Reuse pac salt blade?

[ZMW]

After years of great use I pushed my pac salt SE too far this past weekend. User abuse on my end, but the lock rock went from non existent to borderline unsafe and I can squeeze the handle and make the lock disengage if I really try.

Can I buy some endura handles and lockbar, and frankenstein my pac salt blade? Or is just time to retire the beast?

Tightening the pivot does nothing to help, I think I warped the handles or lock bar from splitting wood and batting the back of the blade. The unlocked position was not working, so I beat the snot out of it when locked. Not the knifes fault...

[Pancake]

Maybe you can find Endura handle with a lockbar, but you have to search a lot.
Rule of thumb is, you want to have blade with corresponding lockbar. Another lock bar MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT work with your blade, that is a gamble.
Also, I am not sure if the blades between PacSalt and Endura are the same geometry wise, they might...not sure.
I would make a fixed blade out of that blade. Two slabs of micarta, g10 spacer, and I would make a steel lockbar to secure everything in place. Could be done.

[Wartstein]

After years of great use I pushed my pac salt SE too far this past weekend. User abuse on my end, but the lock rock went from non existent to borderline unsafe and I can squeeze the handle and make the lock disengage if I really try.

Can I buy some endura handles and lockbar, and frankenstein my pac salt blade? Or is just time to retire the beast?

.....

I am sure you know that Spyderco does not sell spare parts (for very good reasons imho), so that would not be an option anyway.

Since you certainly have a Pac Salt 1 (and not the just recently issued Pac Salt 2): The current Endura 4 is a different model, both in shape and also in having liners.
YOUR Pac Salt is basically a "salty" Endura 3 as far as I know, and the Endura 3 is long discontinued already..

So: No, I am afraid what you´re thinking of is not an option.
You certainly could buy a used Pac Salt 1 (or perhaps even still find a new one), but not spare parts.
And if you buy another complete Pac Salt 1: Why swap blades then anyway?

If I were you: I´d go and try the new Pac Salt 2, which is basically a linerless, "salty" Endura 4. I personally clearly prefer the Endura 4 / Pac Salt 2 handle over the Endura 3 / Pac Salt 1 handle, but ymmv of course

[Wartstein]

....
I would make a fixed blade out of that blade. Two slabs of micarta, g10 spacer, and I would make a steel lockbar to secure everything in place. Could be done.

YOU could do it, my friend, as I know from the great fixed blade you made for me...

I probably could not... :o

[Freediver]

It’s time to retire it and pick up one of these:

[prndltech]

It’s time to retire it and pick up one of these:

A1E298F6-8E73-4A05-B436-6A623804159B

Man I just saw that and I cannot wait!!!!

[cabfrank]

Is that an upcoming Pac Salt 2, ffg? It looks great.

[VooDooChild]

Have you taken the knife apart yet to try and see whats wrong?

Either way I would say its probably time for a new one.

Dont baton with folders kids.