Will Power
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Have a question: what's the safest way of improving it on a double blade single spring knife? The Master blade has it, the Minor doesn't.
Thanks, Will
Thanks, Will
Have a question: what's the safest way of improving it on a double blade single spring knife? The Master blade has it, the Minor doesn't.
Thanks, Will
Have a question: what's the safest way of improving it on a double blade single spring knife? The Master blade has it, the Minor doesn't.
Thanks, Will
Buzz, that's the exact method I've used the few times I had to do it. I then finish up, very lightly, on the buffing wheel.
So does the liner drag and scrape the blade as you open and close it? Seems like it would make a rough action.
It seems like scout patterns always have blade play. 4 blades on two springs just asks for blade play, it seems. Scout knives often weren't all that well finished either, since they were going to kids. So probably 2/3 of the old scouts I buy need some adjustment. Either joint tightening or blade crinking, or both. I always tighten first, and crink later, since the tightening often affects the crinking.
What I'm not sure about is scout knives with a fixed bail. I assume that the bail is also the pivot pin. Does anybody know if that's correct? I never really mess with that end, as I'm usually only concerned with play in the spear blade.
Thanks for the tips about correcting it. I was a bit leery of doing it to a double end single spring knife in case it messed up the the secondary blade too...
Put it in a vice with leather padding, applied careful pressure-got to watch the scales ....tightened it up OK, snap not as good and the pivot protruded. Paper and buffing smoothed it down but still totally visible, don't mind too much as it's a user but I'd be uneasy about a more showy knife looking like it. Could be my lack of experience though
Thanks for posting on the squeeze and peen Buzzbait . Only issue I had with the Kershaw Rhinelander I just picked up was blade wobble when locked. Fixed it right up, but still smooth enough to open and close with one hand. I used a portable tabletop rubber jawed vise I have. Was perfect for this, no leather strips needed. Thanks again for the tip.