SS Cricket went through the laundry, heat treatment ruined?
SS Cricket went through the laundry, heat treatment ruined?
So imagine my surprise, when I pull my jeans out of the dryer and I find my much-loved Cricket still clipped to the waistband of my pants... Could the high temperatures of the dryer have messed up the heat treatment of the blade?
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The Mastiff
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Nope, not unless the heat was so high that the clothes were charred. It'll be fine. Joe
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So you got it cleaned.
A drop of oil on the pivot and she's brand new.
A drop of oil on the pivot and she's brand new.
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Yeah, no worries, I've washed every knife I've ever used as an EDC for any amount of time at least once and none of them has been the worse for it.
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i have washed my cricket many times but no big deal
jsut remember that no harm willm come of your blade under 300F (no baking it in a cake now) :D
not that a frn handle can deal with that kind of temp but your
yep its clean now so a little oil and clean up the edge and its new
one thing to be thankfull for is that the blade didnt open itself in there im betting that a open spyder in the wash would make plenty of spyder holes
jsut remember that no harm willm come of your blade under 300F (no baking it in a cake now) :D
not that a frn handle can deal with that kind of temp but your
yep its clean now so a little oil and clean up the edge and its new
one thing to be thankfull for is that the blade didnt open itself in there im betting that a open spyder in the wash would make plenty of spyder holes
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I expect the steel is tempered at a higher tempature than will be reached in the dryer. I agree with the others that HT should be okay.
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If and when you wash/dry your lockbacks; be sure to check the lock notch area for a lint pocket. I washed/dried a Stretch a few months ago; and it formed a huge unsafe lint trap in the locking area. Enough lint gathered to prevent it from locking...luckily I noticed before I could hurt myself. Not an issue with the Reeve linerlock though.
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