Should my Gerber A-F Covert do this?

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kirch

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I was pawing through all my knives tonight and I noticed something about my Gerber A-F Covert. When in the open position the blade can be rocked back & forth. With very little pressure I can move the tip about 1/2" either way. In looking closely at the mechanisms, it seems the liner lock isn't fully engaging -- like it's just barely catching the back of the blade. Though I don't carry this knife on any regular basis, I'm still uncomfortable with any blade movement in a folder. I don't have many folders, but all my Spydercos, Schrades and even a couple of Bokers (including a full-size Boker A-F) seem to lock into place just fine. Even though I bought this 2 years ago & no longer have the receipt, will Boker fix this for me at no charge? I've never used the knife and, if this is not right, it has to be a manufacturer's error.

Apologies in advance if I didn't get mechanism names right - folders aren't my specialty.
 
Originally posted by kirch:
Gerber A-F Covert...will Boker fix this
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I am sure that you meant will Gerber fix this. Go to their web site at http://www.gerberblades.com/ and ask them yourself 'cause I dont know.

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I just "pawed" thru my closet and dug up my Gerber AF covert. There is no movement at all like you describe on yours. It should not do that.

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Tim

 
Thanks for the quick replies. Sorry about the Gerber/Boker mix-up - I seem to do that a lot and I don't know why. Ever since they both came out w/ A-F models...

I tried to contact Gerber via e-mail prior to posting here but I couldn't find an e-mail address for them, though I searched their web site high and low. Even their web site was sort of hard to find, it didn't show up on my search engine. I ended having to go through a Gerber collector's personal site. BTW, their web site is http://www.gerberblades.com/

Are they purposely making it hard for people to reach/contact them over the web?
 
Sales@gerberblades.com

Tell them about the wobbling. I'm sure they'll fix it no charge if it is covered by the warranty.

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