I sure do like my new SS handled hawkbill but I like to play around and clean them out from time to time... has this been discussed before? Any tricks on maintenance?
How do you disassemble a SS handle?
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How do you disassemble a SS handle?
Nice to meet ya! Feel free to reach out to me anytime... I’m just starting out on my collection :spyder:
Favorite: Paramilitary2. Spyderco: Ambitious, Tenacious, Paramilitary2. Byrd: Cara Cara2 Plain Edge, Rescue2, Stainless Steel Handle Hawkbill
Favorite: Paramilitary2. Spyderco: Ambitious, Tenacious, Paramilitary2. Byrd: Cara Cara2 Plain Edge, Rescue2, Stainless Steel Handle Hawkbill
Re: How do you disassemble a SS handle?
Hey Weston, knives like yours are pinned together with rivets and not designed to be disassembled although they can be by drilling out the rivets. A job best left to an experienced cutler and host likely costing more than the price of your knife when new.
I clean my pinned knives between the scales with a small artist’s brush while holding the knife edge down and the tang and lock area with the edge up so not to push grit back into moving parts. I apply a drop of oil to the pivot and maybe lock bar pin as required and wipe away all access (with a lint free cloth) as it tends to attract grit.
For what it’s worth I have a few pinned knives that I don’t think I’ve ever lubed. :)
I clean my pinned knives between the scales with a small artist’s brush while holding the knife edge down and the tang and lock area with the edge up so not to push grit back into moving parts. I apply a drop of oil to the pivot and maybe lock bar pin as required and wipe away all access (with a lint free cloth) as it tends to attract grit.
For what it’s worth I have a few pinned knives that I don’t think I’ve ever lubed. :)
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Re: How do you disassemble a SS handle?
To be honest, I think I might like Spyderco's SS handles best. Because they are pinned, maintenance is low. There are fewer parts, and you can rinse them out under the faucet easily. Like Bloke, I'm not sure I've ever lubed a SS Spyderco.
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Re: How do you disassemble a SS handle?
Thanks for the reply guys. I’ll see how it holds up as I tend to treat my byrds a little rougher :cool:
Nice to meet ya! Feel free to reach out to me anytime... I’m just starting out on my collection :spyder:
Favorite: Paramilitary2. Spyderco: Ambitious, Tenacious, Paramilitary2. Byrd: Cara Cara2 Plain Edge, Rescue2, Stainless Steel Handle Hawkbill
Favorite: Paramilitary2. Spyderco: Ambitious, Tenacious, Paramilitary2. Byrd: Cara Cara2 Plain Edge, Rescue2, Stainless Steel Handle Hawkbill
Re: How do you disassemble a SS handle?
Hi WestonKnives,
Rougher is OK. That's what we build them to take. Keep us posted.
sal
Rougher is OK. That's what we build them to take. Keep us posted.
sal
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Re: How do you disassemble a SS handle?
I have found both spydie and byrd SS handles to be quite durable. Never an issue, and I like how the flush pins and hadle polish make them look and feel a lot like the entire handle is one milled out piece.