Removing "E" handles, cleaning???

SALTY · Feb 13, 2001

How does one (should one) remove the handle slabs of an "E" so that dirt, crud, salt, etc. can be cleared?

How durable is the micarta?

Feb 13, 2001

I think you have to destroy them to remove them.

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rdnzl · Feb 13, 2001

I would just take a stiff bristle brush to whatever is stuck on or around the slabs.

I doubt if you can get them off,they are built like a:

Normark · Feb 13, 2001

Hey guys..

I Believe a Blue Tip Key will remove them effectively..

ttyle

Eric...

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Jerry Busse · Feb 14, 2001

Ryu is on the money. You would either have to grind them off or drill them off in which case you would more than likely have to send them back in order to have them reattached. There shouldn't be any problems with debris getting under them and causing trouble. Cleaning around them as suggested by Rdnzl would be the most effective technique.

Yours in nuclear handles,

Jerry Busse

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Hoodoo · Feb 14, 2001

Actually, if you are very careful you can pop them off with the blade of an SAK classic. Just work around the edges a little bit and "boing" off they go. Then clean it up real good and use a little Elmers glue to put 'em back on (the white stuff). I forgot to mention you have to drive out the tubes first with a hammer and punch. Then I just replace them with 5/16" SAE bolts. Works like a charm.

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SALTY · Feb 14, 2001

rdnzl, Jerry: Thanks and roger that.

SALTY · Feb 16, 2001

Hoodoo, sorry , didn't mean to forget about you. Your way sounds like, well ... work. But if all of the foregoing doesn't carry the day, I remember your method.

Bronco · Feb 16, 2001

Nim,
Your initial instincts are good, but just in case you should ever get the urge to go reaching for your hammer and punch, please note the winking smiley face at the end of Hoodoo's post.

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SALTY · Feb 17, 2001

Bill, Hoodoo has much knowledge but, like so manny around here, you have to have salt at the ready. I ain't takin' nuthin apart, lessen of course I send 'er back to Mr. Busse.

Hoodoo · Feb 17, 2001

Just so nobody gets carried away here, I was just a funnin'.

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JKM