GEC Conductor

[bladeblabber]

got this apple red jigged bone conductor today, very nice knife and my first one from GEC! the only thing i dont really like about it is it doesnt have much of a "snap" when you open the blades.

 

[coyote711]

got this apple red jigged bone conductor today, very nice knife and my first one from GEC! the only thing i dont really like about it is it doesnt have much of a "snap" when you open the blades.

Nice lookin' knife, bladeblabber. I've got one just like it and the pen blade is a little light on the opening snap. I've flushed it out with WD40 or Hoppe's no.9, and oiled it good afterwards and that helped some. On mine anyway I tend to think the bolsters & liners got squeezed just a little too tight from the factory. (I have no idea if that's the real issue or not; just a theory that sounds reasonable to me). It got better after a few months of use, too.

Your picture does an excellent job of pointing out two things I really love about these Conductors: The nice deep nail nick, and the needle-point tip on the clip blade.

 

[bladeblabber]

Nice lookin' knife, bladeblabber. I've got one just like it and the pen blade is a little light on the opening snap. I've flushed it out with WD40 or Hoppe's no.9, and oiled it good afterwards and that helped some. On mine anyway I tend to think the bolsters & liners got squeezed just a little too tight from the factory. (I have no idea if that's the real issue or not; just a theory that sounds reasonable to me). It got better after a few months of use, too.

Your picture does an excellent job of pointing out two things I really love about these Conductors: The nice deep nail nick, and the needle-point tip on the clip blade.

thank you, I put some oil in the joints and i think it is getting a little bit better already. I have a case pen knife and i like the blades on the conductor more, like you said they are needle sharp.

 

[FLymon]

got this apple red jigged bone conductor today, very nice knife and my first one from GEC! the only thing i dont really like about it is it doesnt have much of a "snap" when you open the blades.

Nice lookin' knife, bladeblabber. I've got one just like it and the pen blade is a little light on the opening snap. I've flushed it out with WD40 or Hoppe's no.9, and oiled it good afterwards and that helped some. On mine anyway I tend to think the bolsters & liners got squeezed just a little too tight from the factory. (I have no idea if that's the real issue or not; just a theory that sounds reasonable to me). It got better after a few months of use, too.

Your picture does an excellent job of pointing out two things I really love about these Conductors: The nice deep nail nick, and the needle-point tip on the clip blade.

thank you, I put some oil in the joints and i think it is getting a little bit better already. I have a case pen knife and i like the blades on the conductor more, like you said they are needle sharp.

If yours are like mine, the issue isn't so much in the joint. The spring on mine barely moves when I open and close the secondary blade on mine. It does shut on its own, but barely. I think they took just a scoche too much material off when they formed the tang. But since it does have (a little) snap, and will hopefully not get any worse as the joint frees up from use, I am not worried about it.

 

[BRL]

You could look into the White Owl, it's a bigger single-spring knife, might just do....

Very nice suggestion, thank you. I'm leaning toward their Congress pattern, actually, but still would not be surprised if my hands (entirely of their own accord) ordered a Conductor anyway while I sat there, helpless to stop

 

[coyote711]

If yours are like mine, the issue isn't so much in the joint. The spring on mine barely moves when I open and close the secondary blade on mine. It does shut on its own, but barely. I think they took just a scoche too much material off when they formed the tang. But since it does have (a little) snap, and will hopefully not get any worse as the joint frees up from use, I am not worried about it.

I think you probably nailed it there, Stu. I just compared the secondary blade on my apple red to my natural bone and the backspring isn't raised nearly as much (on the apple red) when in the half open position. Secondary blade snaps like normal on the natural bone. Your explanation makes a lot more sense than mine - thanks! :thumbup:

 

[thejamppa]

Well... I came across with factory second GEC Conductor with minor cosmetic flaw in shield fitting (appareantly shield is bit too small for its place) and thus quite alot cheaper than regular model... Needless to say, now I am waiting mr/mrs mailman to deliver it me in next two weeks... So #33 GEC Conductor american elk with stainless steel blades is my first knife of year 2012... And I blaim all of you guys!! Thank you

 

[BRL]

So yeah, my hands did their thing and now I own one of the ebony conductors. It's beautiful, although the f&f is a little off. The bail does not easily rotate around the knife due to rubbing against one spot in the bolster; of course this has left scuffs on the bolster. And the coping blade rubs against the clip blade, which has left scratches. Plus there's a little gap in between spring and liners on the coping blade end.

But despite these minor inconveniences it's a perfect size (I was worried that it would be too small, but it's actually just right) and is so great looking.

 

[67nick]

Just purchased my first GEC 33, tortoise shell. Got a killer deal on it and should arrive next week, can't wait till it gets here!!!

 

[SubSpace]

Could somebody please tell me the average weight of a Conductor? I'm interested in this pattern but I don't like to carry a knife more than 2.5oz in my pocket...

 

[rma100]

I don't know what knife you have,the Tidioute Cutlery 33 Conductor was made with out a bail

 

[Railsplitter]

Could somebody please tell me the average weight of a Conductor? I'm interested in this pattern but I don't like to carry a knife more than 2.5oz in my pocket...

Cheap analog kitchen scale but you should be good to go.

 

[Arathol]

I don't know what knife you have,the Tidioute Cutlery 33 Conductor was made with out a bail

Actually, there were some ebony handled 33 pattern knives that had a bail. The ones with the bail had Gabon ebony scales.

 

[biglmbass]

GEC made several variants with and without bails including stag, bone, ebony, horn, and acrylics.

 

[BRL]

Actually, there were some ebony handled 33 pattern knives that had a bail. The ones with the bail had Gabon ebony scales.

Unsure if there were Tidioute versions of the ebony #33 with a bail; mine's a Northfield. I think these might have been a special run for a dealer (CollectorKnives?).

 

[SubSpace]

Excellent. Thanks Railsplitter.

 

[thejamppa]

I got mine today and wow... instant love

 

[SubSpace]

Could someone tell me the difference between a pen knife and a half-whittler? And which would the Conductor be considered? It looks very much like the Case 08 pattern and the Queen half-whittler, but I've been calling it a Pen.

 

[mshambone]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong--but a Penknife has opposing blades on the same spring, a whittler has a spring for each blade (?). The queen whittler that I possessed awhile ago had springs for each blade. Now that I look at the question, it was asking about the 1/2 whittler. I believe my Queen/Dan Burke half-whittler had a single spring, so after all this-- I guess I don't know--sorry. Matt

Could someone tell me the difference between a pen knife and a half-whittler? And which would the Conductor be considered? It looks very much like the Case 08 pattern and the Queen half-whittler, but I've been calling it a Pen.

 

[2Dead]

SubSpace, I think the Conductor can be described as either. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if GEC makes a whittler version of the Conductor (2 spring design with a pen and coping blade secondary having their own springs and the main clip using both)