Expensive Washers, Cheap Bearings

[TooMuchD2]

Depending on how much wet fuel is actually getting on your knife, it could be at least partially dissolving or mixing with your lubricating oil. You also might be ending up with some level of dust slurry. That would favor washers but personally, I go with a small fixed blade if I could. Do you wear coveralls or a jacket?

During the winter. I regularly carry a Ruike Hornet, but in Florida, March to November, I dress light.

 

[marrenmiller]

The RAT 2 comes with 2 PB and 2 teflon. The issue is that the teflon makes up for 0.001" of the thickness. So finding a PB washer that has the exact total thickness without having to sand a thicker one down to the half mm is difficult.

If they're anything like the cold steel Teflon washers, they're .005" thick and you can readily replace those with PB washers, or replace the whole washer stack with a single pair of PB washers at .010-.015" thick. I've done this many times on cold steel knives.

 

[Bob Denman]

Exactly!
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