives and several models, I've never had an Emerson that wasn't perfectly centered when everything was set up within their designed tolerances.
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Yeah after a little bit I realized that I will be a little more snug and that's fine, However I did try tightening it more and what happens is this; as it gets tighter it gets closer to center then right before it would be almost dead center, It veers back towards presentation side.

I don't fault the knife for this, just my inexperience with the brand. I just took it apart this morning and lubed it with CRK grease and it is a little bit smoother, so I'm going to try again when I get home this morning to do the trick for centering mentioned here in the subforum sticky thread but with the pivot starting off a little tighter so that the 1 and a half turns ends up being tighter. Any other suggestions?
 
It may take several tries to get it just right. IIRC, it took me three times to get one of my Endeavor blades perfectly centered. I also think that I remember removing some lube from the washer/pivot area helped. Nylatron washers don't really need lube. I used just a touch to help me hold everything in lace when I was re-assembling the knife. Most of my Emerson's don't get lubed at all.

There's a nice sticky at the top of the thread list that talks about Emerson maintenance. If you haven't been there yet, it's well worth a read.
 
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