How many of you take into consideration the fact that you can "take-apart" your knife when you purchase. I know it voids the warranty but lets face it you don't have to be a genius to put them back together.(although there was the time i took apart another companies knife and the cheap torx screws stripped)Any Hoo. Do you take it into consideration?
It is nice to be able to to get them clean if the get really soiled. I would love to be able to take apart some of my knives(police, calypso, delica), instead of using compressed air and Q-tips to clean them.
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glockman99
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I'd love to be able to take my stainless Police model(s) apart so that I could clean 'em and "customize" 'em easier, but with my luck, I'd end-up losing a part or stripping a screw anyway...
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It's one of many things I consider when I buy a knife. If I can't take it apart, I have to spray it out and get an oiled cloth inside every couple weeks.
if it can come apart without too much worry(unlike the new eccentric pivot ones), then it will come apart to get looked at and cleaned at least once.
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if it can come apart without too much worry(unlike the new eccentric pivot ones), then it will come apart to get looked at and cleaned at least once.
My Word, My Honour, is my Life.
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I've cleaned knives just fine with air, hot water, and Q-tips that I simply wouldn't need a dismantleable (Dude, I made up a word! <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>) <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>. Slipjoints will cure the dismantle reflex pretty fast.
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Never underestimate the impossible.
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Yes, yes and... yes. A great option.
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easiest way to get a linerlock spydie back together(yes, I realize the salsa is a compression lock, but the theory is the same) is to oput the pivot together, and have the lock in "open". then assemble the back bit by bit...
haven't taken my salsa apart yet, but I might out of boredom to see if I can tweak the lock back towards left..
My Word, My Honour, is my Life.
haven't taken my salsa apart yet, but I might out of boredom to see if I can tweak the lock back towards left..
My Word, My Honour, is my Life.
I think for some it's a major consideration. It's a strong selling point on Sebenzas. It makes the knife more personal to me, if I can idly sit and strip it, clean it, polish out tiny pivot marks etc.
I've had a Large Dyad apart, that was fun! And the recent aquisition of a "R", despite it's relative rarity, just had to be stripped to polish out the overspill of the Almite that was showing on the inner edges. Personally, I tend to shy away from the Spydies that you can't dis-assemble.
I've had a Large Dyad apart, that was fun! And the recent aquisition of a "R", despite it's relative rarity, just had to be stripped to polish out the overspill of the Almite that was showing on the inner edges. Personally, I tend to shy away from the Spydies that you can't dis-assemble.
In regard to the comment that it is difficult to disassemble - assemble an eccentric pivot knife -- there is nothing mysterious about the eccentric pivot. The pivot sleeve (into which the screw fits) is the eccentric part, and is designed (at least in my Lum Chinese) with tiny flats which contact the side scale or liner and prevent it from turning. To adjust this, it is just necessary to unscrew the pivot screw, tap out the sleeve to the point that it can be rotated slightly, and then push it back in place. I think it can be done without disassembling the knife, although the disassimbly of the Lum is no problem - just don't drop any of the tiny screws on the floor!
I messed up my chinook by taking it apart. The backlock spring had slipped out but I failed to notice. When I put it back together, it hung very loose when it was closed. I sent it in to spyderco with a note of my stupdity and they took pity on me and replaced it free of charge.
Not only did they repalce it, they gave me an old style chinook with cps30v instead of 440v.
Not only did they repalce it, they gave me an old style chinook with cps30v instead of 440v.