Well, I just released a G-10 Police Model and a full-sized Calypso from a week's imprisonment in C-clamps. I found the backsprings on both knives a bit strong for my tastes, and had decided to substitute a little artificial pressure for a year or two's wear in order to loosen them up. I clamped each knife so that its locking bar was held fully depressed and checked each day for weakening of the spring. After one week: nothing.
The theory is a bit like why you should never store a pistol magazine fully loaded; time spent under full load weakens the spring. In this case, that was my goal, and I have done this successfully to lesser knives in the past. A Gerber EZ-Out required only an overnight spent in a clamp to make its spring almost dangerously light. But these two Spydies have emerged unscathed and apparently demanding that I carry them often and play with them at every opportunity in order to loosen the springs "naturally." How could I say "no" to such fine knives? They will get extra pocket time for the next several months.
I just felt I should post to say that I'm impressed how the knives held up, even when I didn't want them too. Always better that a backspring be too heavy than too light. I would appreciate other suggestions how I might speed the "breaking in" process, however, as long as it won't endanger the knives.
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-Corduroy
(Why else would a bear want a pocket?)
The theory is a bit like why you should never store a pistol magazine fully loaded; time spent under full load weakens the spring. In this case, that was my goal, and I have done this successfully to lesser knives in the past. A Gerber EZ-Out required only an overnight spent in a clamp to make its spring almost dangerously light. But these two Spydies have emerged unscathed and apparently demanding that I carry them often and play with them at every opportunity in order to loosen the springs "naturally." How could I say "no" to such fine knives? They will get extra pocket time for the next several months.
I just felt I should post to say that I'm impressed how the knives held up, even when I didn't want them too. Always better that a backspring be too heavy than too light. I would appreciate other suggestions how I might speed the "breaking in" process, however, as long as it won't endanger the knives.
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-Corduroy
(Why else would a bear want a pocket?)