Can I take the spring out of my ZT350 ?

[ericvar101]

where I live, knife laws state that spring assisted knives are not legal to carry. I received a ZT350TS as a Christmas present. I am considering trying to remove the spring assist from the knife but would like to know, has anyone done this with the ZT350?

is it easy to remove?
will knife open suitably without the spring assist? I have a 550 that does not have a spring and it seems to open fine. Maybe only a fraction of a second longer than it takes to deploy the blade on the 350.

I am not really concerned that my warranty will be void if I do this. I just want to make sure the knife will have acceptible deployment without it and find out if anyone else has done this and what their thoughts are on doing this modification.

 

[chester22]

You can take it out and it will work just fine...won't void anything

 

[heavyfoldersarebest]

It's really easy to remove, just take apart and the torsion bar is on the nonlocking side of the handle(Right side).

 

[jkwithawave]

Works great as a manual opener. Go for it!

 

[ericvar101]

thats guys, that was painless. I like it just fine without the spring assist. may do the same think to my BM 581 Barrage which is my only other spring assisted knife

 

[jhyde7585]

thats guys, that was painless. I like it just fine without the spring assist. may do the same think to my BM 581 Barrage which is my only other spring assisted knife

Glad to see you like it. I enjoy it much more without the assist.

 

[heavyfoldersarebest]

How strong is the detent? Does the blade fly out with a flick?

 

[Random Dan]

thats guys, that was painless. I like it just fine without the spring assist. may do the same think to my BM 581 Barrage which is my only other spring assisted knife

Benchmade uses a more complicated mechanism than Kershaw's torsion bar. I've never had an AO Benchmade but I've heard that they're a PITA to put back together due to many small parts.