I'm always impressed by that picture. I'd get it if the blade had rust on the pivot and washer contact areas, but the state of the liners makes me wonder if you're not sweating battery acid :Dvivi wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:24 pmMight not be something you have to do, but it is a necessity for me at times. I've been unable to get all the sand and salt rinsed out of my Pacific Salts pivot before. With non-salts I've had rust build up so bad in the liners I made a Para 2 unable to lock until I scraped out gobs of rust with a toothpick.The Mastiff wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:07 pmI don't believe in trying to tell someone how to use their property but trying to tell me that taking my knives apart to clean or maintain them is necessary will get an argument out of me everytime. I have Spydercos over 20 years old with half of that in my pocket daily that have never needed to be taken apart. If you feel the need to take yours apart no argument from me though. Just don't say it's needed or necessary . They aren't firearms and have completely different needs and designs. That isn't a valid comparison.
I see Spyderco and any other manufacturing companyas being in a bad position over this kind of thing. They can and do get complaints no matter what they do. To think someone can put together and fit knives all day every day and only get the perfect amount of loctite on every screw means you aren't taking into account the imperfection in people. No matter which side in life you're on try to remember there is another side.
If I don't take them apart they'd end up with significant issues over time, not limited to a non-functioning lock.
Though my former Millie did have spots of rust on the liners when I got it, must've been sitting in a musty drawer. It had lint and dust build-up in spots when I serviced it a couple of days ago before sending it, but nothing that bad.
Maybe you're too active for the stainlessness of the liners to handle :cool:
Though the full and non-recessed liners probably don't help in keeping rust at bay