I did a little minor surgery on the Vantage. I dribbled a couple of drips of KPL on the pivot and worked it in. That smoothed it out very slightly, but didn’t totally solve the flipping situation. Then I set to fiddling with the pivot screw, which wasn’t loose, but was surprisingly easy to turn. So I turned it all the way out and put a dab of CRK thread lock and turned it in until there’s no blade wobble, and now it flips more like I expected it to. Not quite as glassy and snappy as the Sprints, but close enough that I can snap it open with barely a wrist flick. While I was at it I gave I a quick, light stropping, and my goodness is this thing sharp. This might end up getting more carry time than I thought.
