Horseman Blade Play

[jonahernst]

I was getting some up and down blade play with my Horseman, enough to make a sound when I rattled the blade. I haven't had the knife for a year yet and I haven't done anything stupid like batoning with it, just normal work. The weird thing is that I took the pivot out and flipped it so the screw was on the back side, and this somehow completely eliminated the blade play. I noticed that the pivot holes in the scales are milled out so that one of them is deeper, meaning that when the pivot is backwards one side in in deep and the other sticks out a lot. This doesn't bother me and since it seemed to fix my problem I decided to leave it. Are there any possible problems this could cause? Thanks

 

[jwaj]

Any way you could post a picture? Any issues I've ever had were solved by cleaning everything up and adjusting the pivot pin tension. Sounds like you take care of your gear, but many people neglect doing even basic preventive maintence.

 

[jonahernst]

 

[jonahernst]

I just started to get play again with the flipped pivot so I changed it back to normal. Still a decent amount of up and down blade play. Here are some more pics:

 

[RevDevil]

The play as you refer to it, is more than likely caused by the floating stop pin. You can send it in and ask them to exchange the stop pin, but I'm afraid it might come back the same way. I own 3 of the 8s one super and 2 Horseman models. I trust the knives as much as I would trust any folding knife. Then again, I always make an effort to be cautious and treat any folder as a slipjoint.
Tak the knnife aprt carefully, wash it off and reassemble it. That should make things line up better.

 

[jonahernst]

I actually just finished taking it apart and cleaning it. When I put it back together I have the same problem. When I put pressure on the spine I can actually see the liner lock moving left and right about 1/16 of an inch

 

[RevDevil]

I actually just finished taking it apart and cleaning it. When I put it back together I have the same problem. When I put pressure on the spine I can actually see the liner lock moving left and right about 1/16 of an inch

Send it in. However, because of BladeShow, it might take quite a while for you to get it back. Same goes for any manufacturer around this time.

 

[IGotStabbed]

Looks like that stop pin is really worn. When you send it they can replace the pin.

 

[jonahernst]

Thanks guys, I will send it in. I'm trying to figure out how the pin could have gotten so worn, too much wave opening? As I said I haven't had the knife that long or abused it...

 

[RevDevil]

Thanks guys, I will send it in. I'm trying to figure out how the pin could have gotten so worn, too much wave opening? As I said I haven't had the knife that long or abused it...

I don't think the pin is excessively worn, rather it might just be a bit smaller than would be optimal. Hard to say really.

 

[BBW]

If you push the linerlock in with your finger and shake it, do you still have play? If not, I would bend it a little bit to increase tension and when this happen again sent it in ;-)