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I got my Ritter RSK large yesterday, and it is a fantastic knife. The blade is wide, it cuts like a kitchen chef's, and it handles comfortable.
One weird problem. It rattled.
Now... if any of you knifeknuts are as .... "particular" as I am, you can imagine the amount of heartache that would cause.
Great knife... but a RATTLE? Oh lordy, lordy.
After a little while of examining it, I finally saw what was making the rattle: the rear spacer pin between the two steel liners.
Now, why would it do that?
Out came the painter's tape: Sir, the blade has been made safe!
Torx drivers: Torx 6, here! Torx 10, there!
Et voila -- ex-Griptillian!
The pin wasn't screwed in, so it had to be held in place by tension.
Turns out with a little examining, the two liner plates were not true. In fact, one (the front/obverse one) bent torward the outside a little, causing the smallest, almost imperceptible gap of about 0.25mm at the tail end. A hair's width, if you will.
Double-fisted, John Woo-style plier action!!
Boom!
Bend!
And the two liner plates are made True and Straight.
Reassemble. A little bit of blue Loctite on the body screws for luck, and some teflon tape on the pivot pin. (It is like saying three Hail Marys over the knife. Sneezing for the benediction is purely optional.)
I've created....a MONSTER!
No rattle. Happy slicing.
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I got my Ritter RSK large yesterday, and it is a fantastic knife. The blade is wide, it cuts like a kitchen chef's, and it handles comfortable.
One weird problem. It rattled.
Now... if any of you knifeknuts are as .... "particular" as I am, you can imagine the amount of heartache that would cause.
Great knife... but a RATTLE? Oh lordy, lordy.
After a little while of examining it, I finally saw what was making the rattle: the rear spacer pin between the two steel liners.
Now, why would it do that?
Out came the painter's tape: Sir, the blade has been made safe!
Torx drivers: Torx 6, here! Torx 10, there!
Et voila -- ex-Griptillian!
Code:
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Now, create for me, if you would be so kind, this scenario:
Ritter Grip in tiny tiny bits.
Now... add one very inquisitive and persistant cat!
...
....
cat removed! door closed!
<Intermission over.>The pin wasn't screwed in, so it had to be held in place by tension.
Turns out with a little examining, the two liner plates were not true. In fact, one (the front/obverse one) bent torward the outside a little, causing the smallest, almost imperceptible gap of about 0.25mm at the tail end. A hair's width, if you will.
Double-fisted, John Woo-style plier action!!
Boom!
Bend!
And the two liner plates are made True and Straight.
Reassemble. A little bit of blue Loctite on the body screws for luck, and some teflon tape on the pivot pin. (It is like saying three Hail Marys over the knife. Sneezing for the benediction is purely optional.)
I've created....a MONSTER!
No rattle. Happy slicing.
<Cue here 1812 Overture while Curtain down.>