Pocket lint

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Umm, I blow the knife out and keep on with my day. If it eventually builds up to affecting the action of the knife in any tangible manner, I clean it and keep on with my day.
 
Stop by hobby lobby and pick up a, "cake decorating tip brush"

They're little brushes for cleaning out the metal cone on a cake icing thingy.

It'll fit between the liners on a small Case. Makes it easy to brush out the bigger folders.

I probably have 6 of these brushes scattered through the house and garage. Tough little brushes good for knives, guns, and fishing reels.


 
My pockets have hay dust rather than lint.

There are different kinds of pockets. My pockets do not turn inside out. I hold my shorts upside down, shake vigorously, and most of the hay dust comes out.

Some knives are sensitive to dust, such as the Buck Spitfire and Benchmade Casbah. Some knives are impervious to dust, such as the Buck Omni Hunter and Benchmade AFO II. If a knife is sensitive to dust, I don't carry it in the bottom of a pocket. It's either clipped or in a sheath.
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Horsewright Horsewright Dave, excellent stuff sir !

and yes, pull out the pocket and remove lint when ever you think to do it, and a slip sheath protects from dust bunnies as well as protecting the knife while in your pocket too.

Leather is veggie tan that is milled, it's very soft and supple and yet takes embossing pretty nicely.

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For those that like stitching down both sides, this one turned out pretty nice

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Thank you sir!

For those that don't know, besides his exquisite slips, G2 is the past master of horizontal sheaths for folders, particularly of the Buck 110 genre.
 
Another Shepherd said:
My pockets have hay dust rather than lint.

There are different kinds of pockets. My pockets do not turn inside out. I hold my shorts upside down, shake vigorously, and most of the hay dust comes out.

Some knives are sensitive to dust, such as the Buck Spitfire and Benchmade Casbah. Some knives are impervious to dust, such as the Buck Omni Hunter and Benchmade AFO II. If a knife is sensitive to dust, I don't carry it in the bottom of a pocket. It's either clipped or in a sheath.
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Mine too. Won't buy a jacket that I plan on working around the place in if it doesn't have zippered pockets to keep the hay out.
 
I actually do clean the lint out of my pockets.

I turn the pocket inside out. Then stick my left hand in there and stretch it out while I clean the lint off with a lint roller in my right hand.

It might sound like overkill and it probably is but it works very well.
 
Another Shepherd said:
My pockets have hay dust rather than lint.

There are different kinds of pockets. My pockets do not turn inside out. I hold my shorts upside down, shake vigorously, and most of the hay dust comes out.

Some knives are sensitive to dust, such as the Buck Spitfire and Benchmade Casbah. Some knives are impervious to dust, such as the Buck Omni Hunter and Benchmade AFO II. If a knife is sensitive to dust, I don't carry it in the bottom of a pocket. It's either clipped or in a sheath.
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Ugh, like you and Horsewright Horsewright this is the biggest problem with folders in my pockets. Once a month I get frustrated enough to take a vacuum cleaner to my pockets.

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not so dull said:
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I tried to clean it, but the Black Talon is really dangerous for the user, it closed on my hand. If it were a plain blade there would be no damage, but serrations are meant to rip flesh
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As my Grandpa (RIP) would say "that's just a flesh wound!"
 
I use a dry aerosol teflon type lube on my knifes internals for this very reason. It doesn't collect or act sticky with lint or dirt like greases and oils can and the knife can be lubed up and still be blown free of lint with canned air. I have gotten knives from people who used oil on the pivot and spent hours trying to clean knives to get gunk out of them and I never have figured out why they do it that way. * Note I am not a flipper and have no use for knives as fidget tools/toys.*
Another option is to wash it directly with a soap containing a detergent to get the oil out of the knife. After it's dry the lint and dirt comes out easier. Naturally some knives are completely unsuited to that kind of cleaning.
 
The buck 110 was carried in a belt sheath.

Crawling under a truck in gravel filled dirt. No problem. The bolster got scratched up but the edge stayed sharp.

The Benchmade was the old 522. Half the blade had serrations. So most of the use was in the last inch of blade. Field dressed deer with the thing. Closed up and put back in the pocket.

So when some girl at your friends house ask to use your knife. You hand her the chainsaw massacre.
 
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