starting to seriously hate the axis lock

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richw

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its just so annoying to put that knife back together after you take it apart...purposely snapped a scale in my fingers in frustration today..
 
I'm hoping you have replacement scales? I don't find axis locks difficult to disassemble, but i've only done two different knives numerous times and they've always gone flawlessly.
 
My 930 Kulgera isn't hard to disassemble. It's putting it back together that can be tough.

And I've done it several times already, and have a pretty good idea how to do it with minimum trouble. However, figuring out the best sequence for reassembly is not entirely intuitive.

I sympathize with the original poster.
 
It's not a difficult thing to do, maybe 1.5 or 2 out of 5 for difficulty, the axis lock is very simple.
 
Skimo said:
It's not a difficult thing to do, maybe 1.5 or 2 out of 5 for difficulty, the axis lock is very simple.
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Oh, the lock itself wasn't too tough. However, reassembling the lock and knife with the scales was definitely tougher. Better to have some patience and time available when monkeying with that baby.
 
i love the axis lock,you just have to know what your doing when your putting it back together and focus.
 
JNewell said:
Agree - puzzled by the original post... :confused:
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Mechanical things are not all that easy for lots of people. Especially compared to taking apart a simple framelock Kershaw Vapor. Now that's an easy knife to tinker with. ;)

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richw said:
its just so annoying to put that knife back together after you take it apart...purposely snapped a scale in my fingers in frustration today..
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Sorry to seem so mean, but what you did was just stupid and childish...Now you have a pile of knife parts with one broken scale.
 
stabman said:
I think their warranty is because of people who will snap a scale in half because the knife is difficult to reassemble...
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They can have the warranty they want. To me it's basically a non-issue because when I buy a BM (I have three: the 930, 755 MPR, and the 910) I don't expect to ever send it back to them, unless something is simply defective out of the box, which is very unlikely.

When I read their warranty, I said to myself, "Oh well, this is basically worthless, if the blade chips or snaps or whatever, I'll just chuck it..."

To me, BMs are nice to look at, but don't even think about using them to open a soda can or something like that.

If you say they aren't designed for that, I'll agree with you, and tell you that my Cold Steel Recon 1 or Cold Steel Mini Lawman is WAY superior in the toughness category to any of my Benchmade knives... and I DO like the BMs...
 
richw said:
its just so annoying to put that knife back together after you take it apart...purposely snapped a scale in my fingers in frustration today..
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Wanna sell it? I might be willing to take it off your hands. If the price is right, of course ;)
 
Folderguy said:
They can have the warranty they want. To me it's basically a non-issue because when I buy a BM (I have three: the 930, 755 MPR, and the 910) I don't expect to ever send it back to them, unless something is simply defective out of the box, which is very unlikely.
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Exactly.
I HATE sending things in for warranty work anyways, especially with annoying border crossings thrown into the mix.:grumpy:
I buy high-end knives so that I DON'T have to use the dang warranty.
Had to send one Emerson in for warranty work out of the box which was annoying, but I do have to admit that they made good on it.:thumbup:
 
Folderguy said:
To me, BMs are nice to look at, but don't even think about using them to open a soda can or something like that.
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What?:confused:
I use the crap out of the Benchmades I have, at least compared to the EASY task of cutting open soda cans.
Heck, an $8 Chinese garbage gas station knife can usually handle THAT.
 
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