Lateral stiffness question.

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Hi all! I have a question here and i hope you guys could help me. I bought a second hand stainless handle Police model (C07P) the other day and if i'm not mistaken, This was one of the first few batches, no serial no. but stamped as Gin-1 stainless steel. The later version comes with G-2 stamp, right? Anyway, I love the design and condition but it has some lateral flex and wonder if this is norm among the first batch production? (ERIK, i know you explained this but i'm just seeking second oppinion, hope you don't mind
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I stay quite far (as in Asia) and i do not want to risk losing the knife, Would it be possible to temper it myself so that it would be tighter? Please help, all options are welcome. Sal?
Thanks all.
 
G2 came out before Gin1 so I don't think you have a first batch knife.

How much lateral flex do you have? If it is a slight movement side to side, I wouldn't worry about it. If it is a significant wobble, then send it back to Spyderco and they will fix it.

Incidentally, from my experience, most side play on a knife comes from users or customers "testing" a knife by trying to fold it sideways. I have seen some people put some really strong force on a blade to "see if there is any play". Knives are not designed to fold that way and if one does it enough it will loosen ANY blade. That is not a valid test of the lockup or fit of a folder.

If it doesn't move side to side with a very light amount of side to side pressure to see if there is any discernable wiggle, then leave it alone.

When you put heavy pressure on a blade, trying to see if it moves side to side, you are spreading the handles apart and if there wasn't any play when you started, there probably will be afterward.

Dealers get a little testy with customers preforming "destruction tests" at the counter.

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Thanks for the explanation, Dennis. I didn't know the G-2 came out first, i'm new to Spyderco and the only one i own before the police model was a delica. The flex was minimal reffering to what you have discribe and with very little strength did i apply to test it. But i manage to fix the flex by tempering it ever so lightly on the front end, and it worked beautifully. That leaves me with one more question, Gin steel are rather hard to sharpen. Comments?
Thanks again.
 
Kenishiro, I use the Spyderco Sharpmaker, and it makes short work of sharpening even the CPM440V. And I mean to a RAZOR edge. The key (or mine, anyway) is, once you get the burr, and switch to the other side, start reducing the number of strokes you do per side. I typically reduce by one per side. Then, when I get to one per side, or maybe before that at 2 or 3 per side, I start reducing the pressure I use against the stick. By the time I do a few times at one per side, I'm only using a little pressure. After a few strokes like that, it is really sharp. And seems to hold the edge pretty well (even the Gin-1), so I don't think I'm putting a wire edge on it. This method works well with everything I've sharpened so far, except BM ATS-34. I haven't quite figured that out yet.
Maybe someone else will post their methods as well. But bottom line is, if you keep a consistent angle on the blade, and try to do each side equally, you shouldn't have any problem with the GIN-1.

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