Spyderco Tool?

[Ballenxj]

It would be great if Spyderco made a tool for basic adjustment and maintenance for their knives. I would buy one. I did a quick search but came up empty handed.
Anybody know if there is one available? If not, what size Allen Wrenches should I get to adjust the tension of the blade? How about the screws that hold the pocket clip on?

 

[Guest5160]

Assuming the knife isn't a pinned model. You need T6 and T8 TORX bits, not Allen wrenches.

 

[Ballenxj]

Assuming the knife isn't a pinned model. You need T6 and T8 TORX bits, not Allen wrenches.

Thank You, and it's a PM2.

 

[RevDevil]

Warranty voiding tool, I love it!

 

[Honed_Edge]

Warranty voiding tool, I love it!

Every time someone mentions touching a few screws the warranty flag is thrown up. This is not a bad idea because it's sort of true. However, some people give this advice with more attitude than needed. What if the OP just wanted to move the clip for a lefty or adjust the pivot tightness. It is also possible that a scale screw can work lose over time. There is a need for tools to maintain knifes. With your snarky reply, new members might be afraid to tighten a screw falling out of the knife.

"It would be great if Spyderco made a tool for basic adjustment and maintenance for their knives. I would buy one. Anybody know if there is one available? If not, what size Allen Wrenches should I get to adjust the tension of the blade? How about the screws that hold the pocket clip on?"

OP never asked what he needs to totally disassemble the knife. His question was appropriate yet BF met it with sarcasm. The best reply would be something like... Just know that according to the manufacturer disassembley voids the warranty, but you can adjust certain things. There are lots of good torx divers like brand x, y and z. Be careful not to strip the little t6's and happy knifing!

Edit: Devil, I normally love reading your posts and they are full of experience and great advice.

 

[skyhorse]

There are plenty of quality torx tools out there already, just saying.

 

[Ballenxj]

Thanks Honed_Edge. You nailed it.

There are plenty of quality torx tools out there already, just saying.

And now that I know what sizes to look for.................
Still, it would be COOL if Spyderco made their own. I have the one by Benchmade. I guess I also like to collect things.

 

[brownshoe]

I use the benchmade one as well.

 

[Capt. Spaulding]

I use the benchmade one as well.

I bought one of the Benchmade blue box's and its been very handy.

 

[Redmasta]

The Benchmade blue box is a piece of junk with crap bits. Get the Boker torx toolkit made by Wiha in Germany. Same price and the machining on the Wiha bits put the blue box to shame.

 

[Ballenxj]

The Benchmade blue box is a piece of junk with crap bits. Get the Boker torx toolkit made by Wiha in Germany. Same price and the machining on the Wiha bits put the blue box to shame.

That's a valuable piece of information, Thanks. Now where to find one? Fleabay?

 

[Redmasta]

They sell it everywhere, GPK, BladeHQ, Amazon...etc. Seems many places are out of stock, been wanting to buy another to keep at work.

I posted a comparison of the Benchmade and the Wiha (Boker) toolkit in another thread figure I'll add it here as well:

T6 and T10 Blue Box bits on the left, T6 and T10 Wiha bits on the right.

The Wiha bits have very precise machining and fit the screw heads extremely well with little play so they want mar or strip them over time. The Blue Box bits look almost like blobs, especially with the smaller torx sizes they are barely even recognizable and fit the screw heads poorly. They look to be the same bits you find in every China made Torx set.

Given an option between these two kits since they are priced about the same I could not see any reason on earth not to get the Wiha (Boker) set.

 

[RevDevil]

Every time someone mentions touching a few screws the warranty flag is thrown up. This is not a bad idea because it's sort of true. However, some people give this advice with more attitude than needed. What if the OP just wanted to move the clip for a lefty or adjust the pivot tightness. It is also possible that a scale screw can work lose over time. There is a need for tools to maintain knifes. With your snarky reply, new members might be afraid to tighten a screw falling out of the knife.

