Blade Play

Your EKI should have 0 blade play in any direction. None of the ones I have ever owned save for 1 exhibeted any. The one that did I took it apart and degreased everything with alot of WD40. Put a touch of tetra on both sides of each washer and reassembles. When doing so I smack the pivot end non screw side sharply on a table top with a towel underneath it or on my knee. Seems wierd but this is what I do. Readjust the pivot tension and voila` no more blade play. Works for me. keepem sharp
 
Lycosa said:
Spidy---You are correct. Especially if you have the Eye for perfection. The Hartsfield's were the first knives where I could not find one mistake. Those knives were bought back in the eighties, so don't jump on me. Spyderco has been overall, very good, though!
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no jumping intended.
 
Everyone has their own definition of "play". Sometimes it's not really play, just flex in the washers. But as the OP said, he is meticulous about these things. I absolutely understand the feeling. Even when my new knives are perfect, I still like to play with them, set the blade tension to my liking, polish the edge a bit on a fine ceramic or a strop. It's what we call making the knife our own. :)
 
Esav---Even back in the 80's, Phill's blades were Salt. But I was in a different situation back then. I'm very lucky with this collection, that belongs now, to my 7 yr. old son.
 
You are flawed, not your blades!!! lol. Thanks for the great blades, Pohan!! I'm the one beyond repair!
 
Blade play on an tactical knife is not normal.Tighten the pivot screw and apply WD40 to the screw part.After a few days blade begins to open fluently without a blade play.
 
MYSTICPROVOCATEUR said:
Blade play on an tactical knife is not normal.Tighten the pivot screw and apply WD40 to the screw part.After a few days blade begins to open fluently without a blade play.
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WD40 is a cleaner, not a lubricant and will tend to gum given enough time, its not the best choice for a knife, plus is smells horrible.
 
Spyder---FWIW---I' have great success with WD-40. Wipe off the excess and like the dude said, let it dry. I used to use a more expensive lub. but I found out I don't need to. IMO---The lighter the oil weight, the better.
 
WD40 is a cleaner, not a lubricant and will tend to gum given enough time, its not the best choice for a knife, plus is smells horrible.
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I am not agree with u.WD40 is both lubricant and cleaner.It lubricates better than its cleaning function. But i agree with the bad smell :)
 
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