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...
Reuse pac salt blade?
Re: Reuse pac salt blade?
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.
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.
In the pocket: Chaparral FRN, Native Chief, Police 4 K390, Pacific Salt SE, Manix 2 G10 REX45
Re: Reuse pac salt blade?
ZMW wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:06 amAfter 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?
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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
Top three going by pocket-time (update March 24):
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
Re: Reuse pac salt blade?
YOU could do it, my friend, as I know from the great fixed blade you made for me...
I probably could not... :o
Top three going by pocket-time (update March 24):
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
Re: Reuse pac salt blade?
It’s time to retire it and pick up one of these:
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Re: Reuse pac salt blade?
Is that an upcoming Pac Salt 2, ffg? It looks great.
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Re: Reuse pac salt blade?
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.
Either way I would say its probably time for a new one.
Dont baton with folders kids.
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