clean my spydie

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Is there a recommended or factory approved method for cleaning my S30V Para-military. She's good to me and I want to treat her right.
 
The open construction is pretty forgiving as far as letting the knife dry, so you could do what I do. Rinse it out with hot water thoroughly to get all the lint and dirt out, maybe scrub it with a pipe cleaner to dislodge the tough stuff. Let it bake in the sun until dry, then put some oil on the pivot. There isn't much to it, really.

If you were comfortable taking the knife apart (I'm not) you could get a lot more into it.
 
The only knife I bother taking apart for cleaning is my Sebenza, everything else just gets a soak down with rubbing alcohol and drip dry. If there is especially resilient gunk on a knife I'll use Acetone, so long as there's no parts on the knife that it will melt, such as the scales on a SAK.
 
I use some Tuf-Glide and that's about it. If it ever gets really gunky I flush it with warm soap and water, then I dry it all out with cotton swaps. After that, some Tuf-Glide.

My Para's in D2, so it's not stainless. :)
 
I rinse my knives out with steaming hot water, then blow them off with a hair dryer. I'm not sure how it would affect wood, but the synthetic materials can handle a little heat just fine. Beyond that it might loosen any loctite a little, but as soon as it cools off it should be good to go again.
 
I always disassemble my knives to clean them. The only one that I'll never do again was a Buck Rush (not mine). The coil springs are a pain to get back in properly. Liner locks are one of the easiest to do.
 
My Milli goes in the dishwasher...comes out perfect! I've never had an issue for the last 10 years and 2 different knives!
 
I just cleaned a paramilitary. Here is what I did.

Step 1. Dish soap and hot water bath. Swish it around and work the blade open and closed.

Step 2. Super hot water rinse. (watch your fingers!) Again working the blade under the super hot running water.

Step 3. I dry what i can off with a dry towel. I use the canned air duster for keyboards and stuff, it has a long straw attachment. I blast air in the pivot and lock area. Wipe down the knife. And usually blast air in there again, and wipe down again.

Step 4. Relube the pivot with some mineral oil on a Q-tip. Sometimes I'll cut the Q-tip in half and on an angle to get a sharper point. It makes it able to get into tighter places.
 
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