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Hmm. Good thought. Any experience with other patterns that were sluggish upon delivery?Does anybody know if the "cleaning tanks" at GEC are ultrasonic tanks?
I'm wondering because a lot of recent GEC's have had sluggish snaps, but are fine once you flush the joint. I wonder if an ultrasonic dip would do them some good.
Hmm. Good thought. Any experience with other patterns that were sluggish upon delivery?
What oil do you use?I think every GEC I've bought new benefited from flushing the pivot joint.
I wouldn't say EVERY knife I've bought lately was lazy upon closing, but it does seem like it became more prevalent with the #14s last year - in my mind anyway.
If correct, that's also about when they started upping their production numbers. We were also told on the tour that they've been on mandatory OT for about a year...perhaps they just haven't had the time to focus on cleaning them like they used to.
Luckily most of them have been correctable - at least to modest acceptability.
Hmm. Good thought. Any experience with other patterns that were sluggish upon delivery?
My 2017 forum knife is very snappy opening, but closing it from the half stop the snap is juuuust a bit lazy/soft. I know for a fact a bit of mineral oil will help. It's not bad at all, just different.
Speaking of that, I need to oil my blade already! I wiped the factory oil off upon receipt yesterday, and it's been in my pocket since (in a leather slip). Pulled it out this afternoon to find a bit of pepper spotting (kind of in the shape of my thumbprint) near the tip. Crazy. I do live in a hot/humid climate, but this is the first time I've experienced that with GECs 1095. Is there a safe, easy way to remove it? I don't want to use anything abrasive. I intend to use this knife anyways, so it's not a huge deal. Just curious.
Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that.Anything that removes it is going to be at least slightly abrasive. Flitz works but you'll start polishing your blade. Super Eraser would work as well, but I recommend going WITH the grind lines, not against them, as it leaves a satin/brushed finish.
I'm curious why some want to see stainless GEC knives sooooo badly. Don't get me wrong, I like stainless knives too but if I really wanted a stainless slipjoint I would just carry a Case and be done with it. Why do some of you want your stainless slipjoint to be a GEC so badly?-Caleb.
GEC uses a much better stainless than Case. It's not a step down from their carbon at all. And unlike a Case, it will have nice crisp swedges, and the tip won't be rounded off like a pair of child's scissors. Basically, it's every bit as good as a regular GEC, but less prone to corrosion. I'd love to have one as a rain day carry, for when I'm soaked to my underpants all day and can't carry the carbon.
Pretty much what Matt said. Case makes a decent knife for the price, but IMO their steel leaves much to be desired: SOFT 420HC. They run it softer than either Camillus or Schrade ran their stainless. And those latter companies ran 440A, which in and of itself is an improvement over 420HC. Yes I can make do with it, but I prefer not to have to.
Personally, I'm not happy with the current quality of Queen knives. And their prices are more than I want to pay for what you get. Boker does not make many patterns in stainless in their high end line, and Buck makes even fewer.
So yes, I'd like GEC to make more stainless.
Doesn't have to be 440C as long as they run it at a higher Rockwell.
I'd be quite interested if GEC went to 440A and heat treated it to a 58 with a cryo quench. 440A is less wearing on the tooling than 440C, so they might be able to make stainless blades without worrying so much about wearing out their tooling.
My Navy Knife in 440C had a swedge.
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Hello. I'm just curious to know what's the most inexpensive model GEC have?