Can you lower the pull on a hard-to-open slipjoint folder? A TWO YEAR experiment!

So what happens when your knife is so hard to open, it is never practical enough to even carry and use it? Can you "BREAK IN" a knife without use?
I asked this question 2 years ago, and have the answer for you today.
#gec23
#slipjoint
#traditionalknives

[@brown11871]

Gotta love the GEC 23 🤗🤗 They are freaking beasts.

[@jeremycrowe4693]

I cant never buy a GEC anymore by the time i get off work there already bought and gone but you will see dealers on ebay have 4 of the same model for twice the price and i refuse to pay that

[@cheatobandito]

Very knice, GEC. Great video as well. Found your video from a search result. I was trying to find an answer to how people rate pulls on slipjoints. You know when someone says, " oh thats about a 4 or a 5 on the pull." I was hoping you had an answer.

[@CoyoteEDC]

I don't really know how people rate the pull. It seems subjective based on the user. I would call this GEC a 10, due to the difficulty.

[@lidor2856]

I have A wright and son barlow that even now i cant open with the nail neck. The good news about carbon steel blade is that it grip beter with the patina, also in my head i think that the patina can grind on the back spring wich make the spring strech less. I think thats what happand because on my most used case knife the spring is resting below the covers

[@Barry-Sweaty]

Spend two years locating and purchasing a GEC. Spend another year at half stop. Spend another year at open position. 4 years later, I have a knife that is a 9/10 opening action 😂

[@CoyoteEDC]

Sounds about right!

[@Barry-Sweaty]

@@CoyoteEDC which is absolutely worth it. I’d do all that if it was easier to locate a gosh darn GEC I want!

[@Barry-Sweaty]

@@CoyoteEDC within a reasonable price!!! 😂

[@squirts1]

supposedly, springs don't get weaker by sitting in any position whether that is relaxed, or compressed. Supposedly... it's only movement iterations, or overextension that cause changes in spring stiffness. Much like a linerlock with too stiff or too weak lockbar tension, you need to overextend the bar in one direction or the other. How you do this on a backspring is by partially opening the blade and putting spacers/shims between the backspring and the blade tang and move the blade. It's a precarious thing, but it should be possible to reduce backspring tension this way.

[@franksalem8580]

Could you elaborate a bit more? Have you tried this yourself? Did it work?

[@franksalem8580]

Trust me but none of this works. The knife doesn't adapt to your efforts but rather you adapt to the stiffness.

[@jamesomalley4556]

Can't get a GEC knife have to work and don't know anyone on the inside . Lol and im on a couple of lists ( Nice Knife )

[@jeremycrowe4693]

I have a GEC beaver in cherry wood and wanted the knife so bad and bought it and when i got it i couldnt open it because of the pull being so tigjt and hard to open. ill try this