Will Power
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I've got a Single blade Pemberton in ebony. Nice knife & carried a bit. While I like it better than my Case Peanut, it's still a tad smaller than I like.
The GEC #33 Conductor was the perfect size, but every one I handled had a very light pull. Felt like a 3-3.5 pull and the lightest I like is around a 5. Still a #33 set up as a single end Jack knife with a clip main & coping secondary would be sweet.
I've heard quite a few others remark on light pull or weak snap on this pattern. I have 3 of them, 2 stainless acorns and a Tidioute carbon but all three have excellent snap/talk shutting briskly with some noise I find the pull strong enough and much prefer the uninterrupted feel that comes from having no half stop. Possibly I've been very lucky though? There are three Tidioute versions I missed out on at the time-that long lost age when knives remained on dealer shelves for more than 18 minutes... only to re-appear on the Bay at 300% markup (" I bought too many of these so I'll let them go") There was a really fine Ivory Bone version, Red Apple jigged and smooth Micarta, not seen any of these for a long while.
Whatever, GEC should do this pattern again, I'm certain people would be delighted as you get a very decent Clip master in a compact frame