GEC's Warranty?

Viper84

Viper84

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Has anyone here ever used GEC's warranty?

I am wondering what they consider "defects in material and workmanship."
 
I had a 33 a few years ago with some wobble. They tightened it up. Easy peezy. I would guess materials and workmanship would be gaps in liners that were more than light slivers (never seen that...) blade wobble (one time out of maybe 15 knives...and maybe I was being OCD) soft snap maybe? Gec quality is very high and I don’t think they miss much going out the door.

I defer to the gurus.
 
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Yeah that would bother me too. Maybe they are slippin in the out the door inspections...or the lumber shrank? Hope the fix it up nice for you.
 
I struggled to send it in, as it was the nicest ironwood I've seen, but it became the first thing I saw when I looked at it.

I don't think it was shrinkage, the gap was diagonal, flush on one end, and about the width of one of the bolster flutes/cuts on the other.
 
huntnfishin said:
I had a 33 a few years ago with some wobble. They tightened it up. Easy peezy. I would guess materials and workmanship would be gaps in liners that were more than light slivers (never seen that...) blade wobble (one time out of maybe 15 knives...and maybe I was being OCD) soft snap maybe? Gec quality is very high and I don’t think they miss much going out the door.

I defer to the gurus.
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So the things I was wondering about were some thin gaps that you can only see when it is back-lit and a small pit in the top of the blade. Here are the pics.

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I think the liners you can shine a tiny bit of light through are par for the course with a gec. Never bothered me at all and most I owned had a little light shine through somewhere. Now if you can fit a toothpick in the gaps I would think send it in. The tiny pit wouldn’t bother me one bit. It’s gonna get scratched in the old pocket, right? But collecting for me is not a priority with knives.
 
SteveC said:
Liner gaps seem to be pretty common on the 74's and 47's
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Good to know. The knife in my pic is a 47.

huntnfishin said:
I think the liners you can shine a tiny bit of light through are par for the course with a gec. Never bothered me at all and most I owned had a little light shine through somewhere. Now if you can fit a toothpick in the gaps I would think send it in. The tiny pit wouldn’t bother me one bit. It’s gonna get scratched in the old pocket, right? But collecting for me is not a priority with knives.
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That's true. I plan on using this knife. I collect knives, but I also use all of my knives. It's no fun letting them sit in a drawer for years and years.
 
Yea, send an email to Joan Mae with photos describing your concern. They are pretty responsive, you should get a reply within a couple days.
 
Light slivers through the liners are common across all brands. People who say they never see any are not looking very hard. When a sliver becomes a gap can be subjective. If you are concerned about the pit, consider inspecting future purchases in person prior to paying.
 
abcdef said:
Light slivers through the liners are common across all brands. People who say they never see any are not looking very hard. When a sliver becomes a gap can be subjective. If you are concerned about the pit, consider inspecting future purchases in person prior to paying.
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Inspecting GEC knives in person would be next to impossible considering my only chance to purchase them are through online dealers or on ebay.
 
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