Is Blade Play really such a bad thing?!?!

[Locutus D'Borg]

Patient: I hate blade play; it's killing me.

Blade Doctor: Take 4 Sebenzas and call me in the morning.

I actually have a disorder that some may tease about--it is called OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)--specifically, my OCD focuses on blade-play in folders as well as other nit-picky issues that seem to endlessly drive me crazy. Anywho, I went and saw a specialist who 100% of the time deals with these types of issues and he sent me a few things that have completely healed me of my suffering:

 

[FTR-14c]

I check with finger force, no blade bending or anything but enough to check for easy wobble. Try placing the knife body/handle down on a flat surface with the blade hanging over, apply force with your pinch grip to the tip of the blade and try to feel for any. You'll find if you test the tip the blade will be more apparrent than when you check the base of the blade.

That is good advice, now I have a standard of testing that works well.
Thank you

 

[ToneGrail]

I keep my Tenacious to where I can feel the blade rocking in the pivot if I grab it by the tip and put enough pressure to flex the blade. If I put light pressure without flexing the blade, there is no play. If I tighten the pivot any more than it will impede the buttery smooth deployment.