liner locks and exposed blade sections

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RLR

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This is bugging me, so I'll post. Many liner locks have a spacer only at the back of the handle, between the two scales, leaving an inch or so of blade "exposed" when the knife is closed. Just look at the closed knife upside down and you see the edge peering up at you. Aesthetically, this is great, and for use I have no qualms. BUT... when I throw it in my pocket (I hate clips, by the way), a key, coin, or other tool invariably ends up wedged in there, nicking the blade. This is a minor gripe, I know. However:

1) am I the only one who has this pet peeve?
2) has anyone modified a knife to "close" this opening (between spacer and stop pin)?
3) are there links I haven't found that deal with this?

Thanks. I don't care about scratches and dings in a handle, etc, but in the blade gets my goat
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RLR
 
I don't put anything else in the pocket where my knife is or is clipped to. The only "FOD" I would have to deal with would be pocket lint.
 
I carry knives with keys and change and whatnot, and have never had anything caught in there. Actuall, I dislike even the partial backspacers on most knives - I prefer a few cylindrical standoffs separating the liners, to allow for easy cleaning.

--JB

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A strip of grip tape should fix your problem and also provide a little traction to inprove your grip on the knife.
 
My AFCK brings a quarter with it sometimes, when I pull it out.
It is a very minor gripe though.
You're not using a clip are you?
Clipping to pocket usually keeps the knife above most of the junk that's in there unless you have a real long knife or real short pockets
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RLR:
Some knives were actually designed with an open back in mind,if you will notice quite a few tacticals are built in this fashion due to the ease of mantience in the field.
As far as colseing that void I have done it on a production Emerson CQC7 with black canvis micarta,with the proper tools is a rather simple task, the hardest part came when I had to drill and tap 2 new holes to support the extended back spacer but all in all the extra work payed off in attractive closed back CQC7, another by-product of this modification was a more rigid less flex feel during hard use.

Kevin

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If ya' carried an MT SOCOM, you wouldn't have this problem. There are only little slits down the back for ventilation or something, and they are about 6mm long and really thin.

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Its a sore point for me also. Coins will dull the blade. Spacers protect the blade. Its especially poor design on a small folder that is likely to go clipless in the pocket such as an Unfaam (sp) or William Henry. No excuse, it should not need a case although its more a design flaw in the frame lock.

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Roger Blake
 
Great to see I'm not alone, maybe outnumbered, but not alone.

I could change knives, use a clip, not carry anything in my pockets, but at the end of the day, I'd still throw a folder in with some junk and ding, ding, ding... I think minor alteration is in order here.

Thanks and cheers,

RLR
 
David,
Frank Recupero could probably make that happen for you. I believe he posts here as "ats34". Or you can just check out his site:
http://members.nbci.com/ats34/

(Be patient, it takes about 3 days for his site to load
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-Bill
 
Originally posted by Bronco:
David,
Frank Recupero could probably make that happen for you. I believe he posts here as "ats34". Or you can just check out his site:
http://members.nbci.com/ats34/

(Be patient, it takes about 3 days for his site to load
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Thanks for the link (BTW the site loaded in about 10 seconds..) but I think I could do it by myself. Only if I could find some small cylinders....

David



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I really like my knives to be "open." I think it makes them much easier to clean. I try not to keep coins or keys in the same pocket as the knife anyway, because I don't want to have to be fishing through a lot of junk in my pockets to get to the knife.

Just my humble opinion.

~Mitch

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David,
Catalog 2000/2001. Part # SF01. Bottom of right column. No dimensions listed.

Chi

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Originally posted by CK:
David,
Catalog 2000/2001. Part # SF01. Bottom of right column. No dimensions listed.

Chi

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Hmmm... I just discovered that I had the 1999/2000 catalog - no part number SF01
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. Could you at least tell me the page #? I will try to download the appropriate part of their catalog. Thanks
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David,

I just gave my mini-Stryker the full treatment; anodized & fileworked liners, natural linen Micarta scales and replaced the backspacer with those nice little round spacers. What I used, and found worked great, was nothing more than your standard 3/16" pivot pins. The ease of the mod was well worth the extra cost of the pins ($2.50 apiece). The barrels and screws were easily shortened to the exact length needed for the blade to function properly. The back of the knife is completely open except for the two spacers and the stop pin. Looks a lot better than stock and performs better as well (miraculously, the blade is perfectly centered and stays there now). Will post a picture tomorrow David so you can see how it looks. Really a very simple process to replace the spacer and the price is right as well.
 
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