Service your knife!

SpyKers

SpyKers

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I had the good fortune this week to pick up two knives at a phenomenal price/deal. One was a composite JYD 2 and the other was a leek. Both were used.

Upon flipping both for the first time, I realized there were issues. Neither would open easily and had a very funky feel. No amount of pivot tweaking would suffice. As opposed to simply undoing the deal, I decided to open them up and see what was going on inside. Boy oh boy, was I in for a surprise. It became painfully obvious that neither knife had ever been properly cleaned or lubricated. Gunk, rust issues galore....

I spent some time with a q-tip and oil and completely cleaned out the internals and applied fresh lubricant. After a little elbow grease, I'm happy to report both open as if they came straight from factory. I'm certain that these were let go due to failing condition (it was pretty bad).

The lesson learned here is that you have to treat your knife like any tool. If you don't maintain it, it will cease to function properly. So before you give up on a knife that has "lost that new feeling", I recommend you spend a minute and give it some TLC on the inside. It's like cleaning up your used car. Make it feel new and fall in love all over again.

To those who awarded me these wonderful knives, I say thank you :-)
 
I have a friend who owns a Chill. I wanted to compare the flipping action on it to my Zing (comparing Chinese and USA made manual flipper). It stuck kind of a lot. We were heading to do some work on toys for a place that takes care of developmentally challenged children, so I just happened to have a set of small bits on me. I opened it up and started cleaning things off. No oil on me, but I did get the gunk out. I tuned the pivot for decent centering and pretty sweet flipping action, then winced as he proceeded to wrist-flick. Oh well.

He went on to fix a toy that was constantly singing this really repetitive little song. We really wish he hadn't fixed it. Oh well, it's for the children...
 
I recently won a Chill in a giveaway from TotalDBag (thanks!) and it's easily my second smoothest flipper, right behind my de-assisted Blur. What sized bits did you have to use annasoH323? I'm wondering because I would like change the clip to the tip-up position. I noticed they weren't torx screws like most Kershaws, but allen (?) instead.
 
So how do we do this maintenance on our knives without opening them up and voiding our warranty?
thanks
TT
 
You won't void your warranty if you take the knife apart. Just make sure the blade on a Speedsafe knife is open before you take it apart, or you'll get the blade in your eye.
 
KnottyEagle said:
I recently won a Chill in a giveaway from TotalDBag (thanks!) and it's easily my second smoothest flipper, right behind my de-assisted Blur. What sized bits did you have to use annasoH323? I'm wondering because I would like change the clip to the tip-up position. I noticed they weren't torx screws like most Kershaws, but allen (?) instead.
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It's an allen wrench I believe. Hex head, right? I sold my chill a long time ago.
 
tobotech said:
So how do we do this maintenance on our knives without opening them up and voiding our warranty?
thanks
TT
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Opening up your Kershaw does not void your warranty. Get yourself a t8, t9, and t10 driver. They will serve you well.
 
I was able to use the T6. I don't think the screws themselves were Torx but the bit did fit (IIRC). I had emailed customer service about a question with the screws and the word back from them was that the hex heads will fit with Torx bits. I have heard of people's experience with that being negative, but it did fine by me.

I have run into the issue of stripped screw heads though. I've gotten mixed responses from customer service (when calling on different days and talking to different people) about whether or not I would be able to get screw sets for the import knives. Some said yes, others said no, just send it in. I would say just give it a shot (unless someone else more experienced says otherwise).
 
KnottyEagle said:
I recently won a Chill in a giveaway from TotalDBag (thanks!) and it's easily my second smoothest flipper, right behind my de-assisted Blur. What sized bits did you have to use annasoH323? I'm wondering because I would like change the clip to the tip-up position. I noticed they weren't torx screws like most Kershaws, but allen (?) instead.
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No problem, and the blur is not a flipper.
 
What kind of oil did you use? Is mineral oil sufficient to use on the pivot, or should I pick up a teflon or silicone based lubricant?
 
Whatever floats your boat I suppose. I use a lubricant that I bought from radio shack. It's needle point which is great for applying without having to tear down.
 
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