This is very informative, thx. I wonder if you can share your experience of eliminating lock stickiness of Spyderco Military, specifically the kw exclusive s90v ti/cf model. It is not severe but it is thete. When I disassembled the onife, I only removed the screws on the lock side and slided the two scales away pivoted at the lanyard tube. Its now centered no play and free droping, but just somewhat sticky.
Clean the tang of the blade off with some alcohol and a q-tip. A lot of times, oil on the lockface and blade tang will make the lock stick.
Try coloring where the lock engages the tang with a black Sharpie, or even a graphite pencil. This may or may not work as well.
With PM2's with sticky locks, I have had luck with loosening the two screws holding the stop pin in place, and physically rotating the stop pin. The re-tighten the screws of course. Sometimes the very slight differences in dimension on the stop pin and stop a sticky lock.
Following up to P2P's suggestions on the previous page regarding some tweaks to possibly correct slightly off center blades: sadly it did not work for me at my skill level. The next stage will be a complete disassembly but other than that the PM2 works well and I may just postpone a complete take down service till it is really necessary.
Update: A complete take down, wipe down, fresh lube and then reassembly did NOT correct the off centered blade but made the action a lot smoother (free dropping blade) and the very, very slight side-to-side blade play is now gone. The slight off centered blade and the one Casey Lynch screw which keeps getting loose (too short) have left me with a neutral experience with this PM2 and BHQ. This DLC-M4 PM still remains as a keeper
From the handle side, look down the spine of the blade and make the sure the blade is ground evenly. Sometimes, there are those moments when the spine of a knife can be ground unevenly, causing it to appear off-center when between the handles. And there are some instances where the blade just will not center, no matter what you do. Does it affect function? No But does it tic us OCD folks? Definitely! I don't know what methods you have tried, but I have a few of my own, including a book, that seem to center the blade 90% of the time. No loosening of screws required. Shoot me a PM if you're still interested...
Thx Jonny. The grind seems to be even. I'm not too worried about it but had made a note to report back. If you have some nifty tricks which you'd like to share with me, please LMK. Otherwise, this is not a life altering "disaster" LOL
I finally joined the club! Absolutely love this thing. Didn’t think I would like the jade scales but they are very nice! Perfect specimen.
In looking at a couple photos of the new jade handles, are they lighter than the ones on the the satin m4 PM2? They seem more white, less green. Anyone else?
Well..... I just bought number 6. I think that should last me.... and my children. And maybe their children.
