Should jigged bone chip this easy?

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WillieD

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Sorry for the crappy pic, but the old camera is ready for the dump. I've had my GEC 55 for almost 2 weeks and the jigging is chipped away in 3 places. I haven't really used the knife for anything heavy duty, it gets a pocket by itself, and has been rotated with my Boy's knife so it's not even carried everyday. As soon as I got it, I could feel a few "sharp" spots and that is where they eventually cracked off. Is this a big deal or should I take a fine stone and take down the edges a bit? Thanks

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Something is not quite right with that bone. I'd give a call up to GEC and ask about it.
I'm pretty sure they will want you to send it in for new scales.

I can't see GEC being happy about that one leaving the factory. Top notch people up there!

piney
 
From the beginning they have had some jigging patterns that left "shards" in the bone where it was just jigged down to too fine of a point, or with too fine a ridgecap. If the batch of raw bone they are working with is brittle, it is much worse. But if they are working with green bone, it will pull back a little after a few days and leave you looking at a sliver of brass liner around the edges. The sharp points will catch thread and if pulled the shard will break. This has been mentioned before and once poster mentioned that they just hit it with some fine sandpaper if it is going to be a user.

If you are not happy with it, send it back and they will either fix it - replace it - or have the seller issue a refund.
 
I had two small chips fall off my GEC 55. Nothing serious and there are a couple of rough spots. Im just going to let time and friction smooth it out.
 
I'll just keep it like it is. Bought it for a user, so might rub over it a very little bit with a white spyderco rod next sharpening. Just didn't know if this happened to others or if this kinda thing happening is a big deal. Thanks for the input!
 
It has happened to a couple of mine. I simply took a piece of scrap leather and ran it over the covers. It snagged all the rough/jagged pieces and carrying it has cured it.
 
I bought a Dan Burke medium stockman from Mike and had this problem. The knife was otherwise perfect, so I called him and we tossed around a couple of ideas since I didn't want to send it back to him. The top ridges of the jigging pattern were sharp and brittle, and when they broke off they took a little bit of bone with them. I thought pretty soon I was going to have a disaster on my hands.

I polished the little ridges down down with a small piece of 220 grit garnet sandpaper, just enough to relieve the jagged edges. I just took off a bit, but the jigging quit picking at things since they weren't so sharp, and the smoothed ridges haven't chipped since. Knife still looks great and pocket time has finished off the smoothing job.

Robert
 
If this is happening as much as it sounds from the posts GEC needs to made aware of the issue directly and not through dealers who don't necessarily have the same stake in it. Something is wrong in their process and I am sure they would want to correct it before it damages their reputation. After all, these GEC knives are going to be among the antique and vintage knives of the future. All that and $0.25 will get you....
 
knifeswapper said:
From the beginning they have had some jigging patterns that left "shards" in the bone where it was just jigged down to too fine of a point, or with too fine a ridgecap. If the batch of raw bone they are working with is brittle, it is much worse. But if they are working with green bone, it will pull back a little after a few days and leave you looking at a sliver of brass liner around the edges. The sharp points will catch thread and if pulled the shard will break. This has been mentioned before and once poster mentioned that they just hit it with some fine sandpaper if it is going to be a user.
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Yep, that may have been me, a great knife and a great user. I haven't seen this issue with any of my other GEC's (or any other bone knife for that matter).

~Jim
 
This is one of the knives I mentioned above.

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And this is one of the things I had to say about it in my write-up about it:

"The jigging on the pile side (back side) handle was quite sharp down toward the lanyard hole and in fact, as I rubbed my thumb along the jigging a couple of pieces of bone flaked off and stuck in my thumb -- Ouch!! If you look closely you can see where the bone flaked off/broke off the handle."

I used the edge of a leather sheath to rub the jigging and it took care of any loose or potentially loose bone and carrying it in my pocket with some change or keys has finished it off nicely.

WillieD - Enjoy your knife.
 
knifeswapper said:
From the beginning they have had some jigging patterns that left "shards" in the bone where it was just jigged down to too fine of a point, or with too fine a ridgecap. If the batch of raw bone they are working with is brittle, it is much worse. But if they are working with green bone, it will pull back a little after a few days and leave you looking at a sliver of brass liner around the edges. The sharp points will catch thread and if pulled the shard will break. This has been mentioned before and once poster mentioned that they just hit it with some fine sandpaper if it is going to be a user.

If you are not happy with it, send it back and they will either fix it - replace it - or have the seller issue a refund.
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^That. The bolded part especially. I don't have any GECs yet, but I do have a Moki with very similar jigging. It has had some issues with small chips/bits coming off, and I'm sure it's due to the very 'sharp' or thin ridging in the tight jigging pattern. Just a little too thin/fine to be strong in those spots.


David
 
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