I bought one from collectorknives.net and recieved it yesterday. I am seriously impressed with it's quality and love the super strong backspring. I am however concerned that it has scratches on the blade. It was supposed to be in mint condition and has scratches on the blade...is this normal???
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where are the scratches??? It really shouldnt have any unless things are rubbing together, Mint but used condition might mean different things to different people, dunno for sure???
Picts or further description of what your talking about might be helpful, hat to hear this though.
ivan
Picts or further description of what your talking about might be helpful, hat to hear this though.
ivan
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GEC's standard mirror finish blade. If you hold them at angles you can see the grind lines. They do not tumble polish like Case, thus they do not get a perfectly smooth finish before buffing in the shine. This is one reason I wish they would either tumble or leave them satin finished.
You can tell the difference between polished-in grind lines and blade scratches or use marks by just a couple of observations. The main one being that the etch is not disturbed laying right over the top of them. The other one being that the fine lines are polished, thus there before the finishing process at the factory.
If they bother you, I would recommend sticking with the Tidioute models. As they are all satin finished. If you look closely you will see the same thing (maybe not as noticeable) on mirror finish blades from Queen (stainless mostly), Eye, Bulldog knives. Boker and Case have great finishes but you will notice their edges are rounded as well; which many people dislike.
Mike Latham
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You can tell the difference between polished-in grind lines and blade scratches or use marks by just a couple of observations. The main one being that the etch is not disturbed laying right over the top of them. The other one being that the fine lines are polished, thus there before the finishing process at the factory.
If they bother you, I would recommend sticking with the Tidioute models. As they are all satin finished. If you look closely you will see the same thing (maybe not as noticeable) on mirror finish blades from Queen (stainless mostly), Eye, Bulldog knives. Boker and Case have great finishes but you will notice their edges are rounded as well; which many people dislike.
Mike Latham
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mike is correct, having studied mirrow polishes on bruckmanns, eyes' antique knives, & custom blades for years one can see slight defects if present on a "bright" blade fairly easy. polish is the most expensive part of gun & knife finishing done by the factories. i read that in old sheffield the crocus polishing was a 7 year apprentice process.if a mirrow polish is not perfect one can turn blade in various positions in the light & see slight burnish lines not in concert with overall finish. that said i still prefer the brighter finish [ with small defects] on gec blades. bright metal sets off the handle contrasts greater i.m.h.o.i'm, afraid a true mirrow polish would make the cost of the excellent gec products increase by 40%.