Off center blade

Beastchopper

Beastchopper

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I was pressing way too hard on the side of my Rat 1 in AUS 8 when stropping and the blade is now off center. I tightened the center bolt which straightened it out, but then the action was tighter than I like it. In any case, it went back to being loose, smooth, and crooked on it's own. I'm not too familiar with folding knives, I wander if there's a way I could/should fix it. I'm ok with the centering being off if there's nothing to be done, but I wander what part of the knive I probably damaged.
Thanks
 
Sounds like you may have a slightly deformed washer. You only need very light pressure while stropping. In most cases the weight of the knife alone should be sufficient.
 
TheEdge01 said:
Sounds like you may have a slightly deformed washer. You only need very light pressure while stropping. In most cases the weight of the knife alone should be sufficient.
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Yea yea, light pressure, I know. I just got impatient and screwed it up. I didn't see that crushed teflon washer situation coming.
 
Beastchopper said:
http://imgur.com/gallery/76gxtWZ

I was pressing way too hard on the side of my Rat 1 in AUS 8 when stropping and the blade is now off center. I tightened the center bolt which straightened it out, but then the action was tighter than I like it. In any case, it went back to being loose, smooth, and crooked on it's own. I'm not too familiar with folding knives, I wander if there's a way I could/should fix it. I'm ok with the centering being off if there's nothing to be done, but I wander what part of the knive I probably damaged.
Thanks
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Try this, it should work : https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/centering-a-benchmade-blade.1495117/
 
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