Spyderco Paramilitary 2

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allen323

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Hello all,
I am hoping to get insight about the paramilitary 2. So I bought one from Blade HQ, and it arrived today. I started playing with it immediately and the knife just does not seem smooth the way it usually appears in videos that I have seen. Also, when I push the compression lock in, the blade does not drop half way the way I have often seen. Is this typical and it just needs to be broken in a little bit? Or is this unusual for the paramilitary 2.
 
Get a torx wrench, I believe the sizes you need for the pm2 (and most production knives are a T6 and T8) try loosening the pivot screw to your liking. That, and play with it a lot! Open and close a bunch and after a while it will get broken in
 
One of my favorite knives and I've had several! They have a really long break in period to smooth out those surfaces. Make sure to work it a lot and it'll smooth out in time!
 
They usually don't drop the blade when the lock is disengaged, I normally need wrist flick to close it. Fine with me, I don't like a guillotine chopping my fingers off.
 
Bought mine a few months back and had the same issue. Since then, it has loosened up and it's super crazy smooth now. Just takes some break in. Flick the hell out of it for the next week or two and if it's still an issue, try adjusting it. I wouldn't touch it right now though. Give it time first.
 
Open/close about a million times and all will be fine.. No need to go messing with the pivot!!!
 
I have 5 of them and I've done the same to each one.......all are absolutely perfect now. Disengage lock and they swing back and forth!
Just a couple of small drops of lube, I use Blue Lube, open , close, open, close. And that's it!!
If it's still tight after a week or so, try adjusting the pivot......loosen it a TINY bit!
Good luck!
Joe
 
aleforme said:
Bought mine a few months back and had the same issue. Since then, it has loosened up and it's super crazy smooth now. Just takes some break in. Flick the hell out of it for the next week or two and if it's still an issue, try adjusting it. I wouldn't touch it right now though. Give it time first.
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Later, you might want to play with the pivot tightness to see how it affects the knife. I did and I liked it just slit toe looser than it came from the factory. You don't want it too loose. It could negatively affect the blade centering.
 
Thank you to all of you for the advise. I figured it would just need a little loosening up, but it was my first somewhat expensive knife buy, and I saw some videos of "unboxings" where it seemed so much smoother. Glad to know it just needs a little playing with..something I will be happy to do
 
Is it centered when closed? The PM2s are great but they can be a little finicky. Sometimes the smaller screw next to the pivot has to be backed off just a hair and it will swing open freely with solid lock up. If you are mechanical at all you can adjust screws a quarter or half turn and know how to adjust them back to the way they were if need be. I take apart all of mine if they need it, as well as my fishing reels. I am sure you can calculate a 1/4 turn counter-clockwise to loosen and 1/4 turn clockwise to tighten. you dont have to disassemble the whole knife. If for some reason you screw it up, send it to spyderco and they'll help ya out.
 
The "smooth" unboxings are probably from experienced knife owners flicking with vigor, as it were. They're applying a lot more force than you're probably used to—but don't worry, as others have said, it'll be silky smooth after a thousand deployments or so, without any pivot adjustment whatsoever.
 
will decompressing the lock become smoother as well guys? I am not usually one to complain, but the finger I use to press the lock in is hurting and red from pushing the lock. is this also just something that needs to be broken in?
 
It will break in. Try the adjustments others have mentioned. I was about to throw mine out the window, but adjusted the pivot, applied lube and then started carrying it everyday since I spent so much on it. Now it's perfect and I'm really glad it's not at the bottom of a lake...
 
As stated, they need to be broken in (especially the black coated blades). If you just can't wait, you can disassemble, clean, lube, and reassemble, and the break in time will be shorter.

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