I've had my Kershaw Skyline for a year now, and I love the light weight, thin blade/edge and large blade to handle ratio. The issue I'm having is that whenever pressure is put against the edge (as in cutting something tough) the liner lock moves... a lot. When the knife is opened the lockup is nearly perfect, slightly left of center tang, after cutting something resistant such as leather/wood/rope the liner moves all the way across the tang to the far scale. At first I thought it might be my grip, but that is not the case. When holding the bottom of the handle in one hand (not touching the lock), and pulling backwards on the blade, I can watch the liner move across the tang until it reaches the opposite scale (takes about 10-15lbs of force). This does not seem to affect the lockup because the liner is thicker than the scale to tang gap, so I don't believe safety is really an issue here, I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this happen with their skyline? I believe the cause to be the stop pin making contact with the far side G10 scale first, leaving a gap between the steel liner and the thumb stud on the liner side. If I am not mistaken, the stop pin should contact the steel liner, but the G10 on the opposite side is preventing it from doing so, and being more flexible than steel, the G10 does not provide a solid stop base. Of course that's just a guess. Any input from fellow Skyline owners would be appreciated, thanks.
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Skyline: problem or normal?
- Thread starter Sevorius
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Just checked my skyline. I couldn't get the liner to move no matter how hard I tried. Could it possibley be your pivot screw loosening causing enough play? I read your suggention and maybe it was just your knife had some play in the tolerences? Because mine is/has been rock solid
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the pivot is the first thing to check, my skyline has one of the best linerlocks I ever had
kershaw makes great linerlocks, if pressing hard they do not move or stick, if they do then very little, have and have seen much more expensive knives stucking and moving much more
try with the pivot and disassemble the knife, a bit of celaning/maintenance is good
cheers
Maxx
kershaw makes great linerlocks, if pressing hard they do not move or stick, if they do then very little, have and have seen much more expensive knives stucking and moving much more
try with the pivot and disassemble the knife, a bit of celaning/maintenance is good
cheers
Maxx
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Definitely not normal. Take it apart and have a look maybe, but it sounds like you should send it to Kershaw. They have great customer service.
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I tried it with mine and couldn't get the liner to move. If postage is not too close to the knife's value, ship it off to Kershaw and have them take a look at it.
I just tried disassembling the knife and putting it back together, and the problem is not nearly as bad as it was before. The lock still moves under pressure, but only from about 40% of the way across the tang to 75%. It no longer travels across to the opposite handle scale, even under heavy pressure :thumbup: the thumbstud/stop pin also seems to be making slightly better contact with the steel liner now. I don't think it's really an issue worth mailing it off for, as the safety and functionality of the lock are not affected, and the Skyline is a light duty knife to begin with. If I need to do hard work I prefer the JYDII with its huge beefy liner. thanks for the comments and advice guys.