I am new to carrying and now collecting knives. I've bought a few spydercos, benchmades but have been blown away by emersons. There is just something about em. So in about a month and a half I've bought 4 of em but the last two are giving me problems with breaking them in. Ive dealt with all the common problems I've read on these forumns, gritty movement, lockstick, a humming sound when opening and closing. This forumn has provided me with solutions for every single issue except the humming which I finally got rid of by lightly sanding the scales where the washers sit. It has completely eliminated the noise.
The first 2 I got were the roadhouse first because it's the baddest blade shape I've seen and my personal favorite, then the horseman which I love and has the greatest grip I've come across so far. They both broke in wonderfully and are now super smooth and lockup had not budged since the lockstick had finally stopped. However, my current newbies, the mini roadhouse and the gentleman jim are giving me a whole new set of problems. I held off on cleaning them as long as I could but when I cleaned them they were great for the first 20-30 opening/closings but then became very tough to open/close. Pull em apart, clean and the same thing happens. I don't understand why it would become harder to open the more it is used. The one big difference b/w these 2 and my first 2 is they have a small and large washer. After I first took em apart I called emerson and was told the smaller washer goes on the lock side. However on the mini roadhouse it is on the non locking side. So I'm confused. I'd like to know for sure what side which washer goes on aand if anyone has encountered this same problem? And yes, I've applied lube during assembly and also with no lube. I currently have one lubed and one dry. The gentleman jims pivot shaft does spin in the liner a 1/8" or so which I thought may cause the pivot to tighten up, but loosening up on it doesn't help without having blade play. I know gritty and tough action is typical on a new emerson but after breaking in 2 knives in the last month with no problem, this has thrown me for a loop mainly because the action always got better after a cleaning as opposed to getting worse after a certain amount of opening/closings. Any ideas would be great and if anyone knows for sure which side the washers go on would be awesome.
Thanks guys
The first 2 I got were the roadhouse first because it's the baddest blade shape I've seen and my personal favorite, then the horseman which I love and has the greatest grip I've come across so far. They both broke in wonderfully and are now super smooth and lockup had not budged since the lockstick had finally stopped. However, my current newbies, the mini roadhouse and the gentleman jim are giving me a whole new set of problems. I held off on cleaning them as long as I could but when I cleaned them they were great for the first 20-30 opening/closings but then became very tough to open/close. Pull em apart, clean and the same thing happens. I don't understand why it would become harder to open the more it is used. The one big difference b/w these 2 and my first 2 is they have a small and large washer. After I first took em apart I called emerson and was told the smaller washer goes on the lock side. However on the mini roadhouse it is on the non locking side. So I'm confused. I'd like to know for sure what side which washer goes on aand if anyone has encountered this same problem? And yes, I've applied lube during assembly and also with no lube. I currently have one lubed and one dry. The gentleman jims pivot shaft does spin in the liner a 1/8" or so which I thought may cause the pivot to tighten up, but loosening up on it doesn't help without having blade play. I know gritty and tough action is typical on a new emerson but after breaking in 2 knives in the last month with no problem, this has thrown me for a loop mainly because the action always got better after a cleaning as opposed to getting worse after a certain amount of opening/closings. Any ideas would be great and if anyone knows for sure which side the washers go on would be awesome.
Thanks guys
