late lock up

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Chris Wille

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so i bought a tenacious new from a online store everyone knows.its the green g-10 ..it came to me with 50% lockup they said they would replace it but had no green left.so i kept it now a few months later its never been used but carried the lock up it like 70 to 80% with just opening it once inawhile.can i fix it on my own or should i send it in?:mad:
 
Don't worry about your lock up until and unless it actually goes all the way across (100%) and develops blade play. There's no problem so nothing to 'fix' before then (and likewise no reason to send it in).
 
Honestly, I've never even checked or thought about my lock-up on any cheap[er] liner locks. No biggie dude. Just checked my Tenaciouses, my green is probably 60-65%, and my black (which has been used considerably) probably 90%. Both still lock-up solid and perform. I'd save the percentage concerns for higher-end framelocks.
 
You might be able to hammer the lock tab and peen it out enough that it looks up sooner, but I personally wouldn't risk this for a couple reasons. First, it's going to thin out the contact patch between the tab and the tang, which is no good. Second, it'll likely weaken the metal at the very tip of the lock tab, so it would probably wear faster. Sometimes a loose pivot screw or liner screw can cause the lock to behave like this...you might just double check and snug everything down.
 
Snug all the screws down.
And if it's still the same, just don't worry about it.
It seems like a big deal, but it's not.
If it locks up solid then there's nothing to worry about.
Start using it.

It's not going to hurt the knife or you.

I have one of their more expensive liner locks(Spyderco GB Air) and the lock up is right at 50-60%(has been like this since I got it).
I've still carried it and used it and such, doesn't hurt the knife at all.
Still absolutely solid in every single way.
 
Evil D said:
You might be able to hammer the lock tab and peen it out enough that it looks up sooner, but I personally wouldn't risk this for a couple reasons. First, it's going to thin out the contact patch between the tab and the tang, which is no good. Second, it'll likely weaken the metal at the very tip of the lock tab, so it would probably wear faster. Sometimes a loose pivot screw or liner screw can cause the lock to behave like this...you might just double check and snug everything down.
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No... The liners are hardened. After the liner contacts the other side, send it to Spyderco. They'll likely replace the locking side liner or install a bigger stop pin. Honestly not as huge deal on a $30 knife.
 
on one of my vantage, the lock was about 80% and some blade play developed. When I took it apart, cleaned it nicely and set it back nice and tight, the blade play was gone and the lock up went back to 25% and rock solid.
 
Another thing I didn't remember to mention, try loosening the stop pin on each side and rotate it around. They aren't always drilled perfectly centered, and sometimes you can turn them so that the lockup is sooner. This works especially well with the Para 2.
 
Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. Steel liners hardly wear at all so I doubt it will move very much. I've had two tenacious' and one persistence, all of them had lockup around 50 percent and didn't move any farther.
 
I just bought a Tenacious that is already at 100% out of the box! :( has in-fixable blade play both vertically & horizontally.

Will be sending into Spyderco Warranty soon.

I wouldn't even come close to worrying about 50%.
 
My tenatious came with 100% lockup. It was super fast, and no play.none. I've had it about 10 months, I'm a meat cutter. I have endless amounts of "test peices". I can tell you that with 1 swipe Just about a whole side of London broil will be butterflied and cut threw 7-8 inches..bone will not be effected though and will break the tip... It only took 10 minutes
 
What do people mean by "50% lock up"?

I'm not familiar with this. I'm assuming that it is an issue with the locking mechanism.
 
mcrow said:
What do people mean by "50% lock up"?

I'm not familiar with this. I'm assuming that it is an issue with the locking mechanism.
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I'm not the lock percentage expert, but it's basically just at what point the lockface makes contact with the blade tang. So, at 50% lockup, the locking bar contacts the blade tang at about the 50% (halfway point) of the tang if you're looking at it from above (i.e., dead middle/dead center).
 
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