P'Kal availability

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ZrowsN1s wrote:
Thu Dec 02, 2021 2:34 am
Maybe you'll have better luck. I hope you do, hard to find these.
Just got it. Fast shipping. The box wasn't 100% mint condition, but the knife sure was. Blade is centered and looks good. Looks super clean and untouched.

Definitely will make the new owner happy.
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-c0de- wrote:
Sat Dec 04, 2021 3:50 pm
ZrowsN1s wrote:
Thu Dec 02, 2021 2:34 am
Maybe you'll have better luck. I hope you do, hard to find these.
Just got it. Fast shipping. The box wasn't 100% mint condition, but the knife sure was. Blade is centered and looks good. Looks super clean and untouched.

Definitely will make the new owner happy.
Glad to hear it. Did it open and close smoothly? Mine wouldn't close one handed, and opening was ridiculously stiff.

The bad customer service is enough to keep me from buying from them, but it least it sounds like you got a good knife.
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ZrowsN1s wrote:
Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:49 pm
Glad to hear it. Did it open and close smoothly? Mine wouldn't close one handed, and opening was ridiculously stiff.

The bad customer service is enough to keep me from buying from them, but it least it sounds like you got a good knife.
It opens fairly good. It opens without any stiffness or tension, so I think the mechanism works correctly, but I know that was a complaint about this knife, was not having the insanely smooth opening of something like a Yojimbo.

Granted, the person who is getting this as a gift will be using it as an EDC Defensive knife, so pretty sure 99% of the time will be using the wave feature to open it.
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-c0de- wrote:
Mon Dec 06, 2021 3:03 pm
ZrowsN1s wrote:
Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:49 pm
Glad to hear it. Did it open and close smoothly? Mine wouldn't close one handed, and opening was ridiculously stiff.

The bad customer service is enough to keep me from buying from them, but it least it sounds like you got a good knife.
It opens fairly good. It opens without any stiffness or tension, so I think the mechanism works correctly, but I know that was a complaint about this knife, was not having the insanely smooth opening of something like a Yojimbo.

Granted, the person who is getting this as a gift will be using it as an EDC Defensive knife, so pretty sure 99% of the time will be using the wave feature to open it.
I have 2 P'kals and a trainer. 2 out of three are butter smooth. The other one could be a little smoother.
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ZrowsN1s wrote:
Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:45 pm
I have 2 P'kals and a trainer. 2 out of three are butter smooth. The other one could be a little smoother.
I haven't looked yet, but any guides on smoothing it up some?

I'd rather have the recipient not have to do a single thing to it.
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-c0de- wrote:
Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:56 pm
ZrowsN1s wrote:
Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:45 pm
I have 2 P'kals and a trainer. 2 out of three are butter smooth. The other one could be a little smoother.
I haven't looked yet, but any guides on smoothing it up some?

I'd rather have the recipient not have to do a single thing to it.
Knife Pivot Lube. These are older models mostly so they are loctited good.
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ZrowsN1s wrote:
Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:10 pm
Knife Pivot Lube. These are older models mostly so they are loctited good.
Thanks! Will do!
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Hi C0de,

Welcome to our forum.

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