Kershaw Storm II

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Magnum22

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Evening gents,

just picked myself up a Kershaw Storm II, impulse buy, and i'm pretty happy with it. nice materials and format but i'm havin some trouble manipulating the thing. the flipper doesn't get the blade out more than halfway, it always needs the company of a wrist flick, & then the jimping beside the flipper bends my fingernail backward. my crkt m16 is so effortless and smooth in comparison. that just the way it is, do i have a dud, or am i doin somethin stupid?

for now the easiest deployment is the drop-open method.
 
Magnum22 said:
Evening gents,

just picked myself up a Kershaw Storm II, impulse buy, and i'm pretty happy with it. nice materials and format but i'm havin some trouble manipulating the thing. the flipper doesn't get the blade out more than halfway, it always needs the company of a wrist flick, & then the jimping beside the flipper bends my fingernail backward. my crkt m16 is so effortless and smooth in comparison. that just the way it is, do i have a dud, or am i doin somethin stupid?

for now the easiest deployment is the drop-open method.
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I had this problem to when i first got it and its nothing to worry about. Just keep opening it with the flipper. It has to wear in a little in order for it get to be glassy smooth. For the thumbstud instead of pushing it in an arc rotation try pushing it to where the thumbstud will be when the knife is locked open. Hope that makes sense. :)
 
yeah, thanks, makes sense. i kinda figured it would be a break in period but this is really hell on my wimpy musician's index finger. the flipper takes a lot of effort to move at all before it's even released from the closed position. looks like the hook inside the flipper that wraps around the spacer when in the closed position needs to wear down too. thumbstud's no problem, just slide it straight foreward, the knife arcs it for you, kinda like those stickmatic shifters in the hondas.

thanks again
 
Mine was like that for a few days when new also. It will break in. Put some tuff glide in it if you want to speed it up but if you just open and close it a lot over the next few days or week it will smooth out quite nicely.

STR
 
Terry, check out Bayou Lafourche at Sentry Solutions for Tuf-Glide. As you will see, it's made by the same company as Tuf-Cloth, another good product.

Tuf-Glide is very easy to use, being in a syringe style dropper. Just a little will do.

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The Storm II is a winner. I am very pleased with mine. The pivot does take a short while to wear in but then it's so smooth, the flipper will deploy the blade almost as fast as an assisted opener.

And until then, it's good wrist exercise! :D
 
allrighty, i'm working on it. does the lock soften up too? not really an issue, just curious.

open...close....open....close....
 
You can soften the lock by using a #2 lead pencil on the contact area of the blade. Simply draw on it with the pencil when the blade is closed. Cover the area that the lock hits when you open the blade. Open it a few times to get some of the graphite on the lock too and then reapply. It will help for a while until it breaks in on its own. The lead pencil trick will ease any sticking a new lock has but you will have to reapply now and then.

STR
 
Lockup on mine isn't too bad, but it's still firm. After all, you don't want it sliding over when your finger brushes up against it.

What you can do is take a pencil and scribble on the blade tang a bit. The graphite will lubricate the contact point.
 
two days later...it smoothed out quite a bit, the wrist flip required was much less extravigant, and the blade opened pretty quick.

all of a sudden there's a ton of grit in the action and takes a lot of effort to open it. I tried gun oil, loosening, tightening, and flossing.

was there a gritty stage to the breakin on your knives or do i have to get in there and clean out some debris? doubt i have the torx bit for these screws.
 
You'll probably never get the same smooth action of the m-16 by using the flipper. The frame lock is massive and very strong, whereas the m-16 has a weaker-sprung liner lock. This strong lock's detent rubbing against the blade won't let it become as glassy smooth.

I've had a regular storm for a few months and it still doesn't open fully with the flipper, but it did smooth up considerably since purchase.

It's my favorite EDC knife and still very fast to open.
 
i realize it'll never be as smooth as the m16 but it's WORSE than when i got it. I can't drop open anymore. Thanks for the outlook, though.
 
was there a gritty stage to the breakin on your knives or do i have to get in there and clean out some debris?
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There is not going to be a "gritty stage" in breaking in your Storm, it sounds like some debris has messed with the action. Try some soft soap around the pivot area and flush with some warm water and see what happens.
 
figured it out. it's not the pivot at all. I blocked the fram lock open wide with a q-tip and the pivot is silky smooth. It's the ball. thanks for the tip, that softsoap was a huge help.
 
final update, everything's swell.

The knife was sqeaking like nails on a chalkboard, almost as loud. Turns out it was bad from the start. I went back to walmart and tried another one, I guess i got the floor model. This one was silky smooth from the start with no grinding noise. Exchanged and everything's cool now, awesome knife.

also got a FUNNY STORY durin the exchange. The lady workin the customer service desk kept shuffling the two knives. She mixed em up so I had to test it that flipper reguardless of the crowd of sheep. yes, she was quite startled and i heard a few gasps. had to be done.
 
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