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I recently posted that some time ago I lost one of the screws of the pocket clip on my beloved Military, and how I never had any luck in getting a spare screw :(.

Well, two or three weeks ago I tried e-mailing Spyderco to see if they could get me a spare and to my surprise the response was sure, send us your street addy :o! Well yesterday I got a fat envelope in the mail with a complete set of screws, for the clip AND for the scales! Friggintastic :cool:!!!! Now I can trade all the Phillips head screws for the more secure torx ones.

But to my dispair, I don't have a small enough torx wrench, so before I can make my Military whole again I have o buy a new wrench. From what I understand, I need a #6 torx bit, right? Does anyone know what size that would be in mm? And if it's imperial, what size is that in inches?
 
Torx only come in one type. A T6 or #6 means that from the tip of one point to the tip of the point directly across it, is 0.6mm
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
Torx only come in one type. A T6 or #6 means that from the tip of one point to the tip of the point directly across it, is 0.6mm
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And that is a very thin key-way...in other words even the high quality T-6 Torx drivers will twist the splines right off the tool if you over torque it.

Everyone probably knows this, but DO NOT ham-fist it...I use a very carefully placed bit of blue thread-locker.
 
Thanx for the tips, guys!
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I'll see if I can find a T6 wrench.
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
Torx only come in one type. A T6 or #6 means that from the tip of one point to the tip of the point directly across it, is 0.6mm
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To clarify, there are other Torx sizes. That's why it's a T6. There are also T7, T8, T9, etc. Do yourself a favor and pick up a Husky Torx bit set at Home Depot. A lot of knife users have one and it's cheap. :thumbup:
 
D1omedes said:
.......Do yourself a favor and pick up a Husky Torx bit set at Home Depot. A lot of knife users have one and it's cheap. :thumbup:
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LOL! I picked one up 2 days ago that I am returning today. I needed the T6 and the T8 and that silly kit has T7, T8, T9, T10, and a bunch of other mini screwdrivers. It is a fine kit, but lacks the T6 that I needed specifically (and I really only wanted the T6 and T8)

I found myself in Sears about an hour after I discovered the lack of T6 in my kit and voila they sell individual mini-drivers (like screwdrivers). I think I paid 6 bucks for two drivers that appear to be pretty solidly built.

Depending on what you are working on the T6 and T8 may cover all your needs.
 
Lots of pivots use a T10. Home depot should have a husky set that has 4 bits that fit in the handle. I don't have mine in front of me but it seems like there is a Torx bit at each end of the individual bit so there are 8 different sizes total. I could be wrong though and it is only 4 but it does seem well made for the $6 bucks it goes for.

I also have some of the craftsman T6 drivers. I bought 2 of them after I had a small bit that went into a driver handle twist and they didn't make it anymore to give me a replacement.

I just got to looking at one of my Torx bits and pulled out the micrometer. I had read that the number corresponded to the distance from point to point in tenths of millimeters (so a T10 would be 10 tenths or 1mm) but this is not true. I found a chart that lists the actual dimensions and it doesn't look like the number really corresponds to anything. So my previous statement is not accurate. I guess that will teach me to not believe everything I read.
 
just go to your local hardware store and ask them, they should be able to help you out. if not pick up the benchmade blue box which has 6, 8 and 10 which is a bout all youll ever need.
 
Well, I went from this:

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To this:
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No way I was going to wait any longer to get my Military fixed, so I did a small detour coming home from work (just an extra 20 km :D) and got a complete set of small torx drivers (T6 to T10 - still have to get a T5). I don't know about you guys, but whenever I need only ONE tool, I always come back home with a whole set of tools :rolleyes:. My wife always laughs at me me, but what can I do? It's in the genes :p.

So once again, a huge THANK YOU to Charlynn over at Spyderco that was more then kind to send me the screws :thumbup:.​
 
That knife looks loved :thumbup:


Can we get a full shot of her? She's looks like she's loves to work :D
 
unit said:
LOL! I picked one up 2 days ago that I am returning today. I needed the T6 and the T8 and that silly kit has T7, T8, T9, T10, and a bunch of other mini screwdrivers. It is a fine kit, but lacks the T6 that I needed specifically (and I really only wanted the T6 and T8) .
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I have three of these in various locations and all have a T6 bit.

A hint someone passed on to me: if you grab the divider in the handle with a pair of pliers, you can easily pull it out and then there's room to store all four bits in the handle.
 
i asked about a replacement clip for my d'allara, they told me $7 with $5 postage to australia.
Wheres this amazing spyderco customer service im hearing about? :D :D
 
FTO_dude said:
i asked about a replacement clip for my d'allara, they told me $7 with $5 postage to australia.
Wheres this amazing spyderco customer service im hearing about? :D :D
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Well to be honest I had a Military which I messed up. So I sent it in to Spyderco and I asked how much the repairs would cost. The next reply I got was informing that they sent the knife back to me all fixed up free of charge (they even paid for return shipping)!

When I got to the post office to pick it up, I found out that it wasn't fixed...THEY SENT ME A BRAND NEW ONE!!!

If that's not mind blowing customer service, I don't know what is.
 
so its good customer service...for americans
im just kidding btw, $12 is a small price to pay.
I just have to get up early enough to call them!
 
I have found that when you buy a Spyderco, you don't just get a knife, you get Sal's reputation and some of the best service in the industry. :thumbup:
 
So-Lo said:
That knife looks loved :thumbup:


Can we get a full shot of her? She's looks like she's loves to work :D
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Here's a shot of the Military I made after I got my Paramilitary:

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It was my EDC blade for quite some time, being in my pocket as long as I was wearing pants. Fantastic knife, but too big to to be discreet in the urban environment. I replaced it as my EDC blade with a couple of other smaller blades, and right now I'm carrying the Paramilitary, but if I had to choose to have just one pocket knife it would be the Military :cool:.
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FTO_dude said:
so its good customer service...for americans
im just kidding btw, $12 is a small price to pay.
I just have to get up early enough to call them!
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I'm from Brazil, and got the screws free of charge :o. But I wouldn't have minded one bit if I had to pay 12 bucks for them, and would have been just as happy.
 
Spyderco has always been super generous with screws with me as they were with you. Great CS. I have 2 of the Husky drivers that store the extra double ended bits in the handle, and I thought it had T5-10. I also have 2 sets of bits from Harbor Freight in T6-T-10 as well. It is always nice to have spares. And, call me a simpleton, but I actually prefer plain old phillips head screws in case I'm not near my knife kit and need to work on my blade, as it is way easier to come by a small Phillips head than tiny torx bits (which is why I have so many spare torx sets).

Nice knives, too. My CPM D2 Millie is a real work horse that I will never get rid of. The ergos, geometry, great liner lock, and 62 RC CPM D2 have that knife in my all time greats category. I can't wait until my Ti/G-10 CPM M4 Millie arrives next year. That may be knife nirvana for me with that knife in my favorite steel. Sorry for the threadjack, but I just had to profess my love of the Millie, especially in not widely used CPM steels.

Mike
 
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