GEC made Cripple Creek with glued shield

[SubSpace]

I love this little knife, based on the GEC 14 pattern. And being a Buffalo native, I dug the buffalo shield. Until it fell out. This little sucker was glued in. Easy fix with some crazy glue, but I was surprised given this was a GEC made knife.

 

[TheChunk91]

That's no bueno.

 

[Railsplitter]

I remember this discussion in the GEC #14 thread. I'm glad you were able to retrieve the shield and it didn't get lost.

 

[black mamba]

As an SFO, the buyer can specify certain characteristics that they want. Many of the early stainless SFOs were made with 420HC instead of the costlier 440C of the GEC branded knives. I would guess the buyer wanted to save the cost of a pinned shield.

 

[Railsplitter]

This might shed a little light on the reason why these are glued.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/new-14-run.1596058/page-115#post-18600775

 

[SubSpace]

Thanks, Railsplitter. That makes sense. I guess I was just initially shocked. Never thought I would see a glued shield on a GEC. SFO angle explains a lot.