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So, today I finally got around to taking the torsion bar out of my Desert Sand Blur. Everything was all fine and dandy, until I tried to take off the top scale. I had already taken' out the body screws, back-spacers, and I made sure that the blade was open while doing all of this. For whatever reason I couldn't get the stupid thing off. I probably sat there for 15-20 minutes trying to wrestle it off. Finally, I was able to get it off, and continued to look at the insides. I had my phone next to me with someone doing the disassemble of the knife, so I wasn't really nervous at all. After awhile of looking at everything and figuring out how everything works, I took the torsion bar out and re-assembled the knife. Re-assembly was a piece of cake. I had to play with the pivot screw to find a happy medium for a bit, but overall everything went pretty well. You guys are right, I prefer the manual Blur more then I do the assisted one. I also switched the clip from tip-down to tip-up.
Now for the Skylines. My first ever take down of the Skyline went a little rough, but I was able to get everything back together and working properly. So, today I thought I'd make my first franken knife, a FrankenSkyline (I'm kind of torn between calling it a "FrankenSkyline" or a "FrankenLine"). This time I felt a lot more comfortable with taking the Skylines apart. I had a Brown Skyline and an Orange Skyline. I took the right scales off of both knives and did a simple switch-a-roo. Now my Brown Skyline has a right scale from an Orange Skyline, and my Orange Skyline has a right scale from my Brown Skyline. I'm very happy with the results, and I think that Kershaw should make an Orange Skyline with a black-blade.
I did have one hiccup with putting the brown scale on my Orange Skyline. I went to put the scale on and realized that I "lost" one of the washers. I was looking everywhere, thinking in my head "where could this have gone?". Thinking that there was no way I did this, but I looked at the washer(s) in my Brown Skyline (one with the orange scale on the right) and started laughing at my self, because I put two washers on one side of the blade. One side had the normal, one washer, but the other side had two washers. So, that makes a total of three washers in one Skyline, which isn't normal. So, I took that knife apart, put it back together, and finished putting the other FrankenSkyline back together. Now I have a de-assisted Blur, and two FrankenSkylines.
Photos Below (sorry for crappy phone pics):
Now for the Skylines. My first ever take down of the Skyline went a little rough, but I was able to get everything back together and working properly. So, today I thought I'd make my first franken knife, a FrankenSkyline (I'm kind of torn between calling it a "FrankenSkyline" or a "FrankenLine"). This time I felt a lot more comfortable with taking the Skylines apart. I had a Brown Skyline and an Orange Skyline. I took the right scales off of both knives and did a simple switch-a-roo. Now my Brown Skyline has a right scale from an Orange Skyline, and my Orange Skyline has a right scale from my Brown Skyline. I'm very happy with the results, and I think that Kershaw should make an Orange Skyline with a black-blade.
I did have one hiccup with putting the brown scale on my Orange Skyline. I went to put the scale on and realized that I "lost" one of the washers. I was looking everywhere, thinking in my head "where could this have gone?". Thinking that there was no way I did this, but I looked at the washer(s) in my Brown Skyline (one with the orange scale on the right) and started laughing at my self, because I put two washers on one side of the blade. One side had the normal, one washer, but the other side had two washers. So, that makes a total of three washers in one Skyline, which isn't normal. So, I took that knife apart, put it back together, and finished putting the other FrankenSkyline back together. Now I have a de-assisted Blur, and two FrankenSkylines.
Photos Below (sorry for crappy phone pics):
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