I like that set.MichaelScott wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 9:27 amWiha 36392 L-Wrench Set, Torx, Short Arm, 7 Piece https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002QV0FGA/re ... RBbQJHP7D8
i am good with that not pinning handles so we can take them apart and repair or maintain them. my question actually is if you are not going to pin the handles so we can still take them apart, then why do you still put a bevel on lanyard tubes so it makes it harder to take apart or for that matter something absolutely everyone has a complaint with is spydercos use of red loctite. i am very happy that you want to let us maintain our knives and so you wont pin them but what about the rest.sal wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 3:22 pmTaking apart knives – part 2
I’d like to thank all of you for the great information on the issue mentioned. My primary purpose for the thread was more to raise awareness that it is a problem and hope that just the greater awareness would help contribute to reducing the problem. Many people didn’t ever realize it was a problem.
I stayed out of the discussion because I really needed your input without my opinions involved. With the many posts, I have a lot to study.
FYI, we don’t plan to pin our knives or make it impossible for you to take them apart. We will continually try to make them stronger so if you do take them apart, it will be more difficult to damage them. (Eg: the case of the flippers & the washers). Trying to add something to determine “IF” they were taken apart is probably not something we can expect dealers to pay much attention to, especially dealers like Amazon. Also it becomes a “policing action” which has its own issues.
I would hope that you will discourage others from returning tampered knives and if you were doing it, you now know it is a problem.
Fruitful discussion. Thanx much. (I will be discussing the shipping of internal parts on another thread).
sal
I'm confused. I just got my first Spyderco, a Manix 2Lightweight. It's held together with aluminum rivets. I'd really like to take this apart. There's nothing technically wrong with it, but I can make a little better... or more to my liking.
Hey Mr Glesser, out of curiosity, is there any significant production cost saving one way or another? Do pinned knife cost less to produce and visa versa?
Many Thanks, Mr Glesser!
Hi, Papaw:
Thanks to the link Kristi provided, I eventually read Sals initial post in part one of this discussion. There he describes the problem with people who dis- and reassemble their knives and then send them back to the dealer as "new"... I find this to be really bad and quite unbelievable (not in the sense that I don't believe it, but am a bit "shocked"). That's really annoying and not a thing an honest and decent person would ever do imo.TazKristi wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:01 amHi, Papaw:
Welcome to our forum. The first part of this discussion can be found here, viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78032&p=1213286&hil ... s#p1213286.
We hope you enjoy your time with us.
Kristi
cbrstar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:40 pm
Sal, I have to say I kinda really really dislike pinned or riveted knives. I just bought this Manix 2 from a pawn shop for only $10 because it's sticky, gross, and filthy! Lucky I own a ultra sonic cleaner, but I would prefer taking it apart and making sure it's 100% clean and sanitized. I also would like to have been able to take the blade out and buffed some of the scratches out and remove the fleur-de-lis.
IMHO for a modern knife company to say we want to use pins for economic reasons, is like if a car company saying that they want to use drum brakes. It's old inferior technology that most knife companies have moved away from.
Not to nitpick, but my native maxamet is not pinned. Did you mean the manix lw?steelcity16 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:56 pmIf someone is paying $188.50 for a Maxamet Native LW, I can't imagine balking at an extra few bucks for the benefit of screw construction.
Again... nitpicking.... some of us (... maybe just me) use our top tier knives just as we would any knife... a knife is a knife is a knife, a tool, some are better than others, just like any tool... (unpopular opinion).steelcity16 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:56 pm
One last thought on the Manix LW. The low cost BD-1 steel version is a great work/beater folder. The exact type of folder that will get used for all of the dirty, grimy tasks people don't want to use their expensive exclusives on, and could likely benefit from periodic disassembly and cleaning. Also, full disclosure, I sold my BD-1 Manix LW due for this exact reason. I would definitely buy a new one with screw construction though. It would be my go-to work knife.
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