Recommendation: Fixing bad liner lock.

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kodachi

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Hello all,

I received a set of knives today that I ordered a while ago, realized that one of the knife has a major liner lock issue.
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It's pretty darn horrible locking and just looking at it kinda scares me. I would say about 2.5% liner is in touch with the blade tang. I don't think have seen anything this bad in my LIMITED knife experience.
Any suggestion on how to fix the problem? I'm considering adjusting the liner side. I initially bought this knife as a gift, but I don't think I should do that for safety. The blade is made out of 8Cr14 and I think the liner material is 420J.

Thanks.
 
You can simply disassemble the knife and then bend the liner in a little ways. I'd suggest looking up videos on youtube on how to bend a lockbar. I'm sure that would be more helpful than my explanation.
 
Thanks guys. Lock up is much better after millions of hard wrist flicking.

Before:

After

Lock up is tight enough for all simple daily duties.
 
I was going to say disassemble and use some sand paper and a light tough to remove some of the material from the top of the lock........but what you did accomplished the same goal.
 
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