Disassembling CS Recon 1 Folder

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maury

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Has anyone ever taken apart a Cold Steel Recon 1 Tanto Folder? I can see that there is a spring in there that holds the lock in place and, being fairly new to tinkering, I am envisioning unscrewing the handle and having parts fly across the room, never to be seen again! Or am I just being paranoid?

By the way, I am doing it so I can do a proper job of removing the Teflon coating from the blade. Chemicals don't seem to work, so looks like I will have to abrade it off and then do a bit or blade re-polishing.

So, any tips on disassembling this particular folder? As always, any help most appreciated!
 
I am envisioning unscrewing the handle and having parts fly across the room, never to be seen again!
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lol !!
I know where your coming from. I have had one of these knives for a few years and I've been tempted to take it apart for a while now but , the same thoughts you have entered my mind and last thing I wanted to happen was to hear that horrible "ping!" as the spring (almost too small to see with the human eye) goes flying off onto the carpet.
To answer your question , no I havent taken mine apart yet but , if you do and no springs zoom off , let me know ok ? :D
 
Hi Guys,

I worked in a small gun store for a while. When the gunsmith was working on something that he was worried about parts flying out. He would get whatever needed to come out, pin or screw, about half way out. Then he would cover everything with a shop rag and remove it the rest of the way. The rag would catch/slow down any part that might have ended up in the back corner of the shop.

Bruceter
 
1. Get a shoe box or one of similar size.

2. Cut two hand-sized holes in the side.

3. Cover the top with a sheet of glass/perspex/clingfilm.

Voila! Your own "glove box" for stripping knives or handguns. Any springs that make a bid for freedom willl be caught inside the box.

maximus otter
 
Good idea, Max. That way you can watch how the parts come out, too, and might have an idea how to put them back in.
 
On a related note, years ago I read a horror story from a noted gunsmith. He had got out of the habit of wearing safety glasses when stripping guns.

One day, a client delivered a new type of side-by-side shotgun for him to work on. For no real reason, the 'smith donned his old pair of safety glasses.

As he fiddled with the mechanism, the powerful springs behind the firing pins launched the pins backwards toward the 'smith's face. The glasses deflected the impacts.

The 'smith removed the glasses and studied the damage. Each pin had struck its respective lens dead in the centre, with enough force to crack the lenses.

Had he not been wearing the glasses, the pins' first stop would have been the pupils of his eyes.

I understand that he always wears glasses now, and that the old pair are in a case over his workbench.

maximus otter
 
...........Am still leary about what I will find when the last screw comes off! Come on, there has gotta be somebody out there who can tell me just how this little darlin' is put together..................
 
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