Red Endura Trainer blade swap
- sgteldridge
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Red Endura Trainer blade swap
Does anyone know if you can swap the trainer blade for a reg one ? I like the red handle
Yes, it's possible. There's a vid on YouTube in which someone swapped out handles. From Spyderco's perspective, it would make sense having the parts between the trainer and a production model be identical (excluding blade of course) for both cost and ease of manufacture.sgteldridge wrote:Does anyone know if you can swap the trainer blade for a reg one ? I like the red handle
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You can do it. I have done it. You need to swap both the blade and the lock bar. The lock bars are matched to the blade. I think that the trainer blade has not been heat treated, and the lock bar may not be either. You don't want a non heat treated lock bar with a heat treated blade. Switch 'em both and you'll be fine.
Or.....take the entire knife apart and just switch ONLY the plastic scales and backspacer. I vote for only switching the blade and the lock bar.
Or.....take the entire knife apart and just switch ONLY the plastic scales and backspacer. I vote for only switching the blade and the lock bar.
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Do be aware that you will be voiding the warranty, although Spyderco will still be willing to sharpen the blade if you send it in to them. A few years ago someone was selling red-handled trainers for really cheap, so I got one, did the swap (both blade and lockbar), and now I have a fully-serrated Endura with red scales, and a grey-scaled Endura trainer.
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i have done it...i need to find the thread. i switched it a red handle with the waved USN forum endura.
edit: found it http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... t=switched
this will void your warranty. In fact someone tried to take their endura apart, i Rcvd the knife in pieces as a gift because they couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again
edit: found it http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... t=switched
this will void your warranty. In fact someone tried to take their endura apart, i Rcvd the knife in pieces as a gift because they couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again
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Yes but the finish on the frn Delica backlock won't match the finish on the G10 Delica liners, If that matters. You can try to keep the G10 lockback but it may not fit right with the frn's blade.Alnamvet68 wrote:OK, "keep the backlock with the blade"....so, can I swap my combo blade FRN Delica with my Delica G-10? I do prefer combo blades, and would like the G-10 to have a combo?
Also remember that dissembling your knives will void warranty.
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That's kinda' what I thought. Thank you for the response.Gunslinger wrote:Yes but the finish on the frn Delica backlock won't match the finish on the G10 Delica liners, If that matters. You can try to keep the G10 lockback but it may not fit right with the frn's blade.
Also remember that dissembling your knives will void warranty.
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