GEC Pin Crack

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BK14

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I recently purchased a pretty rare GEC in natural white bone. It is a user, and has a small crack extending from the middle pin to the back of the knife. The previous owner glued and clamped it, and I am aware GEC won’t do much if anything for it. My question is, how much should I worry about the scale stability? Does anyone have user knives with small pin cracks in bone, and how do they hold up? The crack made me nervous, but it was too good of a deal for too cool of a knife to pass up.
 
wlfryjr said:
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I am not a paying member and haven’t posted a photo here in years, I will have to try and figure it out! It is just a line from the back middle pin to the back spring edge on one side.
 
I'd say "Use it."
Is the crack from the center pin to the liner? If so, it is unlikely to grow.

Since bone is a natural material, a crack can form on an inexpensive no name, or a high dollar custom.
 
afishhunter said:
I'd say "Use it."
Is the crack from the center pin to the liner? If so, it is unlikely to grow.

Since bone is a natural material, a crack can form on an inexpensive no name, or a high dollar custom.
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Yes, it’s from the center pin closest to the backspring to the liner on the backspring side of the knife. Good to know it’s unlikely to grow further!
 
BK14 said:
I recently purchased a pretty rare GEC in natural white bone. It is a user, and has a small crack extending from the middle pin to the back of the knife. The previous owner glued and clamped it, and I am aware GEC won’t do much if anything for it. My question is, how much should I worry about the scale stability? Does anyone have user knives with small pin cracks in bone, and how do they hold up? The crack made me nervous, but it was too good of a deal for too cool of a knife to pass up.
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Worrying doesn't do anything for you or the knife. If it's a user then just use it. Bone isn't some weakling material that will blow up if you look at it funny, eventually it'll all smooth out and even change colors a bit
 
Use it. This kind of crack generally doesn't grow. However I wouldn't snap the blade when closing the knife. I suspect that this habit makes the problem worse when it is not the cause.

Dan.
 
I have a Case large stockman with the yellow delrin handle and one of my scales cracked in the exact same place. It is pretty common I think, and unlikely to get worse since the edge and pin hole will naturally stop the crack from growing.
 
ShaiHulud said:
Worrying doesn't do anything for you or the knife. If it's a user then just use it. Bone isn't some weakling material that will blow up if you look at it funny, eventually it'll all smooth out and even change colors a bit
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Great to know. This is a 1 of 7 SFA but it was bought as a user so I intend to keep using it
 
I have a Schatt sowbelly in stag that developed a pincrack at some point. I noticed it in 2011, and have been using the knife for 14 years pretty frequently without it ever getting worse. Depends on the crack, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
 
It won’t get any worse. I’ve got a user 23 in stag with a pin crack between one of the pins and the edge of the cover. This type of crack terminates on both ends and can not grow. I carry this knife a ton and I’ve observed no change

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