Blade play on Benchmade?

I've dissassembled a BM 710 before and my experiecne was the blade play disappeared magically after one final, random turn of the pivot screw. The play seemed to stay and stay then all of a sudden on one last micro turn it stopped while the knife still flipped right open. And yes I did the the Militec-1 and hair dryer treatment on it first.
 
Reeek said:
And yes I did the the Militec-1 and hair dryer treatment on it first.
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What the heck is this treatment? How do you do it? What is Militec-1? What's with the hair dryer?


Sounds like a conventional Benchmade Axis lock Blade Play treatment to me, but I've never heard of it. I don't mind the play, but would love to know how to fix it. If I turn my pivot to where there is no play, it is way to hard to open the knife.

Thanks!
 
Here is the web page on application. I used a hair dryer to "activate" the Militec-1.

http://www.militec1.com/applicationinstructions1.html

I will say however, that I have several knives that I lubed with Militec-1 and did not heat them up and after a few days of use and "curing" they got much slipperier than the the day I applied the Militec-1.

I usually disassemble the knife, clean everything then just apply the Militec-1 with a Q-Tip, not more than that. 3 days after the initial application and several opens and closes the knife just seems to glide right open. In some cases I literally feel like I gained a 100% improvement in lubricity from the original condition ;)

Note: a needle applicator is available for the Militec-1 bottles for inbetween disassemblies.
 
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Not really. You could save time by just dropping Militec-1 between the blade and liners, let it distribute for a day then heat the pivot area for a minute with a hair dryer the next day.

When I disassembled I would heat up the Militec-1 as I assembled the knife for about 30 seconds or so. i.e. I would swab some on the liner, heat then the bushing, heat, then the blade, heat, then the second bushing, heat then the second liner, heat . . . as I was assembling the knife.
 
Silverdagger said:
The "Side to side play" you describe is what I call blade play.
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Me too. I don't expect it in an Axis Lock Benchmade.

Silverdagger said:
I also read for a loose and free blade, expect a little play.
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Whoever wrote what you read is wrong. A properly "tuned" Axis Lock will have zero (blade) play, but the blade will glide under its own weight alone when the Axis studs are held back.

I suggest that you follow my excellent tutorial :p. No need to strip the handle - just follow the blade/washer removal and replacement sections.
 
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Very cool. I remember that thread. I'll read a little closer.

I know I'm not the only one, but I love all the photos of your minigrips/grips you put on here from time to time. Truly an awesome collection of cutlery.
 
borneo62 said:
Hi everyone. First of all thanks for all the great reviews. I’m just a beginner as a knife collector and you guys helped me a lot to learn more about knives. Yesterday I purchased two new knives, a 610 Rukus and a 710 in D2. I love them both but I just noticed a little side to side blade play on each knives. I tried to adjust the pivots but then the blades won’t open smoothly. Please let me know if anyone else experienced similar problems on these two Benchmade folders.
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My Benchmade Mini Griptilian has side-to-side blade play too.
 
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