My (ridiculous?) little knife mod...

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ShooterMcgavin

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When I'm out in the sticks or having come back from a trip, I like to worry about equipment maintenance as little as possible. Part of the maintenance is cleaning dirt out of small spaces in my gear and allowing things to dry. I came up with this idea recently...

To keep dirt and moisture out of the hex heads which hold the handles on my RC-4, I dripped candle wax in them.

Am I crazy? I'm happy to hear your thoughts or criticism :)

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I do the same thing on hex bolts on dual-sport bikes, except with grease or Vaseline and it works well. If you jam an Allen wrench in it displaces the grease. How do you get the wax out to remove the panels? It seems too viscous to be displaced by a wrench and applying heat could get wax all over your grip panels. A non-issue on G10 but possibly undesirable on canvas micarta.
 
NorCalMtn2 said:
I do the same thing on hex bolts on dual-sport bikes, except with grease or Vaseline and it works well. If you jam an Allen wrench in it displaces the grease. How do you get the wax out to remove the panels? It seems too viscous to be displaced by a wrench and applying heat could get wax all over your grip panels. A non-issue on G10 but possibly undesirable on canvas micarta.
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The grease/Vaseline seems fine for bolts that are not handled regularly. To get the wax out, I could use a pin or any other small item (a handmade toothpick), or maybe I could smack it on a tree branch. I don't really expect to take them off regularly, so I'm not too worried. I don't typically carry the proper hex size, so I probably won't be taking the panels off when I'm in the field.

Why would the grip panels need removal in the field anyway?
 
An interesting idea. I guess I dont care enough to do it. I figure that the bolts are loctited (new word?) in there, and even if the scales do get loose or come off (not gonna happen...), then it will still be able to cut things anyway.

To each their own.
 
ShooterMcgavin said:
The grease/Vaseline seems fine for bolts that are not handled regularly. To get the wax out, I could use a pin or any other small item (a handmade toothpick), or maybe I could smack it on a tree branch. I don't really expect to take them off regularly, so I'm not too worried. I don't typically carry the proper hex size, so I probably won't be taking the panels off when I'm in the field.

Why would the grip panels need removal in the field anyway?
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Why would I take the grip panels off in the field? Salt water exposure or maybe because something wicked under them that will start to stink or maybe just to oil the screws and threaded barrels. But mostly because I can't leave well enough alone.:D
 
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