bending a liner lock

[D154]

Hey I was just wondering if bending a liner lock slightly to tighten the lick up will cause structural damage to the integrity of the steel liner?

 

[cziv]

It's not a great idea unless you're very cautious. Small moves! I've tweaked a few linerlocks and framelocks by bending them with success in my time.

You could ruin your knife though so proceed at your own risk.

 

[FlyingKiwi]

Bending a liner from strait will only shorten it.

 

[D154]

thanks guys. It ended up working, but I was just wondering if it would beaken the liner?

 

[Planterz]

It'll be fine. You'd have to really bend it out of place (like 90º) and bend it back. A slight tweak won't hurt it a bit. Remember, it's spring steel. It's designed to flex.

 

[gomle]

I bent my spyderco military because it had bladeplay. Now I can hardly lock it. And spyderco dont ship parts :0/

 

[misterjuiceman]

DON'T DO IT. send it in if it's an issue.

 

[cziv]

DON'T DO IT. send it in if it's an issue.

+1 Probably the best advice right there! Unless it's a beater POS and you don't have anywhere to send it.

 

[6leafdom]

if you are bending it just to make it stronger, i suggest another alternative. try the paper mod....basically you slide a little piece of paper between the lock and g10 (or w.e the knife handle material is).....basically all it does is act as a wedge so the liner lock would be harder to disengage......that wat i did to alot of my benchmade liner lock folders.