GEC 71 bullnose
GEC 71 bullnose
This one had some ugly orange covers, stag again for the recover...
Re: GEC 71 bullnose
Glennbad, you make things I don't want things I do want. Great work as always.
Re: GEC 71 bullnose
That is gorgeous Glenn!
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Re: GEC 71 bullnose
That's beautiful!!!!
Out of curiosity...Does the lanyard piece, go through the base of the backspring...or does the backspring "hook" over the top and around the lanyard piece? I've just recently encountered my first old knife, where the backspring only has the one pin...and "hooks" around the end pin. What holds the lanyard piece within the liners? Solder? Epoxy? You don't "peen" those do you?
You've found some very nice stag there!!!!!
Out of curiosity...Does the lanyard piece, go through the base of the backspring...or does the backspring "hook" over the top and around the lanyard piece? I've just recently encountered my first old knife, where the backspring only has the one pin...and "hooks" around the end pin. What holds the lanyard piece within the liners? Solder? Epoxy? You don't "peen" those do you?
You've found some very nice stag there!!!!!
Heretical Refurb / Mods of cheap old folders, since late 2018
Re: GEC 71 bullnose
I am as curious as you about Glenn's method because they are not easy to with my method...
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Re: GEC 71 bullnose
I have one of those in black micarta. The backspring is so darned strong I have trouble opening it. So I got out my trusty half-round rasp, and cut a deep, half-round groove crossways in the butt end. Now it's an easy opener - I pinch the blade to open it, don't use nail nick. Kinda ugly but efficient, and after all, it's an EDC.
Re: GEC 71 bullnose
The spring does not have a hole, just a notch that rides up against the tube. install your "spring" pin first, it doesn't have to be all the way tight, just mostly snug.Doc B wrote:That's beautiful!!!!
Out of curiosity...Does the lanyard piece, go through the base of the backspring...or does the backspring "hook" over the top and around the lanyard piece? I've just recently encountered my first old knife, where the backspring only has the one pin...and "hooks" around the end pin. What holds the lanyard piece within the liners? Solder? Epoxy? You don't "peen" those do you?
You've found some very nice stag there!!!!!
The tube is held in place mainly by the tension of the spring. I do not use epoxy on the tube. I end up flaring the ends of the tube, that holds things nicely.
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Interesting...thanks for the info!!!glennbad wrote:The spring does not have a hole, just a notch that rides up against the tube. install your "spring" pin first, it doesn't have to be all the way tight, just mostly snug.Doc B wrote:That's beautiful!!!!
Out of curiosity...Does the lanyard piece, go through the base of the backspring...or does the backspring "hook" over the top and around the lanyard piece? I've just recently encountered my first old knife, where the backspring only has the one pin...and "hooks" around the end pin. What holds the lanyard piece within the liners? Solder? Epoxy? You don't "peen" those do you?
You've found some very nice stag there!!!!!
The tube is held in place mainly by the tension of the spring. I do not use epoxy on the tube. I end up flaring the ends of the tube, that holds things nicely.
Heretical Refurb / Mods of cheap old folders, since late 2018
Re: GEC 71 bullnose
Stag on it is a Big improvement! Great job on it.