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- Jan 19, 2014
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Took a look at my Para 3 Lightweight and was surprised that it has only 1 bronze washer . I took another bronze washer out of a PM2 and put it on the other side and , and it worked . Not sure how much better the knife is with or without it , but I figured that the blade pivoting against the FRN would wear it out and cause an issue with blade play eventually . Knife went back together fine and with just a little sanding of the washers ( 1200 grit wet/dry ) the knife is very smooth and the blade is centered .
One thing to be careful of with this knife - after carrying it to work for a couple of days , I looked at the pocket clip , and noticed it was flexing and no longer laying flat on the scale - clip screw was still tight . I tried putting a washer with the screw ( just wide enough to cover the clip that sits in to the grooves in the scale ) and it made a big difference in stability , and now the clip stays "planted " in the scale . Shouldn't have to do this - if Spyderco used a screw with a larger head , that would probably have been sufficient .
Just a heads up - don't want to see people losing their knives because of the clip .
One thing to be careful of with this knife - after carrying it to work for a couple of days , I looked at the pocket clip , and noticed it was flexing and no longer laying flat on the scale - clip screw was still tight . I tried putting a washer with the screw ( just wide enough to cover the clip that sits in to the grooves in the scale ) and it made a big difference in stability , and now the clip stays "planted " in the scale . Shouldn't have to do this - if Spyderco used a screw with a larger head , that would probably have been sufficient .
Just a heads up - don't want to see people losing their knives because of the clip .
