Just got my Spyderco Tenacious!!

Shawn7656 said:
PS - Grease, I think in your signature, you mean "series" of chance events, not "serious" ;)
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Well that's awkward...

Shawn7656 said:
Also, sort of unrelated, but I'm noticing my Tenacious isn't that sharp FEELING it, but it push cuts paper just as good as my Griptilian that is definitely sharper (and no I don't htink the "toothiness" is doing it. I don't think the Spydie has been stropped, but my Grip has been ;)). Is this what you guys mean when you say this knife is a "good slicer"? Is this the benefit of a FFG blade?
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Both of mine were hair whittling sharp out of the box, and they cut through stuff like a hot knife through butter. I don't know what everyone else means by 'good slicer', but I just mean damn good at slicing :cool:
 
Haha it's a gift of mine I guess, though I tend not to notice my own mistakes!!
I actually bought a Craftsman 12v multi-tool and it says it "scapes" instead of "scrapes", right on the front of the box!


Mine doesn't whittle hair, but it is definitely sharp
 
mine is smooth as silk on the opening and closing i dis strop the edge a bit its a wicked cutter now! also just recived my blue g10 tenacious a set now lol!
 
I used mine yesterday for some light yard work super smooth opening one of my best for the money. Just keep it oiled because it will rust. When I was done I cleand it let it dry maybe for 1hour to put oil some rust spots very small but they were there.
 
Update: I tried opening my Tenacious the way you do the first time in that video (middle finger instead of thumb), and WOW! It's like it was made to be opened that way. It feels much better than with my thumb, and since my knife is still a bit tight it's safer too! My thumb has slipped out of the thumbhole and touched the edge a couple times when the blade doesn't open all the way... Luckily no cuts though!
 
Shawn7656 said:
...So it seems. My thumb is actually a bit sore from flicking it open all day yesterday! And this is my first Spyderco knife, so it's possible that I won't like it anymore if (read: when) I get another one :)
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You need to give your wrist a workout, my persistence needs more than just a gentle thumbing, I've really got to jerk it.
 
getridone said:
You need to give your wrist a workout, my persistence needs more than just a gentle thumbing, I've really got to jerk it.
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I wouldn't wrist flick your knives. It's really hard on the stop pin and wears the knife out fast.
 
I recently got a new blue and foliage green handled tenacious and i noticed both were dragging on the deployment. It felt sandy, oiling didn't help. I disassembled the blue one (from the factory the knife comes in the tip down position) i inspected each part and found the bronze washer had a knick on the outside edge of it. Upon further inspection i found this was from a pocket clip screw that was just a tad longer than it should have been, it went past the liner and into the very edge of the washer. The screw kind of acts as a kink in the cogs, so to speak; but was easily corrected by switching the pocket clip to "tip up" position.

This also corrected the green handled tenacious without dissassembly of the knife so i assume it was the same problem. This is probably isolated to the current run of tenaciouses'. If you need a tip down pocket clip carry you could probably try to shorten the screw with a metal file. Hope this helps!
 
I just re-read your symptoms and i am sure this is your problem. If you think about it, if the pocket clip screws are too long and extend beyond the liner, it will not only knick the washer, but also press against the blade steel around the pivot screw. You mentioned you thought the pivot was too tight, but loosening didn't help; no matter how loose the pivot is, (sans full dissassembly) the pocket clip screw is still dragging on the side of the blade. Changing the pocket clip position to the back side of the knife removes these screws from the pivot area and should dramatically improve your deployment.
 
I do have those divots in the washers as you talk about, but the first thing I did with my knife after oiling it was throw the pocket clip in the left-hand tip-up carry position. I bet your findings are accurate and the cause of my washers having bends in them. I'll shoot Spyderco a message and see if they know anything about it. Thanks for the info!
 
just a wear in period a nice cleaning would do it justice to. i think the newer ones like the all black and green sprint tenacious come much smoother i have noticed.
 
Well for some reason the action seems to have gotten worse today... I can't even flip it open without an extremely strong thumb flick and use of my wrist. From videos it seems normally you'd be able to open it with ease with a thumb or middle finger, but I can't get the middle finger thing to work anymore.

I'm going to try spraying some WD-40 onto the pivot to see if I can get any gunk out that's possibly in there...

EDIT: Sprayed copious amounts of WD-40 on there and shook it out good. This loosened up some sandy grit (mostly likely parts of my oilstone ;)) but the action still isn't that great
 
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Here's what Spyderco Customer Service sent back to me

We do not stock repair parts for most all of our knives that are not made here in Golden other than clip and clip screws but I may be able to send you washers from a knife that we make here in Golden that may fit. Please not the disassembling the knife does void the warranty. The clip screws are not (should not be anyway) long enough to reach through the scales to the washers unless they used tenacious screws for the persistence or ambitious as the threads are the same but shorter screws are needed for these two or they attached the screws to the knife without the clip, so where you decide to place the clip shouldn’t make a difference. If the clip screws were hitting the washers we like you to send it in for evaluation as that would be a warranty issue and as of yet I have not have a Tenacious send it with screws that were to long so I’m sure R&D would like to evaluate the knife as well. If you’d like me to send the washers that we have on hand please reply with an address or you are welcome to send it in if the screws are too long.
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Branfrog, you may be interested in contacting them and sending your knife in.
Other than that I'm going to have em send me some replacement washers and see if that helps. I didn't realize that taking Spydercos apart voids the warranty (if that's what she meant, it wasn't too clear :confused:). I read through the whole page on their site and didn't see that. It does say it doesn't cover DAMAGE from disassembly, but doesn't actually say that it voids your warranty to take apart the knife. Any thoughts on this?
Spyderco’s warranty does not cover damage caused by abuse, misuse, loss, improper handling, alterations, accident, neglect, disassembly, or improper sharpening.

- Spyderco Warranty page
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seelow123 said:
I've heard about the Tenacious being gritty for some people. I'd say open and close it a bunch and see if it helps. If not, try taking it apart and cleaning it like others suggested. Mine wasn't super smooth OOTB But man it is friggin butter now. It sits next to my laptop so I have something to play with.
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(It's a green sprint run that has been dyed red)
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I bought a Tenacious today, as well. Great knife, I think.
What do you use to dye the scales red? I love that color! Simple spray paint or something more... sophisticated?
 
Olive Tree said:
I bought a Tenacious today, as well. Great knife, I think.
What do you use to dye the scales red? I love that color! Simple spray paint or something more... sophisticated?
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Thanks! I used RIT dye (Scarlet is the color) I have dyed three different knives so far and all of them have turned out great IMO. I wouldn't use spraypaint. I think it would chip off over time and it probably wouldn't look as good as if you Rit Dyed them.
 
I've seen some of your pics in this forum, the red Para looks cool!
You said you dyed a green Tenacious; I wonder if I'll be able to dye my black one, but probably it's too dark.

About the warranty issue: for what I've seen/heard, disassembling a knife (not just Spydercos) usually breaks the warranty, especially if screws are sealed with some kind of locktite. It won't be a big problem once you solved the washer issue: never seen a broken Spyderco (well, I've seen one, but they used the tip of a Military to pry stuff, no big surprise it broke.)
 
Well I've never broken a knife before so I'm not really worried, I just see people bashing Benchmade for that rule while recommending Spyderco in the same sentence. Oh well... lol
 
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