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So I've had my military for about a month now and though I love it, I did realize that the proverbial 'sweet spot', where there's no play and smooth action, was either non existent or extremely small.
I've read posts about polishing the internals, which I have done on other knives to great benefit, but on the Mili it just wasn't cutting it. And the fact that the highest polish I can apply is a 1000grit ceramic lansky stone didn't help much either.
The polishing helped but it wasn't as I hoped.
Well last night I discovered a really easy and quick solution that has given my Mili a much larger and definitive sweet spot. It's perfect now.
All I had to do was on reassembly of my knife (disassembly is not required) before I put the pivot screw back in I laid the knife on the table with the smooth head of the pivot (the non screw side) facing up and gave it a light peen with the butt of a case trapper (lol I know but it was just sitting there). This seems to have properly seated the pivot barrel, where as before it was hung up on the edge or something of the scale. Now when I tighten down the pivot I have a good "area" of sweet spot where there is ZERO play and the action is smooth. Just thought I would share in case others are having the same problem. Takes ~20 seconds and its nothing that isn't immediately reversible.
NOTE After peening the barrel, make sure you are bracing it when screwing the screw back in. You don't want to back the barrel out of the pivot hole when screwing, eliminating any positive effects the peening might have had.
I've read posts about polishing the internals, which I have done on other knives to great benefit, but on the Mili it just wasn't cutting it. And the fact that the highest polish I can apply is a 1000grit ceramic lansky stone didn't help much either.
The polishing helped but it wasn't as I hoped.
Well last night I discovered a really easy and quick solution that has given my Mili a much larger and definitive sweet spot. It's perfect now.
All I had to do was on reassembly of my knife (disassembly is not required) before I put the pivot screw back in I laid the knife on the table with the smooth head of the pivot (the non screw side) facing up and gave it a light peen with the butt of a case trapper (lol I know but it was just sitting there). This seems to have properly seated the pivot barrel, where as before it was hung up on the edge or something of the scale. Now when I tighten down the pivot I have a good "area" of sweet spot where there is ZERO play and the action is smooth. Just thought I would share in case others are having the same problem. Takes ~20 seconds and its nothing that isn't immediately reversible.
NOTE After peening the barrel, make sure you are bracing it when screwing the screw back in. You don't want to back the barrel out of the pivot hole when screwing, eliminating any positive effects the peening might have had.