Carnivore Breakin

[Willie Boy]

Last Wednesday, I received a REKAT Carnivore as a Birthday gift from my wife. As has been mentioned many times on the forums, mine was difficult to open and quite gritty. Jailhack was kind enough to email me his remedy for this problem which involved disassembly and polishing. I thought, given my propensity for screwing up many projects, I would just oil the knife and work the action repeatedly. This has seemd to work quite well. The knife still doesn't open as easily as my Axis Lock or other Benchmades, but it is quite serviceable....about the same degree of stiffness as my Cold Steel Voyager. So, for those similarly unskilled, a bit of lubricant and some patience works quite well.

 

[Chiro75]

FWIW, the REKAT folders will never, ever, ever have the same degree of easy opening as some other folders because the very nature of the Rolling Lock design means that under normal operating procedure the lock is always contacting, and thus causing friction, on the tang of the knife. To see some of the things you can do with your Carnivore as a weekend warrior, so to speak:

<img src=http://www.geocities.com/chiro75/knives/carny1.jpg>


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[This message has been edited by Chiro75 (edited 03-21-2000).]