Gayle Bradley users - how has the pivot held up?

kniferbro

kniferbro

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This question is for Gayle Bradley owners that have use the knife to do tasks such as whittling, "harder" use, etc. (maybe a construction job). Did your pivot develop a little play as many knives do? If I have loctite'd my pivot then use the knife hard will the pivot loosen up? what are yall's experiences?
 
It's been solid so far. I've dished out some borderline abuse to this knife, but it has handled it no problem. I don't think I have loctite in the pivot either. I've whittled/shaved down a wooden gate to install a lock and hinges, I've pried out a bolt from flat tire so we could patch it (didn't have anything else, and I cringed the whole time), I've even used it as a shim when I installed a bathroom vanity in the basement. It's a tough bastard and one of the best deals on the market, along with the Kershaw Speedform 2.
 
Do you mean the pivot screw and lateral blade play? Mine is one of the first hundred or so knives and it has no play, but I have used loctite on the pivot screw.
 
JNewell said:
Do you mean the pivot screw and lateral blade play? Mine is one of the first hundred or so knives and it has no play, but I have used loctite on the pivot screw.
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Yeah, lateral play was what I was getting at.

Basically I have the pivot set at where I want it, was just wondering if I was to say do the activities Gooeytek has described would the pivot screw(s) back out/would the loctite bond break
 
I can confirm that spyder-dropping it a few too many times can cause some slight bladeplay. Really goes to show how abusive it (along with other similar opening methods, like wrist flicking) is when people can use the folder hard without developing any issues and mine develops play when I spyder-drop it a little over a hundred times. Really puts CRK's no wrist flick policy into perspective.

The play isn't very noticeable though. I have to grab the blade by the tip and wiggle is slightly to even feel it.
 
I have no play whatsoever with this knife. I have not had any Spyderco develop play over its life. Some Spyderco's came with some play, but has not worsened. If play develops and tightening the pivot does not fix it, then something has happened to the knife. If all you are concerned with is a screw backing out slightly, then I say that is a minor issue. I don't think you should have any concerns with this knife or any quality knife developing worse blade play than it came with from use.
 
Zero play on mine and it's been abused a little bit, not a full on prybar but some no-no's have occurred.
 
kniferbro said:
Yeah, lateral play was what I was getting at.

Basically I have the pivot set at where I want it, was just wondering if I was to say do the activities Gooeytek has described would the pivot screw(s) back out/would the loctite bond break
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As long as the fastener threads are pretty clean and you give the Loctite time to cure, the parts shouldn't move.
 
Used mine for a year and is solid as ever,great knife.No loctite on the pivot either.
 
XiaolongJackson said:
I can confirm that spyder-dropping it a few too many times can cause some slight bladeplay. Really goes to show how abusive it (along with other similar opening methods, like wrist flicking) is when people can use the folder hard without developing any issues and mine develops play when I spyder-drop it a little over a hundred times. Really puts CRK's no wrist flick policy into perspective.

The play isn't very noticeable though. I have to grab the blade by the tip and wiggle is slightly to even feel it.
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Would just like to note, if anyone cares, that it turns out that the play was caused by me messing around with the pivot and neglecting to tighten the screws all the way and then the Spyder-dropping, which caused one of the liners to move out a very tiny bit. Took the scales off and pushed the liners back together, which might a light snapping sound, and reassembled it, and that fixed the problem for me. Good as new again.
 
No issues with mine and I have used mine for some hard cutting tasks. Still one of the best knives available IMO.
 
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