Easiest knives to take apart and clean?

A military in non liners is easy. Emersons are supposed to be easy dissesemble in the feild when u have no torx drivers handy.
 
Here's a second vote for Emerson. Not only are they easy to take apart, but they use phillips and flat-head screws instead of allen or torx heads.
Emerson is also the only company I can think of that actually advocates user disassembly of their products, and still covers them under warranty.
 
The ones you don't care losing your warranty on...:D

Spyderco Paramilitary was pretty easy for me.
 
Bare frame frame locks with just two sides usually are easy to assemble and disassemble but there are exceptions.

Emersons in general are among the easiest to maintain even with a Swiss Army knife or pocket tool/multi-tool.

Many liner locks from Spyderco are easy.

Its hard for me to really tell anymore though since most all of them are no big deal to me but I'd say anyone can take the above apart and put them back together.

There are many knives that come apart just as easy as can be but getting them back together is a real chore. The Sebenza is easy to break down but a large number of users of that folder put the washers back on wrong not even knowing they have installed it so its not actually around the bushing as its supposed to be. The trick is making sure you don't tilt it so the washer can fall off the bushing which it can do with just slightly movement or being less than flat and level for even a second due to the tolerances.

If you want a lesser expensive easy to maintain folder the Kershaw Vapor is very easy to maintain.

STR
 
Anything with screw construction that consists of the following locks....
-Liner lock
-Compression Lock-My para- Easy to clean as any other open built screw construction folder....
-Frame Lock
-Axis Lock- a little tricky but still doable by all means..

Any of those are easy to take apart and clean, but if your going for the least amount of screws , then a sebbie wins..... But its only worth it if you want to spend $400 to have a few less screws to work with (its worth the investment regardless) And other framelocks like kershaw vapor/storm are just as easy.......
Matt B.
 
I agree with the Sebenza.Its the only folder that I know of that the manufacturer encourages you to take apart.
 
Any of my fixed blade knives - oh, wait, I don't have to take them apart to clean them, do I? :D
 
Grampa said:
Any of my fixed blade knives - oh, wait, I don't have to take them apart to clean them, do I? :D
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LOL

Emerson's concept of field serviceability using phillips and slotted fasteners is just another example of the quality of his designs. Practically every other folder uses Torz or allen screws . . . bad in the field

The Sebenza would have to be the simplest, only three allen screws but what if you misplace the wrench in the field? I EDC a Sebenza and do carry the allen wrench if I go for more than a day trip.
 
trimcut123 said:
Anything with screw construction that consists of the following locks....
-Liner lock
-Compression Lock-My para- Easy to clean as any other open built screw construction folder....
-Frame Lock
-Axis Lock- a little tricky but still doable by all means..

Any of those are easy to take apart and clean, but if your going for the least amount of screws , then a sebbie wins..... But its only worth it if you want to spend $400 to have a few less screws to work with (its worth the investment regardless) And other framelocks like kershaw vapor/storm are just as easy.......
Matt B.
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How about a front lock like the Delica 4? It has screws (torx?), but it's not in your list. Is that because they are difficult to disassemble/reassemble, or because they typically haven't used screw construction? According to Spyderco's Knife Anatomy, it looks like there are a minimum of parts (unless they were left out of the drawing, I don't even see any washers to worry about). How tough is the spring to get back in? It seems fairly strong.
 
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