New Kershaw Blur, 2 issuses.

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I originally posted this in the maintenance and tinkering forums but it doesn't seem to get much traffic over there. I just received a new Blur, the blade is a off centered. No big problem or so I think. I grab my torx bits and attempt to adjust the pivot, It won't budge! I'm assuming its just loctited in pretty well. Any tips for loosening it up ? Also whats the best way to center blades ?
 
Heating up a cup of water in the microwave to near boiling and submerging the knife for several minutes works for me.
 
I personally never had a problem taking out Kershaw's screws with the loctite without any heat.

Sometimes adjusting the pivot will fix the blade centering, but I don't worry about it unless it rubs the liners. You can try loosening and tightening other screws in the body of the knife in different order to adjust the tension and maybe get it to center.
 
PG5768 said:
Heating up a cup of water in the microwave to near boiling and submerging the knife for several minutes works for me.
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Since I didn't have a blow-dryer around, I went with this method and it worked great. I did however put the knife in a ziplock bag to keep it dry. I didn't want to get the inserts wet and risk them loosening up.
 
Before doing anything, tighten/loosen body screws and make sure that all of them are snug. If this doesn't make blade centered, then do the following:

Take the knife, open it up, handle it pocket-clip-side-up; now find a wooden desk with drawers, put blade in between drawer and desk (on top side) and hold closed with free hand; push down on handle for a brief moment using light to medium pressure for less than a second, then release and check centering. Keep doing this until blade is centered.

For some knives, the pivot-screw side needs to be up. You'll know if your blade centering got worse using above method.

Don't ask me how I know this works--I've gotten all of my knives centered perfectly this way; and for pete's sake don't push down so hard and snap your blade. Light to medium pressure, multiple times do it until blade is centered.
 
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