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My brand new manix 2 g10 s110v has already developed some blade play so I took the washers out and polished them....well the problem got worse so now I need new washers so does anyone know what the size and thickness of them are? Any suggestions on new washers like replacing them with nylon ones?
What ever made you think that if you had side to side play to start with, wearing away more material would make it fit tighter? Some people shouldn't take apart things, knives included. No shame in admitting you're not mechanically inclined, the world need people to do other things too.

Take it apart again and measure them or bring them with you into a hardware store. Spyderco doesn't seem to like people taking apart their knives.
If fakes could easily be made, the washers must be easy to find
Unless you have quality measuring equipment I wouldn't even try. I'm willing to bet anyone who had a micrometer or a dial caliper at the very least would know that polishing the washers will only make the blade play worse.
ETA, just bite the bullet and send it in for repair if you can't get replacements. You could always make friends with a machinist.