Disassembly pics?

Rockstead REN

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tchapman414 said:
I, myself, am not sure if such a thread has been around before, but a collection of photos and descriptions of an entire assortment of high end knives disassembled is a phenomenal idea. I'm sure it would help many in making purchase decisions, as well as performing maintenance on current users. I look forward to watching how this thread develops.
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Yes I remember a tread with disassembly pics. I for one posted one or two but I will have to look back a couple years to find it and I will post a link when I do.
 
Just got this little Kubey JL Drop Point into rotation. It's a neat knife but with some funky internal design choices. Notice that they used a D-shape to capture the offset lanyard tube. However, there is nothing to stop the screws from spinning freely and each is thread-locked from the opposite side. 🤦‍♂️

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Inside of a Kizer Helmet. This pic is raw, from before I cleaned things up. This is the second sub-$50 Kizer I've seen with multi-row ceramic bearings. I wish more companies would do that. Not surprisingly, the action and lock-up on this one were good right out of the box.

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killgar said:
This is a switchblade I made from a boot knife. First a disassembled pic, then I went a step further and posted some creation/progression pics.

EDIT: And I just found a video I made of this knife in action (very bottom of this post).

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And now the progression.

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Hi Killgar!

That is one awesome project! I had an idea to do something similar except I just wanted to do a manual opening liner lock or lockback. I thought of abandoning the project but after seeing what you did I now know it is possible. I have a few questions if you don't mind me asking:

Did you heat treat the spring, what steel is it made out of?

What kind of tools did you use?
 
Legendary_Jarl said:
Hi Killgar!

That is one awesome project! I had an idea to do something similar except I just wanted to do a manual opening liner lock or lockback. I thought of abandoning the project but after seeing what you did I now know it is possible. I have a few questions if you don't mind me asking:

Did you heat treat the spring, what steel is it made out of?

What kind of tools did you use?
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Hey there LJ, thank you for the compliment. I'm always happy to answer questions :) .

I didn't make the spring, it was an aftermarket spring/lock made for an 11" Italian-style stiletto. There used to be a guy here in the US who had various stiletto parts made, and sold them from his website, but he disappeared years ago. It's some kind of carbon steel, he never indicated what kind.

As for the tools I used, like I said, I didn't make the spring, but I did make the liners, bolsters, handle scales, lock release, button release lever, and of course I had to seriously modify the blade. For all of that I used a drill press, a 12" disc sander, a dremel with cutting wheel to cut the tang off the blade, and several files. I had to use carbide drill bits to drill the blade due to hardness, and I used diamond needle files to shape the part of the blade that provides the lock-up.
 
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Sharpened, cleaned up, added some detent and swapped for some skiffs. It was a Christmas gift for my oldest son three or so years ago.

Spinning pivots and loctite mixed like farts and hot water, as usual but nothing a little heat couldn't fix. Running better than new.

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