"It would be great if Spyderco made a tool for basic adjustment and maintenance for their knives. I would buy one. Anybody know if there is one available? If not, what size Allen Wrenches should I get to adjust the tension of the blade? How about the screws that hold the pocket clip on?"

OP never asked what he needs to totally disassemble the knife. His question was appropriate yet BF met it with sarcasm. The best reply would be something like... Just know that according to the manufacturer disassembley voids the warranty, but you can adjust certain things. There are lots of good torx divers like brand x, y and z. Be careful not to strip the little t6's and happy knifing!

Edit: Devil, I normally love reading your posts and they are full of experience and great advice.

The reason that a flag flies up when someone mentions "adusting" screws is because very soon after it's a case of "halp, I cannot reassemble this knife, it's defective." My reply was no more snarky than your is overly sensitive & hypercritical. A simple comment, followed by a smiley. You seem to be looking at one sentence with a very critical eye, and why I really have no idea (nor interest). I do have respect for Sal enough not to leave dropping in his forum.

In the past other companies have made "tools" which contain both hex wrenches and various Torx sizes. The term coined then was "warranty voiding tool" because when used some of the companies would void the warranty. Sorry if you did not understand. In addition, given Spydercos clear policy on disassembly and potential damage it would behoove new members not to over tinker with their knives. Amazing how one sentence misinterpreted can get us so far down isn't it? Sorry for the intrusion, carry on.

 

[Ballenxj]

@ RevDevil, I have no intention to disassemble any of my knives, however I find it real handy to have the proper tool for tightening loose screws, changing the clip position if I desire, and maybe even adjust the tension of the blade. I have more than a few Benchmades and have not hurt or damaged one yet.
I now have a couple Spiderco's and want a quality tool that fits. Redmasta is right about the BM one.
If it were not for this thread I might not have found out about Wiha tools. Thanks again Redmasta.

 

[Bumblingtinkerer]

I picked up a Kobalt screwdriver set of precision drivers that included Torx from 5 to 10 for like 6 bucks. It also has multiple other small bits that come in handy for knives.

 

[brownshoe]

I got my benchmade kit for cheap at a gunshow. It's slim, packs easy and has never stripped a screw.

 

[RevDevil]

@ RevDevil, I have no intention to disassemble any of my knives, however I find it real handy to have the proper tool for tightening loose screws, changing the clip position if I desire, and maybe even adjust the tension of the blade. I have more than a few Benchmades and have not hurt or damaged one yet.
I now have a couple Spiderco's and want a quality tool that fits. Redmasta is right about the BM one.
If it were not for this thread I might not have found out about Wiha tools. Thanks again Redmasta.

No worries, I did not presume you would have disassembled anything. Non issue entirely.

 

[bdmicarta]

There is lots of periodic discussion of torx tools on the forums. Home Depot and Lowes both sell reasonably good sets that are cheap. You can get a good Wiha set for not all that much money. A lot of people seem to be happy with the cheap sets from HD and Lowes, but I also read about the occasional stripped screws on Spyderco knives that use loctite on the screws so of course YMMV. But I think adjusting blade tension is not that demanding on the tools.

If it's your knife, I don't particularly care if you disassemble it or not.

 

[Redmasta]

@ RevDevil, I have no intention to disassemble any of my knives, however I find it real handy to have the proper tool for tightening loose screws, changing the clip position if I desire, and maybe even adjust the tension of the blade. I have more than a few Benchmades and have not hurt or damaged one yet.
I now have a couple Spiderco's and want a quality tool that fits. Redmasta is right about the BM one.
If it were not for this thread I might not have found out about Wiha tools. Thanks again Redmasta.

No problem, this is the exact one I have which is the Boker version, has all the correct bit sizes you need for a pocket knife: http://www.gpknives.com/bokertoolkittorx.html

Everywhere I usually shop seems to be sold out of it though...but someone is bound to have it.

 

[KyleMS11]

The Benchmade blue box is a piece of junk with crap bits. Get the Boker torx toolkit made by Wiha in Germany. Same price and the machining on the Wiha bits put the blue box to shame.

Boker website.