Whata snap!

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CB-R

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So I've heard tell of this "good snap" in many posts around here and always assumed it was pretty common to land a knife that had "good snap." I have less than a handful of slipies and have only recently become infected with the passion surrounding them. A couple of weeks ago I purchased a single blade GEC 73 from a member for a song and instantly fell in love. So much in fact that I ordered a new one-this time with two blades. It came today, I opened it, pulled a blade and closed it to the most beautiful, echoing crack of a whip I've ever heard! It's like the reverb on an old Fender tube amp cranked to 11! I thought I had knives with good snap, but from this day forth, all shall be measured against this one. . . Thanks for listening. I got really excited about it.
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Is your new one also a 73 or 23? It looks long to me....kinda like a 23. What is the handle material? It looks great!
CB-R said:
So I've heard tell of this "good snap" in many posts around here and always assumed it was pretty common to land a knife that had "good snap." I have less than a handful of slipies and have only recently become infected with the passion surrounding them. A couple of weeks ago I purchased a single blade GEC 73 from a member for a song and instantly fell in love. So much in fact that I ordered a new one-this time with two blades. It came today, I opened it, pulled a blade and closed it to the most beautiful, echoing crack of a whip I've ever heard! It's like the reverb on an old Fender tube amp cranked to 11! I thought I had knives with good snap, but from this day forth, all shall be measured against this one. . . Thanks for listening. I got really excited about it.
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Thats a good one.
GEC's snap is like a steel trap, just about everybody knows that sound.
I have a couple #73s and they snap really nicely, I have a #23 that slams like a steel safe.

Enjoy that one, it's really got some nice scales on it.
 
Thanks guy's, I love it. Yes it's a 73 in charcoal buffalo bone? I think that's what it's called. My other 73 must be broken in a bit. It sounds good but doesn't hold a candle to this one as far as volume is concerned.
 
The #73 Trapper is a really nice knife. I use mine out in the woods all the time, it's a great hunting partner. :thumbup:
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Nice #73 you got there!! Check the tang of the blades for the model number, it should be 7352##. Those last 2 numbers will tell you (generally) what year it was made. In my experience, the newer single blade #73s (last 2 numbers being 11) don't have the same force as the older 2 blade models.
 
It's not the be-all, end-all though.

I have a GEC that I'm sending back today, because the combination of the ultra wide spearpoint blade and "good snap" actually snap the blade closed hard enough that it dings the edge of the blade on part of the liner. Too good of a snap, in my case.
 
My single blade Northfield 23 is one of my favorites, surpasses the Remingtons from 80's and 90's by far (I have an R1303 from 1984). I am a little wary of it though, great snap, I can foresee my fingers looking like sliced carrots...
 
Good, strong snap is usually a good thing. ;)

Just make sure to watch your edge. Sometimes on a knife with hard snap like this, especially if you let the blade snap shut with authority, the edge might bounce off the inside of the backspring. If you keep finding a 'ding' in the edge after you've sharpened it, that's a warning sign. More often than not, the 'ding' will either be in the curved 'belly' of the blade near the tip, or along the portion of edge that sits directly above the backspring pin in the center of the handle, where the spring is 'humped' around that pin. There will usually be a tell-tale 'divot' in the spring too, where the edge hits it.
 
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