I have a bit of time on lunchbreak to reply to a couple of posts. I have used this little guy a couple times this morning, I'm a huge fan of the Dogleg Jack pattern now. It's compact but easy to hold, has a good handle to blade angle, and is also quite a looker. This thing is a major nailbreaker though. Only one of the 10 or so coworkers I showed it to was able to open it.
That was an amazing bit of magic you worked on the knife, excellent.:thumbup:
Stag will mellow and colour with age but you got that imperfection off really well, doubt you could risk that with bone though....
The knife should not have been delivered in that condition at full price, neither the manufacturer or the dealer should be attempting to sell that knife. I suggest you e-mail GEC and attach your excellent pictures, they have a duty to respond to you on this one. And thanks for raising the issue.
I agree. It's not so much that the nick is a huge deal itself, just that this knife should not have been sold/advertised as a full price knife. I will at least contact GEC and let them know. The reseller also should know, if anything so they can check over the knives a bit more closely before they go out. This reseller has been pretty good to me so far, although they are not the primary one I use.
Well done Ian,
I think that the knife you have is quite a stunning looking knife, and to return the knife would have been a shame, I think the Stag chosen was a nice choice, and to get better as a factory replacement would have been very, very difficult.
I think you have done well, and thanks for taking us through your fears, and corrective steps...excellent result my friend!
What neat Bolsters, and what neat Stag.... awesome score.
Ian, if you would excuse me for saying this on your thread, this is no to take anything away from your lovely knife, as this would make an ideal brother for my GEC's, ........................
The only thing that slightly annoys me with the modern day Stag used these days, is the white tapering down to the Bolsters...there must be quality Stag that doesn't require this treatment of Tapering on the top, by achieving slicing the bottom of the scale? to achieve 100% better results
Duncan
I really love the stag on this knife also. The reason I made this thread was because I was so torn about returning it; I knew that I wouldn't get another like this.
As far as the scales, using thicker slabs and then contouring them down to the bolsters, gives the knifemaker more wiggle room as far as the shape of the stag goes. When bringing the thickness down to the bolster level, the shape of the stag becomes much more important to the knife. This method allows them to use pieces that likely would be considered scrap, or only suitable for a small/slim knife at a custom knifemaker.
That said, I actually do like the thicker slabs, it gives the knife a balloon shape that really feels nice in hand.
ian you did an excellent job on fixing up the blemish. it looks to myself as if knife was dropped on a surface that chipped the top of stag. probably this occurred after leaving the factory since the manufacturer would have fixed it easily on location. i'm sure most distributors would have replaced the unit but in the future it might be wise to deal only with outlets that only require you paying return postage. p.m. me if you desire more info.---dennis
Thanks. It's a bit hard to tell the original origin of the blemish, because it had alread been polished over. That's what made me think that it was from the factory. I suppose that the reseller could have dropped it and then tried to rub it out, but that would be rather shady. I would like to hope that isn't the case.
I PM'ed you.
That's an impressive fix, nice work man! The best part is that you took the initiative and transformed what would have been either a hassle (knife return) or a constant reminder of dis-satisfaction into a sweet bit of home-cooked repair that will really make that Northfield a joy to carry and use.
Rock on.
I'm very happy with the results. Sending this knife back would have been painful (but not as painful as getting it open, this thing is a nail-breaker as mentioned above).
