Cleaning my pioneer.

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[digidude]

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Hey all, last night some friends and I were messing around in the playground at night, and at some point my Pioneer slipped out of my pocket. After a few tense minutes of searching in the sand my buddy finally found it (apparently it had become buried fairly deep). Now there is some sand in the pivots and I'm wondering what the best way to clean them is. I was originally planning on simply submerging the knife in soapy waterand brushing the pivot areas (as I've done with cellidor SAKs) but I'm kinda concerned about rust developing under the scales. Is this likely to happen? Any suggestions on other ways to clean it?
 
I use warm water and dish soap to clean my SAKs and never had a problem with rust. I am cleaning my alox Soldier that way for about 8 years now and the only difference between that one and a new alox Soldier is that the red on the shield is now a bit orange.

I put it in the warm dishing water and clean it with the dish brush and an old tooth brush. Open and close the tools a few times and dry it with a kitchen towel, then let it further dry on the towel, leaving all tools open. When it is dry, then I put a little bit oil in the pivot areas and the old Soldier is like new.
 
+1 , if ya want to get jazzy , blow it out with computer air , and lightly relube .

Chris
 
Open up the blade, awl, and can/bottle openers.

Put a drop or 2 of dish soap in the knife and run the sink faucet in the opening and let the soap foam up. While the knife is soaped up, take a can of compressed air and blow out the insides and pivots. The soap lubricates the surfaces and allows the sand to come out easier.

Rinse with fresh water, let dry, put a drop of mineral oil or you preferred lubricant at the pivots and you're good to go.
 
I put some dish soap in a bowl and soak my knife in it with everything open. Then get a toothbrush and put a bit of soap on it and clean the knife thoroughly everywhere. After that i rinse it around in the soapy water and then run it through hot water from the faucet. Then all i do after that is dry it with an air compressor and put a drop of oil on every implement. Make sure to take out toothpick and tweezers and be careful of the springs in the scissors or pliers if your knife has them! Also, if you can't get some of the implements open because theyre on the same spring, open one half way then open the other fully.
 
Here's what I do for sandy SAKs: first off I turn on my faucet and put it all the way hot and close the drain. After it's around halfway full I turn it off and open and close the blades under the water. Then, I open up all the blades and pour a whole bunch of dish soap in there. Then, I take an old toothbrush and scrub all inside the tool/joints etc. If it's still a bit gritty I use some 3M Dust Remover and blow out anything left inside.
 
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