Sticky lockback

[jbib]

I have a very nice lockback. However, depressing it to close the blade is a snot! Are there any fixes I could use that don't require knifemakers skill to implement? Thank you.

 

[Alberta Ed]

Try lubing it. BreakFree CLP works great for me.

 

[killgar]

The parts may just need to wear in.

What knife is it?

 

[knarfeng]

I have a very nice lockback. However, depressing it to close the blade is a snot! Are there any fixes I could use that don't require knifemakers skill to implement? Thank you.

What have you tried so far?

When I have a new knife that doesn't really want to open or close properly, I wash it. Grit and polishing compound can get into the action and between springs.
>first, hot water with dish soap. Open and close the blades in the soapy water. Carefully.
>then rinse with rubbing alcohol to help get the water out
>then dry thoroughly
>then a shot of WD-40 and dry.
> then regular lubricant.

If that does not work, you might try a bit of powdered graphite with some oil. apply the graphite powder first, then the oil. The combination is used in industry to help machines work in. If you have Moly Disulfide powder, use that instead of the graphite.

 

[jbib]

What have you tried so far?

When I have a new knife that doesn't really want to open or close properly, I wash it. Grit and polishing compound can get into the action and between springs.
>first, hot water with dish soap. Open and close the blades in the soapy water. Carefully.
>then rinse with rubbing alcohol to help get the water out
>then dry thoroughly
>then a shot of WD-40 and dry.
> then regular lubricant.

If that does not work, you might try a bit of powdered graphite with some oil. apply the graphite powder first, then the oil. The combination is used in industry to help machines work in. If you have Moly Disulfide powder, use that instead of the graphite.

Wow, that was fast! Thanks !

The parts may just need to wear in.

What knife is it?

bear & sons. It is super duper sharp and with the bone scales looks real neat too. I don't like the tip down clip but you can't have everything.

 

[jbib]

What have you tried so far?

When I have a new knife that doesn't really want to open or close properly, I wash it. Grit and polishing compound can get into the action and between springs.
>first, hot water with dish soap. Open and close the blades in the soapy water. Carefully.
>then rinse with rubbing alcohol to help get the water out
>then dry thoroughly
>then a shot of WD-40 and dry.
> then regular lubricant.

If that does not work, you might try a bit of powdered graphite with some oil. apply the graphite powder first, then the oil. The combination is used in industry to help machines work in. If you have Moly Disulfide powder, use that instead of the graphite.

You have such a neat handle, "knarfeng". sounds like something right out of Buck Rogers or Conan the Barbarian.

 

[knarfeng]

You have such a neat handle, "knarfeng". sounds like something right out of Buck Rogers or Conan the Barbarian.

my first name backward, followed by my profession.

 

[jbib]

my first name backward, followed by my profession.

No disrespect intended.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

If that does not work, you might try a bit of powdered graphite with some oil. apply the graphite powder first, then the oil. The combination is used in industry to help machines work in. If you have Moly Disulfide powder, use that instead of the graphite.

Wow, thanks for that tip! I have a bottle of powdered graphite lubricant that I have had for so long I've forgotten where or why I got it (several decades at least). I'll definitely keep that in mind.