GEC's liner locks.

Big fan of locking Traditionals

The combination of backspring and liner make for a reassuring combination (some modern liners such as my Mcustas are fine knives but I don't trust them not to open in my pocket! This cannot happen with the Traditional type.) As Barry noted, the lock-up on these GECs is very tight and none of mine exhibit play at all. Let's not forget that Queen Cutlery do a couple of excellent liners the Teardrop and Copperhead, totally solid no play either.

Regards, Will

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Does the liner lock on #73 or similar model create a hot spot or uncomfortable grip? I really want 73 single - but don't see any around without the liner lock. I don't mind the lock as long as it does not create a hot spot.

Thanks,
Rex
 
RexRazorX said:
Does the liner lock on #73 or similar model create a hot spot or uncomfortable grip? I really want 73 single - but don't see any around without the liner lock. I don't mind the lock as long as it does not create a hot spot.

Thanks,
Rex
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Hi, I've had a couple of #73 LL, I never noticed any 'hot spot', and I used them all day as a work knife. The LL tab seemed to fit nicely between my first and second finger,.


Kris,.
 
It's very unobtrusive when you have the knife in your hand, an ideal lock in my view.
 
My 23L (due to Sitflyer's kindness)! Medium pull, locks up like a bank vault and very comfortable in the hand. No hotspots.

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Thank you all for the input. I will definitely consider the liner lock option. This opens up more candidates for single blade #73's.
 
Not to hijack the thread but does GEC make any of these linerlocks or even a frame lock without half stops?

I'm really digging the 85 also the 73 stag models but half stops would be a deal killer for me.
 
The LL's are awesome... and half-stops serve their purpose... give one a try, I'm guessing you will not be disappointed.

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I've owned a few GEC Liner Locks. Currently have 2 73s in stag and a 23. Great knives but every one I owned had blades that were noticeably canted to one side.When closed the blades were off centre.

Is this inherent in the design or have I been unlucky?
 
That may be due to the liner being made of thicker gauge steel rather than the brass liner. You have in effect, another layer in the 'sandwich' 2 brass liners and a steel liner in addition to the steel backspring. Mine are slightly off-centre, but they don't exhibit any play or rub at all.

Thanks, Will
 
arizonaranchman said:
If you use a knife so much and for so long that the LL starts to wear out then I wanna see pics! :)
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Of course cheap Chinese LLs wear out, but what is a tad disapointing is that American made Buck LLs have failed on the Advantage model, they use such a very thin liner on their $20 models that they just don't work as a liner.

I had a Camillus LL I had to file down as it was a tad longer than it should have been, after that it fit under the screwdriver and locked up tight. Since it was an old knife I also had to use pliers and bend the liner a bit to put some spring into it after decades of use.

Really good liner locks will have an angle in the tang. If you have a nice square tip liner and you lean it over to the right then guess what? You only have part of the metal touching the 90 degree tang. Take a book and sit it on its end as if on a book shelf, not tilt it to the left, see how the nice flat _ surface not looks not so flat.

Here is an article on the linerlock history by Bernard Levine: http://www.knife-expert.com/liners.txt
 
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