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I thought I'd share my latest knife. I've had few GEC's, but the patterns weren't my thing I guess so I sold them.. but man do I love the factory smell of these! I have always been sort of factory fetishist(?) and this is pure old style here!
I cannot write good enough poetry to describe how beautiful this knife is! It's also quite large for slippie, and does have a tendency to turn horizontal in your pocket. You get heck of a blade for that downside though!
This one has linerlock, but it's still slipjoint. So in way, it has two methods to keep the blade open. I do not personally care for the linerlock, but this one was easily available so I went for it anyway.
The linerlock isn't exactly how most linerlocks are as you can see in this picture. Instead of locking and holding the blade still, it sort of just prevents the blade from closing. This one has half stop too, so closing is safer.
My biggest concern was the linerlock that pops out. It might look like hindarance, but it stays away from the fingers. It might look uncomfortable in this pic too, but I can do really strong hammergrip and I can't feel a thing!
In case you are fanatic about blade centering, mine centers dead perfectly. I personally don't care much about centering with slipjoints.
Finishing overall is really good, with minor gaps. Nothing that Im upset about though.
Notes:
- Authoritive spring with solid snap, but not difficult to open. Pinched opening very hard, fingernail required.
- Three out of four gaps between bolsters and scales. I can fit 80gram paper in between, but it's quite unnoticeable. Scales sit tightly, and since the knife is so well made overall, I couldn't really care less.
Further notes to come if necessary.
Hope you enjoy!
I cannot write good enough poetry to describe how beautiful this knife is! It's also quite large for slippie, and does have a tendency to turn horizontal in your pocket. You get heck of a blade for that downside though!
This one has linerlock, but it's still slipjoint. So in way, it has two methods to keep the blade open. I do not personally care for the linerlock, but this one was easily available so I went for it anyway.
The linerlock isn't exactly how most linerlocks are as you can see in this picture. Instead of locking and holding the blade still, it sort of just prevents the blade from closing. This one has half stop too, so closing is safer.
My biggest concern was the linerlock that pops out. It might look like hindarance, but it stays away from the fingers. It might look uncomfortable in this pic too, but I can do really strong hammergrip and I can't feel a thing!
In case you are fanatic about blade centering, mine centers dead perfectly. I personally don't care much about centering with slipjoints.
Finishing overall is really good, with minor gaps. Nothing that Im upset about though.
Notes:
- Authoritive spring with solid snap, but not difficult to open. Pinched opening very hard, fingernail required.
- Three out of four gaps between bolsters and scales. I can fit 80gram paper in between, but it's quite unnoticeable. Scales sit tightly, and since the knife is so well made overall, I couldn't really care less.
Further notes to come if necessary.
Hope you enjoy!
