Is this emersons lock up good?

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mayhemflipper

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Hey y'all this is my first Emerson and am not familiar with them. The lock is sticky which I expected as I have heard of Emerson's. What I wanted to know is this early lockup for an Emerson and will it sit there most likely? IMAG0719.jpg
 
That looks perfect to me.. I had one that was sooo early it wouldn't even lock up..

Take a sharpie and put it on the tang... it will give you some relief from the sticky lock up.. if you get yourself a silver sharpie, you can barely tell its on there..
 
harleyguy02 said:
That looks perfect to me.. I had one that was sooo early it wouldn't even lock up..

Take a sharpie and put it on the tang... it will give you some relief from the sticky lock up.. if you get yourself a silver sharpie, you can barely tell its on there..
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Ok. And ya I put sharpie on it when I got it in the mail. Also how do you get rid of the ruff opening, or is it like a wear it in thing?
 
Wash it out with hot soapy water and see if that helps
 
Lockup looks perfect to me as well. As far as the ruff action goes when I got my first two Emerson's I opened and closed them as much as I could for a week. Then I took them apart and cleaned the and lubed them with fluorinated grease and upon reassembly they were both glassy smooth. I think Emerson's come with gritty grease at first to polish the blade at the pivot so that when you disassemble the knife and re-lube you get a silky smooth action. That's just my observations though hope it helps.:thumbup:
 
That lock-up looks great! I have a somewhat sticky Super Commander but I just keep using it. Eventually it should loosen up.

If one takes apart an Emerson, cleans it, and lubes it -- doesn't that void the warranty?
 
Indiana Joe said:
That lock-up looks great! I have a somewhat sticky Super Commander but I just keep using it. Eventually it should loosen up.

If one takes apart an Emerson, cleans it, and lubes it -- doesn't that void the warranty?
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Taking apart does not void warranty. They make them with those nice screws so you can take them apart.

Just use quality tools and don't crank on them.
 
Break her in for as long as you can with the original lube. I say this because my oldest Emerson, (cqc-8) is my smoothest. I did not take her apart until after 3 months of use. I think I may have jumped the gun on my 7 however. I took her apart only after a week and she still needs to break in. I'm sure it will break in fine, I just think that there is something to that original lube as stated above.
Cheers
 
I purchased my current CQC-7 in 2001 and the lock-up will get sticky for a day or so and go away for a few months. Just this week, after a year of being sticky free, it decided to get real, real sticky for two days. Problem gone this morning. Go figure.
 
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