Native 5 salt, bladeplay

353 · May 30, 2019

I notet some bladeplay on my Native salt once I got it. Tried to tighten the pivot but even tightening the two screws snug there was still play.

At first I thought that the lock bar was to wide so that I could not tighten the pivot cause the lockbar was to thick. Sanded it down, no go..

Then I had a look on the pivot bushing, turns out the shoulders of the bushing is thicker than the blade thickness. So that was what created the play.

I grinded down the shoulder(the non hex side) of the bushing 0,3 mm(I think I don't remember now) and remounted the knife. Now the pivot was fully adjustable. Found the sweetspot and loctited it.

If anyone have the same problem I can guide you through it, only thing you need is a drill, a small file which is flat and calipers.

Thanks for reading, have a nice day!

Cscotttsss · May 30, 2019

Geeeze, sorry to hear about all these issues, third or fourth complaint I've seen about the QC on the Native Salt in the past week!

Maybe a bad day at the factory, lol? Guess I'm lucky mine was perfect right out of the box, had it preordered and got it as soon as it originally released.

353 · May 30, 2019

Cscotttsss said:
Geeeze, sorry to hear about all these issues, third or fourth complaint I've seen about the QC on the Native Salt in the past week!

Maybe a bad day at the factory, lol? Guess I'm lucky mine was perfect right out of the box, had it preordered and got it as soon as it originally released.

Nice, just check for bladeplay when opened. My s110v Native is fine, but the salt was not..

Cscotttsss · May 30, 2019

353 said:
Nice, just check for bladeplay when opened. My s110v Native is fine, but the salt was not..

Carried it all weekend on the creek, and like I said I've had it since release, no blade play or other issues on mine.

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AF · May 30, 2019

Yeah my suspicion is that they're all like that. When the blade is locked open you don't feel any play. Disengage the lock and then you'll feel the side to side play.
I had one and my dad has one and they're both like that. Seems to just be an issue on the Native 5 Salt, not the other Native 5 lightweights.

353 · May 30, 2019

AF said:
Yeah my suspicion is that they're all like that. When the blade is locked open you don't feel any play. Disengage the lock and then you'll feel the side to side play.
I had one and my dad has one and they're both like that. Seems to just be an issue on the Native 5 Salt, not the other Native 5 lightweights.

Mine had play locked.

AF · May 30, 2019

353 said:
Mine had play locked.

I meant that it's harder to feel the play when locked because the blade is stabilized by the lock.

353 · May 30, 2019

AF said:
I meant that it's harder to feel the play when locked because the blade is stabilized by the lock.

I know, but my knife had play when opened.