Lockbar issue and weak detent

[K.O.D.]

My SR-1A has a fairly weak detent and the lockbar can be pushed over fairly far, so has some wiggle. Are either of these issues that can be fixed? I'm not real familiar with framelocks, and this is my first and only lionsteel.

 

[sticktodrum]

Can the blade be easily shaken out of the handle? Also, what do you mean by the lock bar being able to be pushed over? Are you opening the knife, then post lock-up, you're pushing the lock bar toward the front of the handle? If that's the case, that's not really something that one would "fix" unless there is a significant amount of vertical movement due to the lock bar not engaging the tang of the blade.

 

[K.O.D.]

There is no blade play at all. The lock bar engages the tang, it just can be pushed over from like 15% lockup to about 40%. As far as the detent goes, you barely push the thumbstud and it opens. Flies open in fact.

 

[RamZar]

You can adjust the pivot.

 

[sticktodrum]

Then I'd say there isn't something to fix. Some people were saying that one could push the lock bar over on the ZT0801, due to the steel insert engaging with the steel tang. No one mentioned their lock-up, just that one could push the bar over. That's not really an issue, even if you grip the knife hard enough during use to move it over. If the lock up isn't at risk of causing disengagement, I wouldn't worry about it.

As for the detent, if it retains under normal movement and carry, it's probably fine too. I remember when the SR-1 came out, a lot of folks were complaining about how strong the detent was. Personally, I don't really care either way, so long as it retains and can be opened reasonably easily. My SR-2A has a slightly weaker detent than I expected, but I can't shake it out of the handle so it doesn't bother me. It's been in my pocket for the last couple of weeks nonstop, hasn't given me issue there either.

It's probably ok.

 

[K.O.D.]

Ok cool. I had it up for sale, and the guy that bought it is returning it due to these issues, and I just wondered if this is common and what (if anything) I should do about it. Its been a great knife, just the cold climate here makes metal handled knives impractical. Probably gonna get a G10 Daghetta instead.