shao.fu.tzer
Banned
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2005
- Messages
- 325
I would like to make this announcement as a service to all who may one day be as foolish as me. I know this should fall under the common sense category, which at one time I believed I possessed, but nontheless, I will continue in the hope that others will not stumble upon the path on which I have faltered.
If the action on your brand new folder seems "gunky" - try loosening the pivot screw!
I know. I've done it a thousand times, but after receiving my BM 910HS in the mailbox the other day, I opened it once, then immediately put a drop of Outers into the action. Later in the day I popped it open and decided that it must have somehow gotten clogged when the oil mixed with dust. After an hour of research, half a bottle of dish soap, half a can of WD-40, some chlorine-free brake cleaner, a quarter of a bottle of gun oil, and about an hour total combined time spent twizzling a hair dryer in front of my knife, the idea came to me just to loosen the pivot screw.
Anyway, the action is smooth like butter now and I'm happy.
If the action on your brand new folder seems "gunky" - try loosening the pivot screw!
I know. I've done it a thousand times, but after receiving my BM 910HS in the mailbox the other day, I opened it once, then immediately put a drop of Outers into the action. Later in the day I popped it open and decided that it must have somehow gotten clogged when the oil mixed with dust. After an hour of research, half a bottle of dish soap, half a can of WD-40, some chlorine-free brake cleaner, a quarter of a bottle of gun oil, and about an hour total combined time spent twizzling a hair dryer in front of my knife, the idea came to me just to loosen the pivot screw.
Anyway, the action is smooth like butter now and I'm happy.