Sharp spydie hole

dewingrm

dewingrm

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I just recieved a delica lightweight today and the spydie hole is really sharp. Everytime I open it with the hole I lose skin off of my thumb. Anybody else have this problem? What would be the best remedy? :confused:
 
I've had this on a couple and it's easy to fix. Take a little emery cloth, or even the corner a triangle stone from the sharp-maker and work a small chamfer on the hole. problem solved.:)
 
if you are adventurous AND know what you are doing:

put a FINE CONE on your dremel, put it on the slowest speed, and work away at the edge of the hole.
I fixed up the edge of the hole on my SS Dragonfly(ats-55). No damage what-so-ever to the finish. I even touched up the edge of the swedge where it meets the hole. I needed a new bit for the dremel after(my mother's dremel and bits, didn't like the slightly worn and dark looking bit) but that was a cheap fix.
 
I have a Delica ltwt that was like that when I got it. The hole actually cut my thumb and drew some blood :eek: After bitching about it here (:D) I took a dremel and smoothed it out some. Now it's great. I was a little sloppy, however, and scratched up the blade a little when I slipped. No worries: this one's a user!

If you don't want to do it yourself, send it to Sal and crew. They'll be happy to make it right, free of charge.
 
Thanks for the help. I think I will try the emery cloth, if that don't work I'll pull out the big guns, my dremel!
 
Interestingly, I had the same "problem" with my new S/S Police awhile back. So, I got out the emery paper and polished or dressed the edges of the hole. Then, a little later when I got the next S/S Police model in my collection I found that when I compared the new to the old model; that the "sharp" factory edges on the hole of the newly purchased knife aided in gripping my thumb for a positive opening effect, and the new one is noticeably better in "thumb grip" and easier to open than the old one is. So much so in fact, that I have been trying to come up with an easy way to put the sharp edge back into my Spydiehole on the old knife. No kidding. Go figure.

Jeff/1911.
 
Jeff,

A balance must be reached between comfort and traction. A hole can be sharp enough to cut the thumb, or so smooth that your thumb goes sliding right off. For example, I think that Benchmade chamfers their holes too much on the AFCK line. But I don't want a hole that will hurt me :eek:

...balance...;)
 
TOTC,

I agree completely. I guess what I was thinking, but did not clearly communicate is that I would suggest one proceed slowly when chamfering the Spydiehole. I'd attempt to smooth the edges enough to make it comfortable, but not slippery. Thanks for writing what you did, as it helped to clarify what I wrote.

Jeff.
 
My Military was a little sharp on the hole when I got it (just to the point of being a little bit uncomfortable), so I took the white stone of a Spyderco Profile set, and gave the rim a quick rub with it. Took the "bite" right off, but barely removed any metal.
 
Faster than using sharpmaker hone ( especially if it doesn't fit all the way through the hole), and "lower-tech" than dremel, you can take sandpaper like 200 grit silicon carbide paper and wrap it around a pencil to file inside of hole. Lower grit sandpaper will work faster than ceramic stone and can leave hole edge " toothy" but not "sharp". If too much "toothy" effect, you can use higher grit to smooth a little bit and, if too smooth, vice versa.

Regards,

Martin
 
I ended up using a very fine file. It worked great and the hole is still sharp enough to be grippy but not enough to cut the hell out of my thumb. A perfect balance ;)

Ryan
 
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