d2 para vertical blade play

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kirko

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Ive searched a few times, and come up with a lot of people have vertical blade play on paramilitaries, right? Its the SLIGHTEST amount, the compression lock is about 1/3 over from the lock side, but it still kinda bugs me. Would Spyderco fix this or is this just part of the beast that is the compression lock. My old d2 para had none to speak of. Any input would be great, thanks guys.

-Kirko
 
I have play in my paramilitary also. It seems like the compression lock has some give or flex. I have considered sending it to Spyderco to have it looked at, but not sure if they will see it as an issue or not. It really hasn't been used that much.
 
I would say send it in to Spyderco, call or e mail them first so that they can give you the skinny on what to do. My D2 Para like your old one has not play at all.
 
Just pulled mine of out my pocket where it has taken up semi-permanent residence. Zero play. I would contact the good folks at Spyderco.
 
I think a small bit of up down flex is inherant to the comp lock. Without a small gap, the lock bar would drag on the stop pin.
If its more than flex, and is loose, you have a problem.
 
kirko said:
Ive searched a few times, and come up with a lot of people have vertical blade play on paramilitaries, right? Its the SLIGHTEST amount, the compression lock is about 1/3 over from the lock side, but it still kinda bugs me. Would Spyderco fix this or is this just part of the beast that is the compression lock. My old d2 para had none to speak of. Any input would be great, thanks guys.

-Kirko
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It's part of it IMO. I've owned two of the D2 and one of the s30v versions and they all had very slight vertical play.
 
Just checked mine and 0 play. I would also check with them if you feel it shouldn't be there. Best of Luck with it.
 
My CPM-D2 has a tiny bit of vertical play.... no problem for me, as the lock is really solid. I doubt the play will get any worse - if anything, some of the play will go away over time as the lockbar wears and closes the gap between the stop pin and radiused lock ramp.
 
Well, its more of a flex i guess. Like, you really have to move the blade with a little force to feel it, and what i feel is the blade tapping the stop pin. Is that what you are describing as flex? The reality is that I can PROBABLY find blade blay in any knife. I may just be a bit anal i guess. The knife is very nice.
 
Dissemble the knife

Pin the locking liner to a piece of wood with a clamp on each end

Carefully bend the locking liner outward.... only very slightly, like a millimeter or so. You'll have to bend it more than a millimeter to get the spring to stay and not go back to the stock position. If you've never done this before, or are worried that you're going to mess something up, don't do this.

Problem fixed! The liner will now wedge itself between the stop pin and blade tang very securely...
 
Ive disassembled many knives, hehe. The absolute most difficult knife to this day that is the hardest to put back together is an frn delica/endura, man that lock spring is a pita! lol. Have you tried this yourself to fix the slight blade play symphony?

thanks
-Kirk
 
I noticed this in my Para when I first got it. There is slight vertical play (what i define as play), when I hold the blade and move the handle I can feel it. However, it's not there when I hold lightly. I think it's just how the lock is designed, so far I've had no problems arise from it.
 
My Endura has a bit of vertical play as well., it's become pretty annoying when cutting anything firm as you can feel it move a bit. Probably gonna send it in to Sypderco to see if they can tune it up for me, from what I've heard they're cool to deal with.
 
My Para has a tiny amount of vertical play, I don’t notice it when I’m using it, not even when I’m cutting with a lot of force however when I go looking for the play I can detect just the hint of play.
 
mongomondo said:
It's part of it IMO. I've owned two of the D2 and one of the s30v versions and they all had very slight vertical play.
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It is not a part of it. The compression lock has the same rule as a liner lock - NO BLADE PLAY AT ALL. It is amazing how people are talking nonsense. Let's hear Sal - would he claim (or ever claimed) that a compression lock has an 'inherent' blade play?

I never ordered a Para because I read at German Messerforum - a lot of people claim the blade play but - the other claimed no blade play at all. It means: Spyderco is leaving both the good Paras and bad Paras - it is a question of luck.

This is not a fair play, IMO.

Franco
 
I didn't say I liked that all the Paras I owned had a little play. I just that said it's my opinion that it's part of the design since the 3 I owned all had the exact same vertical blade movement. Adjusting the pivot helped some but never got rid of it all.

BTW, I can feel blade flex/play/movement in almost every folding knife I own except for the Sebenza. Benchmade/Kershaw/Spyderco knives are great but they all have a teensy bit of flex if I wiggle them hard.
 
Three CPM D2 Paras and no play in any of them. I find that disassembling and reassembling knives with play and/or blade centering can sometimes help. Good luck.
 
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