GEC Multi Blade Questions

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Hi everyone,
I hope y’all had a great holiday season! For Christmas I received my first 2 Blade GEC, a absolutely stunning #48 Improved Trapper in Sambar Stag. I’m in love and it has become my new EDC, but I do have one thing that concerns me. The wharncliffe blade has a nice stout pull, and is solid. The clip blade however, has a much lighter pull and a little side to side wiggle. I’m trying not to let it bug me, and definitely don’t want to send it in to get adjusted, but has anyone else experienced this in a GEC, and should I be concerned? Thanks!
 
Congrats on your new #48, sorry it’s got an issue. You’ll have to send it back to GEC to correct that type of problem.

It’s rare to have a defect. GEC quality is on average very good. I’ve personally never had one with a defect but it can happen now and then. Call GEC and Christine will give you info on how to ship it to them for warranty service.
 
arizonaranchman said:
Congrats on your new #48, sorry it’s got an issue. You’ll have to send it back to GEC to correct that type of problem.

It’s rare to have a defect. GEC quality is on average very good. I’ve personally never had one with a defect but it can happen now and then. Call GEC and Christine will give you info on how to ship it to them for warranty service.
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I’ve actually had to deal with GEC warranty service twice for the same issue: blade rap on a #43. So I guess I’m 0/2 for GEC. Thanks for the input!
 
Blade rap isn’t something I would ever send in for repair, but I use most of my knife. Generally speaking the knives I’ve received have zero blade play and stout springs. Hopefully they get it sorted out for you soon and you can get back to carrying your #48.
 
Personaly i think you should send it in to get it fixed, so the problem doesnt get worse over time.
But since it's pretty uncommon to have a Gec that has small issues it also makes the knife a bit more collectable i think.
 
johnny twoshoes said:
Blade rap isn’t something I would ever send in for repair, but I use most of my knife. Generally speaking the knives I’ve received have zero blade play and stout springs. Hopefully they get it sorted out for you soon and you can get back to carrying your #48.
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Blade rap meaning (using their term) that the edge was hitting the backspring when closed, knicking the blade every time. I think I’m going to leave it be for awhile, unless it gets worse. Almost every slipjoint (and some locking folders) I have have some side to side wiggle. Plus, I’ve never met an actual well used traditional knife (like one actually carried for a long period) that wasn’t a little loose. It’s so very slight that I don’t notice it a bit in use.
 
johnny twoshoes said:
Blade rap isn’t something I would ever send in for repair, but I use most of my knife. Generally speaking the knives I’ve received have zero blade play and stout springs. Hopefully they get it sorted out for you soon and you can get back to carrying your #48.
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Johnny I don’t disagree however, I did send in a #98 Texas cattle knife in for blad rap. It was really bad though would completely roll 1/2” of the blade near the belly. And considering it was a bear trap upon closing I couldn’t baby it consistently enough. They fixed it and had it back in no time, awesome service.
 
jwb01 said:
Johnny I don’t disagree however, I did send in a #98 Texas cattle knife in for blad rap. It was really bad though would completely roll 1/2” of the blade near the belly. And considering it was a bear trap upon closing I couldn’t baby it consistently enough. They fixed it and had it back in no time, awesome service.
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I totally understand someone sending their knife in to get the blade rap taken out and in some cases, like your’s, it seems like that was necessary.

I’ve had more than a handful with the blade rap issue thanks to some bear trap springs, but I was able to quell the issue with a few passes on my lanksy stones.
 
johnny twoshoes said:
I totally understand someone sending their knife in to get the blade rap taken out and in some cases, like your’s, it seems like that was necessary.

I’ve had more than a handful with the blade rap issue thanks to some bear trap springs, but I was able to quell the issue with a few passes on my lanksy stones.
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This one was actually beyond that. I put a nice edge on it in the wicked edge to try and remedy it to no avail.
 
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