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My shiny new 21 seemed to me a bit stiff, so I took it apart this morning after watching a couple of the U-Tube demos (very helpful, thank you, whoever posted those). In the process, I gained a new appreciation for Chris Reeves' engineering precision: the tolerances are incredible! There wasn't much grease on the perforated washers, and what little there was seemed quite dry, so I cleaned the washers thoroughly, and after two or three tries and a bit of fiddling to get that blasted small washer flush, put it all back together again. Then (and I admit this may be heresy) I lubed it with a couple of drops of BreakFree, which I've used for years on my other hunting and fishing gear, and rubbed a little bit of pencil graphite on the lockbar end and the matching notch on the blade. Click! Opened smooth as silk, much better. I'll see how it goes, but I like the idea of being able to flush any grit out with hot water, and simply re-lubing with a few drops of BreakFree rather than disassembling the knife. That's what I do with my other folders.
I also took off the lanyard, which was a bit large for my taste, and substituted a thinner piece of paracord (which also matches the nice blue anodized spacer and thumb stud).
I also took off the lanyard, which was a bit large for my taste, and substituted a thinner piece of paracord (which also matches the nice blue anodized spacer and thumb stud).
