The upcoming, anticipated, way-too-excited GEC 85's Thread!

Mike if only I had a grinding stone! Unfortunately I'm afraid if I put the knife on a grinding stone I would end up with a very pretty paperweight!! Ahh
 
I only reserved one this time around but I am very glad I reserved the one I did. Great bone and love the Scandi/Spear, something different.

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I literally held the two I own and said to the GF 'Right or left?' She chose left and that's what I'm going with. After its full spa treatment, for its first week of carry.

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My canvas micarta with its friends. Great quality on this SFO - makes me want to get out the magnifying glass to see if I can see any fault. Thanks much, Mike.

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Man, I am a Huge fan of that clip shape.
 
Just got mine in from, it's "EDC" condition due to minor imperfections, marked "S" on the secondary blade. First thing I notice when I open the USPS package: the knife is rolling around in the bottom of the box, outside of it's tube. I doubt this is Mike's fault, but rather USPS or a faulty tube cap (it's slightly bent). I believe it is EDC because of the black lines you can see on the shield-side bone.
http://imgur.com/XJhudCB
Now comes the ugly part. I started to sharpen the knife, and after only a couple times open/closing, I notice a chip had formed on the main blade's edge, and a little notch where the blade was hitting the back spring.
http://imgur.com/Tz3iHjf
I'm not sure what to do. I only have a sharpmaker, so re-profiling it really isn't an option. Any ideas?
 
Use it like you would anyway and sharpen it as well. After a bit you will have plenty of memories of this knife. One of those memories will be that the blade used to rap the spring and cause a ding.

Just use it and sharpen it as you need it.
 
BlockPsycho said:
Just got mine in from, it's "EDC" condition due to minor imperfections, marked "S" on the secondary blade. First thing I notice when I open the USPS package: the knife is rolling around in the bottom of the box, outside of it's tube. I doubt this is Mike's fault, but rather USPS or a faulty tube cap (it's slightly bent). I believe it is EDC because of the black lines you can see on the shield-side bone.
http://imgur.com/XJhudCB
Now comes the ugly part. I started to sharpen the knife, and after only a couple times open/closing, I notice a chip had formed on the main blade's edge, and a little notch where the blade was hitting the back spring.
http://imgur.com/Tz3iHjf
I'm not sure what to do. I only have a sharpmaker, so re-profiling it really isn't an option. Any ideas?
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Couple ideas, Mike has contact info on his site for apostlep. I think he charges $15 or so..don't recall exact amount. Another option is get a spyderco med ceramic or DMT diamond stone and fix it yourself.
 
NJBillK said:
Use it like you would anyway and sharpen it as well. After a bit you will have plenty of memories of this knife. One of those memories will be that the blade used to rap the spring and cause a ding.

Just use it and sharpen it as you need it.
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I'm with NJBillK on this. I'm guesstimating that the ding on your blade is somewhere around 1% of the cutting surface and this isn't going to have a noticeable impact on performance. In a couple of months of regular use and sharpening, the ding will disappear.
 
kenspen said:
I'm with NJBillK on this. I'm guesstimating that the ding on your blade is somewhere around 1% of the cutting surface and this isn't going to have a noticeable impact on performance. In a couple of months of regular use and sharpening, the ding will disappear.
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Yes I sharpened it completely away took about an hour on my sharpmaker and I will have to admit is now razor sharp however after opening and closing a couple of times the picture i posted is the result.. Though it probably will dissapear after a few months of use and sharpening.. I didn't want to take away so much edge that it becomes much thicker behind the edge.. So I sent it back to GEC and let the professionals handle that! Now the wait for the return?
 
NJBillK said:
Use it like you would anyway and sharpen it as well. After a bit you will have plenty of memories of this knife. One of those memories will be that the blade used to rap the spring and cause a ding.

Just use it and sharpen it as you need it.
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But eventually I will have to grind the kick a bit to keep the tip down when closed, and then it will probably juat hit the spring again. Can I file down the little bump in the spring a bit?
 
It isn't so close that the tip will be proud. I personally wouldn't want to touch the spring due to not wanting to affect the mechanics.

That being said, if you would feel more comfortable sending it in, feel free. I can understand why some people would send it in due to that issue, even though I personally would not. Mind you, I have no qualms about fixing or modding a knife I plan on keeping.
 
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Ok, so with my stag "EDC", it came with some fairly thick polished stag for a single blade knife. I wanted to thin it down. So after careful work using my orbital sander and finish sanding by hand, I was able to thin it to my liking without grinding off the pins. The center pins were touched but not to the point that they won't hold the covers down. I also used CA (super) glue to fill all the little voids around the stag and liners/bolsters. I also filled in one crack that had a little surface opening.

It is now finished and I couldn't be happier. I'd even have to say it's the nicest 85 that I now own. It probably won't even become the dedicated "EDC" that I intended it to be!

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