locktite used on spydercos ?

I don't think it's that specific brand but I've seen some kind of thread compound on the screws. On others, they use some kind of thread locking tape.
 
The stuff on my military (blue) was weird. It had a nylon like quality to it, where as normal loctite has more of a super glue consistency to it. It wouldn't chip out, it was plasticy.
 
Don't know what they use in the Golden factory, but whatever the Taiwanese factory used on those first gen Gayle Bradleys was some USDA choice stuff. If the queen had built the Titanic with that stuff she'd still be using the vessel. It is yellow in color and is basically IN-FREAKIN-DESTRUCTABLE with modern tools. You have to use Snap-On T6 bits. They're the only ones that will even come close to handling the torque without twisting or breaking. And you have to heat the screw head with a soldering iron before attempting to break it loose. That yellow threadlocker is the best I've ever seen, hands down. Stick a fork in it, she's done. If you built a house with this stuff, it would be standing three lifetimes from now. They should have built the levees down in New Orleans with this stuff. It rocks.

I don't think you can get this stuff at the hardware store. Industrial strength. Cheers.
 
My Para2 had some blue locktite type stuff on the clip screws. They did a nice job too. Just the right amount.
 
Kind of hit or miss and, as others have noted, it may not be "Loctite" per se. There are models which definitely ship with "thread dope" of some kind on the screws, and others which do not.

Paul
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Harry Callahan said:
Don't know what they use in the Golden factory, but whatever the Taiwanese factory used on those first gen Gayle Bradleys was some USDA choice stuff. If the queen had built the Titanic with that stuff she'd still be using the vessel. It is yellow in color and is basically IN-FREAKIN-DESTRUCTABLE with modern tools. You have to use Snap-On T6 bits. They're the only ones that will even come close to handling the torque without twisting or breaking. And you have to heat the screw head with a soldering iron before attempting to break it loose. That yellow threadlocker is the best I've ever seen, hands down. Stick a fork in it, she's done. If you built a house with this stuff, it would be standing three lifetimes from now. They should have built the levees down in New Orleans with this stuff. It rocks.

I don't think you can get this stuff at the hardware store. Industrial strength. Cheers.
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That is so true, I still have not adjusted the pivot on that knife almost a year later. :thumbup:
 
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