Disassembling a Poliwog?

Norcaldude

Norcaldude

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I know there was a post from Sal Glesser saying to not take apart Spyderco knives, but I'm not planning on sending this in for anything.

Anybody ever taken one apart? Any issues with doing so? Is it a pain in the butt to put it back together?

Any images of a disassembled Poliwog?

Haven't decided for sure if I will open it up, just sort of curious and because I can.

 
I had the G10 variation.

When the screws are gone and i was ready
to open it.
I covered it with rag to capture any flying parts "Ball and spring".
Same thing for reassembly.
 
Take it apart in a big zip lock. Then you can see what you're doing and if you can't put together later the parts are all in one convenient spot.
 
Norcaldude said:
I know there was a post from Sal Glesser saying to not take apart Spyderco knives, but I'm not planning on sending this in for anything.

Anybody ever taken one apart? Any issues with doing so? Is it a pain in the butt to put it back together?

Any images of a disassembled Poliwog?

Haven't decided for sure if I will open it up, just sort of curious and because I can.

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I'm going to be Bobby Buzzkill and say those are the two worst reasons for taking anything apart. I will follow up by saying something else I have said before: " If you are asking these questions, you are contemplating a bad idea."

Good luck.
 
I'm all for you doing it. It would be nice to have some pics of the process if I ever want to do mine. I love that knife. Maybe take a look at some Manix 2 disassemblies to get some ideas?
 
Unless there's something I'm missing it looks like a pretty straightforward design. Unique shape for sure, but not terribly complicated.

Two scales, a blade, a pivot, a cage, a ball and a spring. Go for it.
 
I went ahead and did it. I won't be doing it again any time soon, hopefully.

No big surprises. Went slowly. Glad I took it apart, there was some rust in there and it needed a bit of cleaning.

Putting it back together again was kind of a test of patience for somebody with only two hands. Lots of bits to hold in place (including that ball and spring) while trying to put it all together.

I got it all back together again though and no pieces left over (the second time :P )

Here are some pictures for anybody else that has a Poliwog to dissect.













 
Good move OP.
Your knife looks like it really needed it

Know you can do it any time.
 
Thanks for the pics...seems to actually be a <relatively> small amount of parts for such a exotic model.

A testament to great design, engineering, & execution for sure! :thumbsup:
 
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