Help with Hinderer choice

ChazzyP...

You are correct. Both XM-18s are slicer grinds. The 3" XM-18 in the pic was done at 15 dps. The 3.5" was done at 20 dps, IIRC. Josh at REK did both of them for me. I can maintain them on my WE or my SM, but I don't have the patience or the kit to do the actual bevel re-grinding. I give Josh the specs I want and he does the work.
 
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ChazzyP said:
For centering, first try opening your knife, hold the blade show-side down fully on the kitchen counter with the handle cantilevered off at a right angle. Holding the blade down hard (and carefully :eek:), push down firmly on the handle to shift the clip side scale forward to change the pivot axis. If this doesn't help, slightly loosen the body screws, repeat the above, and re-tighten. For more control, a bit of an explanation, and possibly better results see this thread re Centering a Benchmade Blade.

I know some guys like to replace Teflon washers with Phosphor Bronze, but I've never seen the need of it. My Hinderers, lionSTEELS, and other Teflon-washered knives run fine. I usually add a drop each side of liquid TriFlow to them and they're smooth as heck and fire out fine. RHKs are such hard-duty knives it would strike me as odd if Rick chose to use washers that might substandard in strength or performance.

There's no shortage of liars on that Big Auction site, though I've been pretty lucky so far in any dealings over there.

Finally, dalefuller dalefuller , is your Hinderer actually sharpened at 15 DPS? That knife appears to be a slicer grind, though it's hard to tell by the OP's pics, which would make it quite a bit thinner behind the edge and I guess make that pretty acute angle workable. My XM18 is a Spanto--a grind I'm not crazy about--and came sharpened at around 23 DPS. I re-profiled it to a polished 20 DPS on the EdgePro before I had my diamond hones. It took a long time, but came out great. I should think a 15 per side edge would take a week to re-profile on a Spanto and would pretty closely approximate the primary grind. ;)

Your new knife is really sweet looking, OP. :thumbsup: Hope you get some great use and enjoyment out of it.
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I'd need a demo of that might try the paper on one side and crank it down later. Not a big issue to me as long as it flips and has no play.

The Teflon do work good but bronze would improve it most likely but the ones that came made the knife so tight that it would operate fine with out the pivot LOL. Took them out doubt any amount of breaking in would make them work they're nice and polished too probably woulda ran great on them if they fit
 
dalefuller said:
Does look good. I might leave the clip like it is... makes the bronze already on there stand out a bit more. I can't help with the washer size. I like teflon so I don't change mine. Some folk on here have done that, though. Just need to wait for one of 'em to check in, or start another thread in general asking about the washer size for a 3" XM-18.

As far as centering goes, was it centered with the liner & G-10 scale? There are some You-Tube videos and some threads on BF about centering Hinderers. Those techniques sometimes work.
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Yeah believe I'll try some of those and leave the clip the working finish is my favorite finish from any maker.
It wasn't centered perfectly with the liner and g10 but there was an amount of un fixable play that that the Ti side fixed completely even without the pivot completely tightened.
 
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