Modified Spyderco Mantra 1

Cow51

Cow51

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I'm selling my modified Mantra 1, I don't carry it anymore so I'm passing it along. It just came back from warranty work for new bearing races and a sharpening.

The scales show considerable snail trails from carry. The blade is acid washed with a light stone wash and rounded and straightened spine. The blade profile is more similar to a Delica or PM2 now. I removed the flipper tap and have a set of Phosphor Bronze washers as well as the original ball bearings for it. The standoffs and lanyard tube have been heat anodized to a bronze color. ONLY thing bad about it is the lock up is pretty late, and now has slight up and down play. I asked Spyderco to try replacing the insert to fix this but they didn't. Comes with box. $100

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Open to trades.

Also selling some fixed blades here;https://bladeforums.com/threads/ka-...kydex-sheath-and-snody-snake-charmer.1576189/
Take the Mantra, BK16 and snake charmer for $200 and get the Schrade SCHF56L with black micarta/green liners slabs free
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Have you already tried fitting a piece of ss tubing over the blade stop to push the blade forward slightly to eliminate blade play?
 
fishface5 said:
Have you already tried fitting a piece of ss tubing over the blade stop to push the blade forward slightly to eliminate blade play?
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I haven't tried any fix on it yet other than sending in to Spyderco. I like the idea though.
 
It should be possible in theory. I'm trying to find something with the correct inner diameter to do the same to a different knife. It may require some sanding to reduce the outer diameter of the covering sleeve but the nice part is that it doesn't actually have to be perfectly circular, just look decent and be functional.
 
fishface5 said:
It should be possible in theory. I'm trying to find something with the correct inner diameter to do the same to a different knife. It may require some sanding to reduce the outer diameter of the covering sleeve but the nice part is that it doesn't actually have to be perfectly circular, just look decent and be functional.
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Thanks for the info! I'll give it a try.
 
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