Questions re: Care & Feeding of a Spyderco

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Richard Gross

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Since I am new to Spyderco, have a few questions.

My new Military is a bit stiff out of the box. Will she loosen up over time and should I lube the pivot with anything, ie., Militech, White Lightning?

Do Spyderco knives, specifically the Military, use pivot washers, bushing, or bearing?

And what angle is the edge sharpened at?

Thanks for any assistance. Appreciated!!
 
Richard Gross said:
Since I am new to Spyderco, have a few questions.

My new Military is a bit stiff out of the box. Will she loosen up over time and should I lube the pivot with anything, ie., Militech, White Lightning?

Do Spyderco knives, specifically the Military, use pivot washers, bushing, or bearing?

And what angle is the edge sharpened at?

Thanks for any assistance. Appreciated!!
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Welcome to the addiction:cool:

Spyderco knives will loosen up over time, but a lube can always help. I personally use Militec, but any lube will be fine, as long as it doesn't attract lint(that's just a pain in the a**)

I don't own a Military, but I believe the Military uses pivot washers, no bushing, and the only bearing is for keeping the blade closed.

Spyderco knives come from the factory at 30 degrees, for ease of sharpening without having to remove so much metal your first sharpening.

Hopefully that helps, and if I made any mistakes, someone will be along to fix them;)
 
Great response as to be expected on this forum. As I stated previously, I am impressed with Spyderco. Not being a lock-back fan, I was impressed with the Military. I just like liner-locks. So, I guess I will raise another callous on the right thumb breaking this baby in. Thanks again for responding so quickly. Tis appreciated.
 
Never heard of that term. But then, being relatively new to knives, and better knives specifically, there are a lot of terms I've never heard of.
 
Picture a liner lock on the top of the knife instead of the bottom, add a couple extra safety mechanism and a big increase in lock strength, and that's the general principle behind the compression lock. A liner lock just positions itself underneath the tang of the blade to prevent it from closing. A comp lock does the same thing, but the lockbar wedges itself between the tang and a secondary pin, which provides extra strength and stability. Theres more than just the liner holding the blade open.

Check out a Paramilitary if you can, that's the best example of a compression lock.


Sorry for the confusing explanation, that's about as good as I can do without diagrams.
 
had to run over to my local Walmart for some last minute stuff. While I was there, I checked out the knife selection (which I do everytime I am there). They had the Native at a price I could not resist. So, two Spyderco's in one night. Not a bad start. Now, with the Native, I have a better understanding of what a compression lock is.
 
Two Spyders in one night, you're well on your way to a twelve step program like the rest of us.

But the Native is a standard lockback, not a comp lock.

Here is a good example of a comp lock

http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=118

It's an integral comp lock, but I think the picture should give you an idea of what the lock is. Hope that helps.
 
and I think my next Spyderco is going to be an ATR. What an awesome knife. And my experience with VG10 tells me that the ATR will do just fine.
 
This should also give you a good idea of what a comp lock is. It's as good a description as I've seen.
 
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