How many of you ease the spring tension on the Triad lock?

[nephron]

it does work. not in my imagination. I've done it 3 times and seen it firsthand. it isnt made up that leaving a tri-ad half open over time does ease the spring. it does.

Thanks for the idea, I will definitely try it, only have a couple or so to do. Damn arthritis.

 

[jbmonkey]

Thanks for the idea, I will definitely try it, only have a couple or so to do. Damn arthritis.

, key is leave it for awhile, few days minimum, from my experience...not a few hours and checking it routine.

 

[shoegazer]

I left a couple open for a month or two, and it didn't help at all. Some are downright rude when they're new. The 4Max Scout I just got is the smoothest and easiest triad lock I've ever had to disengage. Very smooth.

 

[desmobob]

I left a couple open for a month or two, and it didn't help at all. Some are downright rude when they're new. The 4Max Scout I just got is the smoothest and easiest triad lock I've ever had to disengage. Very smooth.

My 4 Max Scout and AD-10 are my smoothest. They are both very new, so I'm wondering if CS has eased up a little on the spring or the shape of it.

Another trick I've read (probably here on the forums and probably posted by one of you folks) is to use a hard, rounded-cross-section object to depress the lock bar, so you're depressing it all the way to the bottom of the handle cut-out. This flexes the spring a little more than if you were pressing the release with your thumb. In other words, pressing it all the way to the bottom of the cut out with something like a piece of 3/4" wooden dowel, copper pipe, etc. repeatedly while you're watching Netflix to work in and loosen up the Triad lock.

 

[paul brown]

just for archives, you can place the knife in a vice and use a socket to mimic your thumb and give a little squeeze.

 

[sean2021]

There are a couple of vids on u-tube about this issue. If you type in “triad lock repair”, they’ll pop up. I kept my Mackinac Hunter & Lone Star Hunter open in the 90 degree position for 9 months (not exaggerating). It felt like it may have helped a little, but when I flung my Mackinac Hunter open it locked and I absolutely could not unlock it. The lock bar would not budge when depressed. I had to smack the lock bar against the wooden edge of a table and it unlocked the knife. The issue is probably the steel spring inside.

 

[fr8nks]

I have never improved the smoothness of a triad lock or slip joint by leaving the blade half open even for long periods of time. However I have gently bent the spring bar on tri-ad locks with great success. If you bend it too far it can be undone. I trace the outline of a spring bar with a pencil and paper so I have a record of its original shape. Sometimes after much use the action may become a little mushy and then I bend the bar to tighten the action. I own 36 Cold Steel knives and they all have perfect action.