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Have to get the disclaimer right up front as disassembling your knife will VOID the warranty. With that said there might be a few folks that are bothered by a little side to side blade play. My brown P2 developed a small amount and while it has absolutely no effect on performance it bothered me a bit because it is other wise what I consider the ultimate, all around knife. I know there will be plenty of folks saying "why touch it" but a lot of knife folks are also "Tinkerers" and don't mind trying things. I was skeptical when I saw this but being as it is so easy and takes 5 minutes it was worth a try.
I disassembled the knife as little as needed. No need to remove clip or separate at the lanyard hole as that can be a little tricky. I removed the other screws, blade and just fanned the scales a part so the end of the liners at the pivot area could be accessed. The ends of the liners where the clip holes are is the area to be smoothed out. The premise is that when the clip holes are tapped it cause a miniscule amount of relief around the holes. I gently laid one side flat on a very fine stone and ran the end of the liner down the stone a few times being sure to keep the scale/liner absolutely flat. Did the other side and reassembled the knife. Like the guy who posted a video said, it may not work in all situations but it did the trick for me. I suppose having all the working parts just a tad flatter/smoother can make a difference.
The knife is built so well that I cannot imagine having to send it in for warranty work but that is something to consider before any disassembly.
I will also say that I would not consider sending this knife in for this amount of wiggle as it surely meets specs and I'm nit-picking at this point.
I disassembled the knife as little as needed. No need to remove clip or separate at the lanyard hole as that can be a little tricky. I removed the other screws, blade and just fanned the scales a part so the end of the liners at the pivot area could be accessed. The ends of the liners where the clip holes are is the area to be smoothed out. The premise is that when the clip holes are tapped it cause a miniscule amount of relief around the holes. I gently laid one side flat on a very fine stone and ran the end of the liner down the stone a few times being sure to keep the scale/liner absolutely flat. Did the other side and reassembled the knife. Like the guy who posted a video said, it may not work in all situations but it did the trick for me. I suppose having all the working parts just a tad flatter/smoother can make a difference.
The knife is built so well that I cannot imagine having to send it in for warranty work but that is something to consider before any disassembly.
I will also say that I would not consider sending this knife in for this amount of wiggle as it surely meets specs and I'm nit-picking at this point.
