Blade centering

[sjhong]

The blade on my Benchmade 940 was slightly uncentered (less than 0.5mm, but noticeable on that tiny space) and I remembered reading tips in the Rick Hinderer forum about the procedure to center the blade on the XM-18.

I decided to try something similar on the BM940. What I did was simply to loosen up the screws that hold the handle together (there are two on the BM940), then push the blade towards the direction I wanted and then tighten the screws again (the one farther from the pivot first) while still keeping the pressure on the blade.

Well, it worked! Unfortunately, I don't have anymore uncentered blades to test this procedure on, so I don't know if it was just luck or if it really works for any uncentered blade. Could you guys try it and post results please?

PS: The only thing that the XM-18 procedure added to what I did was to completely tighten the pivot screw in the beginning, open the knife at a 90 degree angle and apply pressure to the blade in this position.

 

[jjspec4]

My experience has been that the "Hinderer" method works on knives with full-length or stiffer backspacers (my 940 was doing the same thing) but for more "open" or flexible designs you can just bend the frame. The bend method worked on my milies, even the Ti.

 

[RevDevil]

This will also work on the Spyderco Military and older Paramilitary models as well.