Spyderco Bushing Pivots

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I recently found out that Spyderco's Leafstorm & their new Paramilitary 2 have a Chris Reeve bushing pivot. Does anyone know if Spyderco put it in any other models & if so, what ones?
 
I seem to recall hearing they are using it in the Manix 2, but I'm not going to dismantle mine to look.
 
ibute21 said:
Pretty sure the GB has one.
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Well, that was interesting. I checked my GB & it does appear to have one. I didn't expect that. My PPT doesn't. I no longer have a Manix 2, so I can't check it, but I did find a thread about it elsewhere, so that's good to know.

So far, the ones that have it:

Gayle Bradley
Leafstorm
Manix 2
Paramilitary 2
 
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GB's bushing isn't a CRK bushing-that one has shoulders. GB bushing is simply a bushing around which the blade sits, with screws at both ends. It doesn't have the same benefits.

The PM2 and Manix2 both have CRK-style bushings.
 
Thanks for the clarity.

wongKI said:
GB's bushing isn't a CRK bushing-that one has shoulders. GB bushing is simply a bushing around which the blade sits, with screws at both ends. It doesn't have the same benefits.

The PM2 and Manix2 both have CRK-style bushings.
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wongKI said:
GB's bushing isn't a CRK bushing-that one has shoulders. GB bushing is simply a bushing around which the blade sits, with screws at both ends. It doesn't have the same benefits.

The PM2 and Manix2 both have CRK-style bushings.
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It doesn't have the same benefit or it's just not the same type as the others? I understand the shoulder allows for the washer to sit around it & not move, but the actual benefit of the bushing pivot seems the same, doesn't it?
 
doesn't work the same. if you tighten a GB all the way down the blade doesn't open. i wonder what purpose it serves ? just oversive the pivot ? make it smoother ? anyways it doesn't work like sebenzaés bushing where tou cant adjust the pivot srew.
 
pwet said:
doesn't work the same. if you tighten a GB all the way down the blade doesn't open. i wonder what purpose it serves ? just oversive the pivot ? make it smoother ? anyways it doesn't work like sebenzaés bushing where tou cant adjust the pivot srew.
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What purpouse such pivot design serves: For instance it allows you to tighten pivot so, that it cannot be flinged open with wrist movement and risking your knife being confiscated as gravity knife in various countries and states... Its amazing how just bit pivot adjustment can make difference between illegal and legal knife... well at least in terms of law, we all know officer's make the last call...
 
yep i k now what purpose adjustable pivot serves Jani. that wasn't my question.

i was wondering why they put a bushing pivot on the GB but didn't made it like on the para2 manix2 etc.
 
I just took apart my GB and it has a regular pivot pin; it’s not the integral bushing type. Mine is an older one without the Gayle Bradley etch if that helps.
 
My Gayle Bradley is one of the very few Spydies I've had apart, and it does not have anything that could be construed to be a pivot bushing. Mine is also one of the early production pieces.
 
Mine's not an early one. It has the Bradley etching on the other side of the blade (Opposite the Spydie logo). It appears to have a pivot bushing & it works just like the one on my Sebenza, although it's done differently.

I can not screw the pivots in more like on a regular pivot folder & I can't adjust the pivot tension. When I unscrew the pivot screws fully out, the tension doesn't change, there's no blade play, & it basically functions just like my Seb, except that you can't take both screws out of the bushing on the Seb.

It appears to work just like on other bushing pivot knives, but it doesn't have the "shoulder" that others apparently have. Like I said/asked before, even though it looks a little different, it appears to work just like the others.

I am guessing that early GB's have regular pivots, so it's not just the etching that's different. I would suppose that'll increase the value of an early GB even more now.
 
I have a couple of the very, very early GBs. They have a normal bushing but both are fitted so that you can screw the pivot bolt down tight and the blade remains movable but has no play.
 
I'll say one thing for the Gayle Bradley model... Whatever they're using for loctite is some industrial strength stuff. Don't attempt to disassemble one unless you have a Snap-On T6 bit. All others will twist and bust. Sheesh. If the automakers used this stuff on lug nuts, you'd have to buy a new car every time you got a flat tire! :)
 
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