GEC #35 Churchill Thread

Got my hummingbird and GBB in today, and am very pleased with these knives. I knew I would like the GBB, and was, but the Hummingbird acrylic just blew my mind. This knife is gorgeous. Much nicer than the pictures show. The knife has an almost 3D appearance when in the light...it is perhaps the prettiest acrylic I've ever seen GEC make. Certainly unique. Well worth what I paid.
 
TheFactor said:
Have the old men wearing bib overalls in the beautiful midwest ever tried "not" opening both blades at the same time halfway in a useless position ?
Might be the answer and a solution if indeed its a issue :)
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Being a transplanted midwesterner, I must emphasize that we do have some good qualities. We like a ring of red and a loaf of bread (which comprise the major food groups) with a beer. And at least in the north we’re woken up with “Rise and shine, its daylight in the swamp!”. I’ve always likened it to living in Lower Slobbovia.
Oh Yah, we like jack knives.
 
H2O2HI said:
Being a transplanted midwesterner, I must emphasize that we do have some good qualities. We like a ring of red and a loaf of bread (which comprise the major food groups) with a beer. And at least in the north we’re woken up with “Rise and shine, its daylight in the swamp!”. I’ve always likened it to living in Lower Slobbovia.
Oh Yah, we like jack knives.
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I was quoting willards comment that he edited.. in reference to his source of word for word about there claim of a issue with the single spring two bladed #35.
 
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Anybody else getting a scratch across the main blade, apparently from the upper forward corner of the 2ry tang?
 
Nope, just checked. I do have a small spot of blade rub close to the swedge on the main from the top of the sheeps foot, but I sort of expected some blade rub.
scrteened porch said:
Anybody else getting a scratch across the main blade, apparently from the upper forward corner of the 2ry tang?
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I filed down my suspicious corner a bit. I'll never know if that fixed it or not, since it's such a shallow scratch to begin with. I can barely feel it with a fingernail.
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I see I scratched the swedge before putting on tape. (Never touched the tape, of course.) Now I can stop treating the knife like an object of veneration and start using it like a tool.
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scrteened porch said:
Anybody else getting a scratch across the main blade, apparently from the upper forward corner of the 2ry tang?
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Nothing yet and I've been opening and closing it more then a few times lol. But i've also been making a mental note to pull straight up .
I'm sure one of these times I won't and i'll get blade rub.
 
TheFactor said:
Nothing yet and I've been opening and closing it more then a few times lol. But i've also been making a mental note to pull straight up .
I'm sure one of these times I won't and i'll get blade rub.
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I've found that I have to make that mental note as well. It's actually pretty easy to avoid the rub on these Churchills but I do have to make the conscious effort as it doesn't come naturally to me.

I was alerted to the rub the first time I opened the knife. I was sitting in my easy chair in a quiet room and I could hear the sound of the blade being scratched. That sound bothers me more than the scratch does so I'm really glad it's easy to avoid.
 
I don’t know if it’s mental, but I feel like my GBB churchill’s Secondary is very easy to open without rubbing, but my Maroon Micarta requires some concentration.
 
Railsplitter said:
I've found that I have to make that mental note as well. It's actually pretty easy to avoid the rub on these Churchills but I do have to make the conscious effort as it doesn't come naturally to me.

I was alerted to the rub the first time I opened the knife. I was sitting in my easy chair in a quiet room and I could hear the sound of the blade being scratched. That sound bothers me more than the scratch does so I'm really glad it's easy to avoid.
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I noticed on mine the main blade is tighter to the cover side liner . But works out good because with light pressure on the nail nick when opening it pushes it away from the liner but not close enough to rub on the secondary tang . The secondary blade tang also seems to have a slight taper away from the main blade with no sharp edge like it's been smoothed out.
But again that's with a conscious effort to pull straight up and also I pinch open the rest of the way once getting to a point were I can sorta of guiding it up .
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My ebony came in a couple of days ago and it’s fantastic. To echo the praises that’ve already been sung:

EXCELLENT fit. Two blades packed tightly into a thin, solid frame. Zero blade rub. The pull on the main is a solid 5.5 for me, good snap opening and closing (after flushing the pivot with oil). Secondary is a 6.5 pull and extremely thin.

This is the sharpest GEC (out of the tube) I’ve ever received. They’ve certainly upped their sharpening game over the years.

One issue: while I’m not going to gripe about the sunk pins, one of the pin holes seems to have been slapped in rather carelessly. I’m not sure how the pins are placed and then punched in, but something went wrong on mine, as you can see from the photo below. This isn’t a crack or chip. Anyone know how this could’ve happened? I’m not going to lie and say this doesn’t bug me a little bit, because it does. I opted not to send it back because the action and fit on my example is perfect (for me) and I didn’t want to risk getting a different one I didn’t like as much.

Any insights from those that know more about the manufacturing process than me? Should I be worried about this? And finally: can I remedy this with a bit of dark wood putty? Thanks in advance!

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Fire Beard said:
My ebony came in a couple of days ago and it’s fantastic. To echo the praises that’ve already been sung:

EXCELLENT fit. Two blades packed tightly into a thin, solid frame. Zero blade rub. The pull on the main is a solid 5.5 for me, good snap opening and closing (after flushing the pivot with oil). Secondary is a 6.5 pull and extremely thin.

This is the sharpest GEC (out of the tube) I’ve ever received. They’ve certainly upped their sharpening game over the years.

One issue: while I’m not going to gripe about the sunk pins, one of the pin holes seems to have been slapped in rather carelessly. I’m not sure how the pins are placed and then punched in, but something went wrong on mine, as you can see from the photo below. This isn’t a crack or chip. Anyone know how this could’ve happened? I’m not going to lie and say this doesn’t bug me a little bit, because it does. I opted not to send it back because the action and fit on my example is perfect (for me) and I didn’t want to risk getting a different one I didn’t like as much.

Any insights from those that know more about the manufacturing process than me? Should I be worried about this? And finally: can I remedy this with a bit of dark wood putty? Thanks in advance!

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I think it gives it character :thumbsup:
 
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