rivets,bushings,liners of Spydies...

[curious2003]

Correct me if I'm wrong but Spydies all use rivets correct? Even the "higher-end" models such as the Polics and Military?

What are the advantages of using them as opposed to torx screws as seen on Benchmades?

What happens when the rivets get loose from use? Do you just hammer them back in or something?

Also do Spydies have bushings that prevent the blade from rubbing against the liners?

Lastly, do Spydies have double liners or are they always single to keep weight/costs down?

thanks.

oh and one last one (promise )...Spydies are ground flush treated right? They are not kept "natural" with tight tolerances?

 

[dialex]

Some spydies use rivets (SS models for instance), others use torx screws (Military, Vesuvius, Cricket). Not sure about the Cricket, as I remember the FRN model has regular Phillips screws.
In a normal use, the rivets shouldn't go loose. Yet if this happens, I think you'd better send the knife to the factory, they'll fix it better.
Some spydies have double liners (Chinook, Shabaria), others have just one liner (on the clip side - CF Delica, Standard) and others are linerless (FRN models, some G-10 Police, Military).
Most of them have washers (teflon or mylar) in order to smoothen the action of the knife and prevent blade overtravel.

 

[Sal Glesser]

Curious. The goal is to be "no more than necessary and no less than perfect". Nesting a liner is much more expensive and IMO stronger than adding one. Dual liners are not necessarily stronger, it's the pins that usually go when we break 'em. Liners just bend util the pins go. We use dual liners on the compression lock because the design of the lock requires two. Our G10 is layed up denser (custom G-10) for our nested liners. The package is stronger than dual liners with only the pins or screws holding the scales to the liners.

sal