Thanks for the info! I used to have a Cryo and I could easily screw them apart, and on a Kershaw Brawler they actually came apart on their own. I just tried to remove them on my Thermite and boy are they on there tight even using 2 pairs of channel locks. I hear heating the knife will loosen up the locktite and make removal easier, so perhaps I will try heating them up with my wife's blow drier so I don't scratch them up any worse.