CRKT Ripple (K415KXP)

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Hello all. I hope everyone had a good Christmas. I had a good one. I have a question about the CRKT Ripple, K415KXP model specifically. I got one for Christmas. This knife has the ball bearing design in the pivot. I have gotten used to taking my knives apart for cleaning and/or complete lubrication. This knife has a liner lock which I'm used to but how difficult is it to disassemble and reassemble this knife? Is there a chance the bearings will fall out and roll all over if not careful? I would appreciate any info on this.

Also, what are your general opinions of this knife? Pros, cons, etc. I like it. This is my first CRKT knife and because of it I'll be looking at them harder from now on. I adjusted the pivot a tiny bit and the thing flips open with extreme ease. There is no blade play at all. It came VERY sharp with a 36 degree inclusive edge angle. The bevels were even on both sides. Very nice sharpening job at the factory. If I did have a complaint and complaint is a strong word for how I feel, it would be there is no other way to open the knife than the flipper. I'm thinking I may be in public sometimes and want to open it more discretely than flipping the blade open. A thumb stud makes it possible to open slowly with no lightning fast flipping. Not a big deal at all as I quit being to concerned about what non-knife people think about knives. In fact, if you are going to "get a look" or comment, you might as well get a good one. :)


Anyway, happy new year,
Jack
 
i took mine apart to clean it and then put on some break free lubricant. just be careful not to loose the small little bearings, take you time and enjoy the process and have lots of lighting. those bearings are very small and hard to see if you loose any. its not a hard thing to do though taking it apart.
 
jackknifeh said:
Thanks Tengster. I read quite a bit and got lots of info. I'll read more later. There may be something about taking it apart. On guy said he hadn't taken his apart as if he will someday. I won't want to do that for a long time anyway, if ever.

Jack
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If you want to take it apart, do so over a large flat tupperware container. That way if you do get the shaky hands midway through, the bearings are easy to find.

As for CRKT in general, I think they had a couple of years in the mid-late 2000s where their overall build quality and QC just wasn't as good as it should have been. They were also using some pretty awful blade steels across the line (420J2/420HC equivalents). It's definitely gotten better in the last few years.

They're not a company that uses premium steel in general (their top-end steel right now is Acuto+, which is somewhere between 440C and 154CM in edge-retention) but lots and lots of AUS-8 and equivalents.
 
yeah man i just did that,,just do it, go slow, and pay attention, the balls should not go far as they have grease on them, i would work on a towel or something,if you have small tweezers you can use them to put the balls back where they go after you clean and re lube, i just pressed the tip of my finger down ontop of them so that it sticks to my finger tip then just but the ball down in the race of the bearing and slowly move the finger to the side and the ball remains in the bearing. again take you time,,let us know how you did
 
Jack - I am a lousy DIY person. I worry if I take things apart, it will never be the same again, let alone make it cleaner or more lubricated......

like em sharp - I think the current models are not using any Acuto. I have a couple of carbon fibers CRKT that are using Acuto. They are miles apart from AUS8 (though i am okie with AUS8). There are some old models such as VooDoo, Wild Weasel, etc. that are using 154CM
 
Tengster said:
Jack - I am a lousy DIY person. I worry if I take things apart, it will never be the same again, let alone make it cleaner or more lubricated......

like em sharp - I think the current models are not using any Acuto. I have a couple of carbon fibers CRKT that are using Acuto. They are miles apart from AUS8 (though i am okie with AUS8). There are some old models such as VooDoo, Wild Weasel, etc. that are using 154CM
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The Eros and framelock Ripple knives both use Acuto+
 
Thanks man....Gotta put Ripple framelock in my to-get list.

I am a Big Dog nut. I keep quite a number of Big Dog M16-14SFG, SF, LE, M, FD, D, ZER, F, Fk, etc. They are mostly AUS8 and one or two with Acuto. Have you come across any more unique Big Dog, do give me a shout.....
 
heres what i have cleand it and now waiting for the parts
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its obvious whats missing
 
I always find CRKT customer service is very responsive.......Good to hear that you found the solution.
 
gotta get a good lube to put in there as i cleaned it out,,all i have is some rem oil, think that will work
 
sorry for hijacking this thread. I really should have started my own before i added the pics,,but in the mean time BUMP for my question about the oil/lube
 
My March issue of Blade just got here and SGT. Breed does a review of the Ripple. He really like the Ripple.I have an Eros and had the Ripple and swapped the Ripple off in a weak moment. I am going to order another Ripple pronto. BTW, the Steel CRKT use in these 2 models is Acuto steel which is much better than most of the other steels they use. Both came sharp. The Eros edge has held up very well. Check out blade's review.

RKH
 
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