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Comment by Martin Desax on December 3, 2012 at 16:05

Congrats to the winners. The judge made a good job!

After all the (understandable) complains about the quality, I took my gepetto out of the display cabinet (where it sits between a Rough Rider and a Case) and gave it a closer look once again. 

What I already saw when I opened it the first time is the same what some guys wrote here before. On the main blade is a ugly scar made by the small blade. But fortunately it's on the backdise only.

But what really shocked me when I took it out of the oilpaper was the DENT in the bolster!!! 

That's not a joke! I was really shocked for a few seconds, untill I realized: Oh, all four bolsters have this dent! OK, then it must be a design element and not a defect.  :-))

Otherwise my gepetto is ok and I'm very happy with it.

P.S. Now that I'm thinking about it... Perhaps it's not a coincidence it sits between a Rough Rider and a Case, perhaps it's the right place in terms of quality... ;-)

Comment by Alexander Noot on December 3, 2012 at 7:21

Thanks everyone.I'm honoured. Look forward to seeing a picture with the knife AND the mug in the future. Maybe I'll be able to get one in the snow with the other windmill in town in the backround.

And Ivars. I know how you feel. My iKC gepetto is very good apart from 2 flaws.

1) It's a little gritty in it's movement. When I open it it sounds like there's some grit inbetween the backspring and the blade. Easily fixable though just by oiling it a little with my favourite lubrican Nano Oil.

2) Blade rub marks that were already there the first time I opened my knife. That does bother me somewhat. No one gets to put scratches on my knives but me and getting one that was purchased at high dollar prices (this one cost me about half of what my custom Tim Britton knife cost me...and that's not cheap) and then getting one with blade rub is something that isn't nice. Like Ivars though I'm hampered by the distance and the import fees and such and I'll not be sending it back.

On the plus side...I've given it a little diamond hone treatment and it is redicilously sharp now...and I'm looking forward to using it throughout the years.

Comment by Paul Slusser on December 2, 2012 at 21:22

Thanks Jan!  That was a lot of fun for me getting to know some of the folks on here just a little bit better and I had a great time looking for photo opportunities.  Congrats to Alexander.  That was a spectacular picture indeed!  Great choice Josh.

Comment by J.J. Smith III on December 2, 2012 at 20:27

Congrats guys. Really liked being able to see all the Geppettos. Thanks also to our judge Josh.

Comment by Ron Cooper on December 2, 2012 at 20:07

Congratulations to Alexander for winning the mug and also to Paul for winning the iKC bumper sticker! You guys rock!

Personally, I liked the armadillo pic the best. But that's probably because I think that those giant armor-plated rats are so cute n' cuddly.....NOT!

Cheers to everyone who posted pics of their knives. I hope that others will still continue to post pics of their Geppettos even though the contest is now officially over. Let's see those G's in action!

Comment by Jan Carter on December 2, 2012 at 18:09

Thanks to all of you for entering the pictures that gave us an insight to where you are and where your community knives are now.  I dont know about you but it sure was enjoyable to see them all and I am glad I did not have to do the judging.  Thanks to Josh Wills for upholding that duty for us.   and the winner of the coffee mug is.......................................

Alexander Noot and his hometown windmill

You know I am terrible at the just one winner thing (even when it is my rules) so I did ask for a second place winner 

And the winner of an iKC bumper sticker is Paul Slusser and the cow :)

Thanks again to everyone for entering, for showing us your knife and sharing your home cities, towns and countries. 

Paul and Alexander, look for a PM from me please

Comment by Jan Carter on December 2, 2012 at 10:27

Ivars,

I am glad you have made the decision to allow GEC the ability to make it right.

Comment by Jan Carter on December 2, 2012 at 8:56

I have a third party that is not a buyer of this knife judging the photo contest.  We will know the results today!  Thanks to all that have entered

Comment by J.J. Smith III on December 2, 2012 at 8:45

(Taken from the Sharper Review group)

Folks, I really love my Little Geppetto whittler. I got one when they first came out and I feel that the iKC Club knife may be built a bit better.

Fit and finish is just beautiful. No gaps and the bolster to handle transition is flawless. Backsprings are good (and I like them strong). "Great walk and talk".
I'm still limbering mine up a bit as they are snug.
Blades aren't "super" sharp, but I was able to shave hair with 2 out of the 3. A couple of minutes tuned them all up to my carving standards.
The only "problem" that I've heard of is the master blade rides a hair high which can be remadied by filing the blade kick slightly. Not an uncommon task, I do it on my working Seahorses when they are high.
All in all, I'm giving this one a 10, and 2 thumbs up.</p>
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Fit and finish is just beautiful. No gaps and the bolster to handle transition is flawless. Backsprings are good (and I like them strong). "Great walk and talk".

I'm still limbering mine up a bit as they are snug.

Blades aren't "super" sharp, but I was able to shave hair with 2 out of the 3. A couple of minutes tuned them all up to my carving standards.

The only "problem" that I've heard of is the master blade rides a hair high which can be remadied by filing the blade kick slightly. Not an uncommon task, I do it on my working Seahorses when they are high.

All in all, I'm giving this one a 10, and 2 thumbs up.

Comment by Ron Cooper on December 1, 2012 at 16:49

Jan,

Thanks for taking the time to check your knives. I'm glad to hear that they are free of any problems. The main issue that I have with mine, aside from the blade play, is that the tip of the Wharncliffe blade is exposed when the blade is in the closed position. It will catch or cut anything that passes down and over it. In other words, if you attempted to run your finger down from the bolster and over the spine of the blade your finger would be snagged by the tip of the blade. Compound that issue with the sharp corner and burr on the adjacent coping blade's tang and you have a potentially dangerous end on that knife. I shouldn't be getting cut on a knife that is closed. But that's exactly what happened, as I mentioned to Ivars, when I was removing it from a nylon pouch. In fact, that cut had occurred immediately prior to my taking of this photograph...

If you look closely you can see the band-aid on my index finger that I had applied to cover the cut that was caused by either the exposed tip or the burr on the tang of the coping blade. Fortunately, as someone who has spent a lifetime around sharp objects, I have learned to always have a band-aid(s) close at hand. I had one in my wallet.

Please understand that I am in no way attempting to disparage Great Eastern Cutlery. I have a full confidence that they will stand behind their knives. But, at the same time, please understand that these issues DO EXIST with this particular knife. And they are a cause for concern. As shown, I have already been cut once.

I am not going to send it back. I will file the burrs and the kick myself. No big deal. The side to side blade play is another issue that I am NOT prepared to remedy. It is not that much. But it is quite noticeable, nonetheless. I initially attributed it to the split backspring on the knife? I have very little experience with knives that have split backsprings. So I really don't know whether there should be an acceptable amount of wobble with them or not?

The bottom line is that I wouldn't expect to encounter these issues on a knife costing as much as this knife did. For 1/10th the price I could purchase a Rough Rider knife and dismiss these issues as being inherent to a mass produced Chinese knife. But, also as I mentioned to Ivars, it is what it is ~ life goes on.

Cheers!

Ron

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