501 Goodfella

sk, please do this 501 in s45vn steel, but with some good wood (ironwood, bubinga, etc) instead of a plasticky burlap micarta? :) ... or at least offer a burlap micarta that is much more dense and less polished? what you have now with the 501 is a great option, but it seems the burlap is so loose that it's really just thick resin over a picture of burlap (if you see my meaning)

thanks!
 
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I recently purchased one from SK website and I really like the knife. My only complaint is that when I close the knife the blade doesn’t really snap shut, leaving a bit of the tip exposed and I have to push the blade to the closed position sometimes. It is keepin me from loving the knife.
 
Biochemdawg said:
I recently purchased one from SK website and I really like the knife. My only complaint is that when I close the knife the blade doesn’t really snap shut, leaving a bit of the tip exposed and I have to push the blade to the closed position sometimes. It is keepin me from loving the knife.
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Quite often you can improve the action by flushing the whole knife with dishwashing detergent and hot water. This will help remove polishing compound that is stuck inside the inner workings of the knife. Using compressed air will help a lot too. Oiling the pivot and lockbar/tang contact surface might get it to snap closed better.
 
plb said:
Quite often you can improve the action by flushing the whole knife with dishwashing detergent and hot water. This will help remove polishing compound that is stuck inside the inner workings of the knife. Using compressed air will help a lot too. Oiling the pivot and lockbar/tang contact surface might get it to snap closed better.
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compressed air and oiling the contact surfaces are my initial order of operation. The knife had a snappy action up until this point.
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I'd try once more soaking it and swishing it around in warm soapy water for a few minutes and then blasting it with a forceful stream of hot water and then blasting it with WD40 and then blasting it with compressed air and then oiling it.

If that doesn't do it then it has to go back to Buck.
 
There is most likely polishing compound in the front of the knife if you wash the knife in Dawn soap and scrub it with an old tooth brush and use air in a can or compressed air to blow the crap out from the pivot it and oil it, closing will get easier and close all the way. If that does not work send it back to Buck.
 
If everyone's suggestions fail to get the knife to close every time, one option would be to send it to Buck. They might have peened the pivot pin a hair too tight leaving the blade tang and bolsters rubbing. They can drive the pin out and replace it with the correct amount of tolerance. If it were mine, I'd probably keep it and work with it until it freed up, as the end result will be a very tight knife without any perceptible blade play, which is a good thing.

I recently replaced the blade on a 112 and peened the pin slightly too tight - you can see some wear marks forming on the tang. I work with it from time to time it is slowly getting to better at closing all the way under it's own power.

 
skblades said:
We 100% try to price the knife at a reasonable spot, no matter what. Our philosophy is: standard Buck knives, taken up a notch, at an affordable price. I'm legitimately excited about our stuff, and I want people to be excited and enjoy it as well. I appreciate this comment!
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I've been a repeat customer so obviously that's high praise for your business and products. It's one thing to say good things but, when people come back again it wasn't just "lip service!"
 
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