How to clean sand from a spyderco

[aquaman67]

Thanks. I am going to try the above suggestions. But my next question is, how would they know if you disassembled it or not?

I'm sure you can look at the heads of the screws under magnification and see tool marks is one way. Spyderco uses Loc-tite. So if the Loc-tite is "pre-broken" (doesn't "snap" when you turn the screw and it breaks loose) is another.

I'm sure there are other tricks they will never tell us.

Thing is, as good as a company like Spyderco is, I doubt they'd really fuss about it unless the customer was really making a stink about some issue. They say that to protect themselves from people who do things to the knife that is out of their control.

 

[AreBeeBee]

I have cleaned out several knives, basically cheapies from China (RR, etc.). Most come in OK, but many have a bit of grit in one of the blades.

Same remedy always (always) works: kitchen sink, squirt of dish detergent, warm water, suds, bottle brush with long bristles, and open and work the blades in the suds. Open and work the blades. Open and work the blades. Bit of brush action. Open and work the blades. Finally, rinse....

You get the picture. Then paper-towel out the blade well, blow out the last water (canned air, sharp breath, WD-40....), then lubricate with your favorite lube (Break Free for me). Yer done, most likely. Carry and use for several days — bet it operates smoothly.

If not, then ship it back to Spyderco and pay to have it cleaned out. And take an Opi to the beach next time.

 

[pathwinder14]

Place it in a 1 gallon zip-loc bag and take it apart. The bag prevents you from losing the screws and keeps the lock spring from launching across the room. Take it out, clean it and oil it. Then place it back in the bag to reassemble (applying pressure on the lock spring during assembly can launch it just as easily as disassembly).