Did I break my first slipjoint already?

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Dekz

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I recently ordered my first 2 slipjoints and today they arrived in the mail! :D

A Rough Rider 342 Muskrat Abalonite and a Schrade Turquoise & Pearl Stockman.

So I've been playing with the Schrade all day, opening and closing as I was watching TV, and I noticed it started feeling really gritty. So I took a close look and I could see some metal shavings. I figure maybe it has to wear in a little, so I keep opening and closing it a bunch and blowing the shavings out once in a while. Seemed to do the trick and now it's nice and smooth :thumbup:

So later on I'm doing the same with the spey blade, but something seems to have gone wrong. I'm guessing there is something stuck in the backspring, because it is sticking out a little bit even with the knife closed. With the blade closed, it is very loose and can move half an inch or so before it gets any resistance from the backspring, if you shake the knife it rattles big time.

What can I do?
 
Send it back?

When I get a new knife I give it a good washing out,then use some WD40 on it, dry it and lightly oil the joints. Use an old toothbrush to clean out the insides and joints. It's horrendous the amount of gunk and muck that comes in a new knife,some could be shavings that might interfere with spring action/snap. Even so, in the case you mentioned,it sounds like an inherent manufacturing flaw.
 
Contact the company you bought it from. Not trying to be rude, but for the cost of the knife, they may not even want you to spend the money on postage to return it.

Thats frustrating when ya get a bad one, but every once in a while a bad one slips through the cracks.
 
willgoy said:
Send it back?

When I get a new knife I give it a good washing out,then use some WD40 on it, dry it and lightly oil the joints. Use an old toothbrush to clean out the insides and joints. It's horrendous the amount of gunk and muck that comes in a new knife,some could be shavings that might interfere with spring action/snap. Even so, in the case you mentioned,it sounds like an inherent manufacturing flaw.
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Clean it. If that doesn't work, see 338375's post.
338375 said:
Contact the company you bought it from. Not trying to be rude, but for the cost of the knife, they may not even want you to spend the money on postage to return it.

Thats frustrating when ya get a bad one, but every once in a while a bad one slips through the cracks.
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Slipjoints are notorious for being full of crap when new no matter where they are made.
 
Well the good news is, I put a few drops of oil in the pivot, opened and closed it a hundred more times, and whatever was stuck in there must have worked its way out/worn away because it's working just fine now. The spring for that particular blade is a bit weak, but that doesn't matter to me at all. As long as it doesn't rattle when closed it's good to go :thumbup:

I certainly wasn't going to bother sending it back or even pestering the dealer for something that I may have caused and on a $12 knife.

As I'm a fan of symmetry, one thing that does bother me is that there is only filework on the main blade, and not the two smaller ones (I'm assuming because they are very thin).

I think I'll attempt this myself. As long as it is the right size and shape, will any file do? Any ideas where I could buy some really small round files?
 
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