New Large Voyager, Lock Stick

A strop could work but may take to much time. I use 1500 grit paper. If you don't want to buy 1500 try stropping on some cereal box cardboard with compound on a hard surface. that would be faster than leather. I don't mess with the rear face or the blade tang as that has never been the issue in my knives. I lay the paper on a table and lightly sweep the tooth in the vertical orientation following its curvature. you don't need to remove all of the grind lines, but you can, then polish it a little. Another area that can use a little smoothing is the detent area of the blade tang. To test, open and close the blade very slowly back and forth off the detent and feel for grit. The lock bar leaves a small mark on the detent area of the tang, smooth that little area and your golden. These are factory finished knives, you'll have to do the finishing if you want the best action.
 
Such a great knife, I’ve had some lock stick issues but thankfully they do self-correct. But nonetheless it’s very frustrating and takes a lot of opening/closing rinse and repeat. Hope you get her running smoothly soon
 
paul brown said:
A strop could work but may take to much time. I use 1500 grit paper. If you don't want to buy 1500 try stropping on some cereal box cardboard with compound on a hard surface. that would be faster than leather. I don't mess with the rear face or the blade tang as that has never been the issue in my knives. I lay the paper on a table and lightly sweep the tooth in the vertical orientation following its curvature. you don't need to remove all of the grind lines, but you can, then polish it a little. Another area that can use a little smoothing is the detent area of the blade tang. To test, open and close the blade very slowly back and forth off the detent and feel for grit. The lock bar leaves a small mark on the detent area of the tang, smooth that little area and your golden. These are factory finished knives, you'll have to do the finishing if you want the best action.
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Thanks for the suggestions!
EveryDayIsHalloween said:
Such a great knife, I’ve had some lock stick issues but thankfully they do self-correct. But nonetheless it’s very frustrating and takes a lot of opening/closing rinse and repeat. Hope you get her running smoothly soon
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I have patience, so if it will self correct, that would be great!
JB1964 said:
Maybe tuff glide will help?
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Better than Rem Oil?

I'm going to degrease the lock mechanism after a couple more days of it being open at 90 degrees and see if that helps. It definitely didn't seem as sticky before I oiled it.
 
Hey fellas, just an update, for anyone interested, and also for those searching for this issue in the future.

I left the knife open at roughly a 90 degree angle for four days. Honestly I don't think I noticed much difference in doing this, in either the lock stick, or spring tension.

I dried out the lockbar with isopropyl alcohol, and have been fidgeting with the knife, a lot. Now, I am beginning to see a difference, in both lock stick and spring tension.

I'll make one more update after another week or so.
The conclusion at this point backs up what others have said, that the tri ad lock will work itself out, at least for a percentage.
 
Billy The Hungry said:
Hey fellas, just an update, for anyone interested, and also for those searching for this issue in the future.

I left the knife open at roughly a 90 degree angle for four days. Honestly I don't think I noticed much difference in doing this, in either the lock stick, or spring tension.

I dried out the lockbar with isopropyl alcohol, and have been fidgeting with the knife, a lot. Now, I am beginning to see a difference, in both lock stick and spring tension.

I'll make one more update after another week or so.
The conclusion at this point backs up what others have said, that the tri ad lock will work itself out, at least for a percentage.
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I had a Mackinac and LoneStar Hunter that I kept open in the 90 degree position for about 9 months (locked away in a safe place of course, where no little hands could get to them). After that the lock-stick seemed to have improved a little until I flicked both open hard…where you hear a loud “clack”. After doing that I couldn’t depress the lock bar at all. Had to carefully slam the lock bars against side of wooden furniture to close the knives. See if you can close the knife after opening it up with a strong wrist flick…where the lock is solidly engaged. In my opinion, doing so will tell you if the issue has really improved or not. If not, I would return it.
 
Billy The Hungry said:
Hey guys.

My first Cold Steel to have Lock Stick. I'm a little irritated because I promised the wife this would be my last knife for a long, long time. So I wanted the knife to be a good specimen.( I am beginning to rebuild my knife collection)

Every Cold Steel I've had before has had awesome action, always very smooth.
Will this Lock Stick go away on its own, or do I need to consider returning the knife and ordering another one?

Side note, the stick did not start to really happen until I oiled the pivot. I would think oil would alleviate the issue, not worsen it?

Thanks all

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Bingo on the oiling. I had a couple or so a few years back that where sticky/jerky in operation when new. It seemed to be noticeable in early use oiling. It went away. Either by break in or my semi lazy oiling practices. Your mileage may vary according to use.
 
upnorth said:
Bingo on the oiling. I had a couple or so a few years back that where sticky/jerky in operation when new. It seemed to be noticeable in early use oiling. It went away. Either by break in or my semi lazy oiling practices. Your mileage may vary according to use.
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Your reply prompted my final update.

The knife broke in to be butter smooth. It is now like all of my other Cold Steel's I've had in the past.

Anybody looking this issue up in the future, Just a recap: Left the blade open at 90 degrees for 4 days. Then I left it open at 90 degrees the next couple nights. When I would come home from work I would open the knife up and leave it over night.

Besides that I have simply fidget with the knife. It took a little time, but the knife is perfect now.
 
Funny, I got a XL Talwar GSM model a while back and when I pulled it from the pocket after oiling with a brisk thwack I also couldn't press the release button in at all. I had to use the wood method to get it to release. It has something to do with the oiling of it. Of all my CS models this is the only one that has had this issue. It seems to be getting better since I cleaned the oil out as well. I'm not sure what difference the GSM model has from the older CS models but it is annoying to say the least. Like you mentioned it seems to be working itself out with use.
 
d762nato said:
Funny, I got a XL Talwar GSM model a while back and when I pulled it from the pocket after oiling with a brisk thwack I also couldn't press the release button in at all. I had to use the wood method to get it to release. It has something to do with the oiling of it. Of all my CS models this is the only one that has had this issue. It seems to be getting better since I cleaned the oil out as well. I'm not sure what difference the GSM model has from the older CS models but it is annoying to say the least. Like you mentioned it seems to be working itself out with use.
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Most of my previous cs models were nearly perfect out of the box. This one, less so. Still a good knife though.

This one was also not super sharp like my past cs knives. I honed it on the ceramic and it shaves now, but not great. I'm not complaining, the knife has no blade play, is perfectly centered, and now has great action. All knives dull.
It's just always nice and appreciated when your knife comes very sharp initially.
 
Billy The Hungry said:
Your reply prompted my final update.

The knife broke in to be butter smooth. It is now like all of my other Cold Steel's I've had in the past.

Anybody looking this issue up in the future, Just a recap: Left the blade open at 90 degrees for 4 days. Then I left it open at 90 degrees the next couple nights. When I would come home from work I would open the knife up and leave it over night.

Besides that I have simply fidget with the knife. It took a little time, but the knife is perfect now.
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Glad it worked out for you…when the Triad Lock works like it’s supposed to, you can’t beat it. Just wish the QC at the factory was better.
 
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