Knives you can take apart and clean

johnniet

johnniet

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With the standard pocket knife or SAK, it's hard to clean the inside surfaces.

This makes me reluctant to use them to cut food -- which should be one of the big advantages of having a knife!

Off the top of my head I know of one knife that you're meant to take apart and clean -- the Sebenza.

I don't see myself springing for a Sebenza this year, so what are some other good ones in a much lower price range?
 
Pretty much any knife that is screwed together as opposed to pinned can reletively easily be taken apart and cleaned. Most all the major makers produce knives that are screwed together. Benchmade, Spyderco, Kershaw, SOG, Al Mar, Ka-Bar, Buck, etc. they all make screwed together knives that you can take apart.
 
Yes, but most manufactures frown on people taking their knives apart (Chirs Reeves Knives, being the exception.), and will generally void your warrantee.
 
Spyderco Delica and Endura 4 are totally dismantable (is that a word ? :D ). Your warranty isn't voided as long as you put your knife back together in the correct way (as they can't notice the knife has been taken apart). Anything you damage in the process, voids warranty of course.

If you know what you're doing, and got the right set of tools, go for it. Otherwise, leave it to the manufacturer to dismantle their knives.
 
You could get a kit knife. This might be the best plan for a knife you plan to take apart often. One seller of these is www.knifekits.com Then again, the screws are kind of small.
I don't know, but one of the first things I'd look for are larger screws.
 
Using 'knife' in the same sentence as 'dishwasher' is satanism, unless you put a 'not/never' in the right place.
 
I was about to start thread "Knives you MAY take apart" but I'd better post it here.
Ok, Sebenza is user-serviceable, Military is not. Last week I asked about wether I may disassemble my Spec/Speed Bump without voiding the warranty, and the answer was YES. So, CRK and Kershaw are tinkerers-friendly, Spyderco is not.
What about the others?
 
I thought they all come apart! Don't they :D ?

STR
 
Emerson
I personally don't care for them, but they can be user disassembled. They even avoid using torx bits to make it easier on the user.
 
Emerson. They use phillips screws, (and flathead for the pivot) so the proper tool is easy to find and Emerson doesn't frown on taking them apart.
 
I use kitchen knives for my food. They are designed to be easily cleaned, or put in the dishwasher to be sanitized. The knives I carry are not for using on my food, but for using as a tool to cut whatever needs cutting that isn't food related. I don't use my good kitchen cutlery to open boxes, strip wire, etc, so why would I used a knife that I use to open boxes, strip wire, etc, on food?
 
WadeF said:
I use kitchen knives for my food. They are designed to be easily cleaned, or put in the dishwasher to be sanitized. The knives I carry are not for using on my food, but for using as a tool to cut whatever needs cutting that isn't food related. I don't use my good kitchen cutlery to open boxes, strip wire, etc, so why would I used a knife that I use to open boxes, strip wire, etc, on food?
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Because you can, and it works.

A tool is a tool.
 
Seriously I use my carry folders for food prep all the time. I use soap and water to clean them and blast them with air from a cranked up compressor ready to blast out excess moisture, especially from the inside.

Any knife that has an adjustable pivot is going to be easy enough to maintain. You need not remove the scales or the lock bar if its a lock back because you can access most of what affects the blade and the lock up without doing that. Granted some, like the Ocelot for example are more challenging to clean due to the paw print design on the G10 scales.

On some folders with washers in the pivot area however it is easier to put them back together if you take it apart. Even then on some knives, like the Sebenza for example, you have to make a concerted effort to make sure you put it back together correctly. I've had Sebbies sent to me because the owners took them apart to clean them and then couldn't get the blade play out of it or noticed that it didn't seem to want to operate the right way anymore only to find out they didn't place the washers back in correctly so they were not seated around the bushing as they are supposed to be or they were on the wrong side of the blade.

As a general rule of thumb you should never assume that a knife, even a well made one is uniform throughout and that every screw is the same size and length to where you can just toss them aside or in a bag and not worry about it. It is a better idea to just plan ahead that each screw and washer is "location specific" and put it back exactly where it was in the first place. Otherwise when you mess it up you'll be paying a guy like me to fix what you fouled up.

STR
 
I've heard rumours that some manufacturers put some "secrets" in its knives to make putting together harder. Not to mention riveted designs.
 
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