Stop pin buffer?

[Trigcure]

I was fooling with my tenacious and thinking about the lockbar, it's getting pretty far over to the side from a lot of use, So i put a strip of duct tape on the blade where it hits the stop pin. after a little use, it puts the lockbar right back to the center of the blade. and i'm wondering, could something a bit more permanent than tape be used to extend the life of an old liner lock?
Obviously my duct tape wont last too long, but i'm sure there are other options. anyone ever done this?

 

[Jason B.]

Don't do that, send it in to get fixed correctly. Your liner lock should not have worn out this fast unless you use your knife a lot and very hard.

The most common problem linked to excessive/early lock wear would be a loose pivot. Check and correct if needed, it could even make your lock up better.

Once a LL is worn out there's not much you can do and using duct tape is not the answer.

 

[orthogonal1]

Making a larger diameter stop pin is an option.

When I had a mini-lathe, I made a few and one can also "jerry rig" a set up with a conventional electric drill to downsize a too large replacement stop pin.

I always wanted to try electro-coating a stop pin or the liner/blade contact surfaces as I think this would be a better and cheaper alternative.

As a temp/perminent fix, a hard two part surface coating may be sufficient. I've put "Hard As Nails" polish on a "garbage" knife (a Charming Chinese Copy) that has proven to be surprisingly long lasting.

 

[EricV]

If you don't want to send it in, buy a new blade stop from a knifemaking supply site, and do as orthogonal1 said if its too large. Put it in a drill chuck and sand down what needs to be made smaller.

First recommendation is send it into spyderco, the steel liner definitely shouldn't be worn out yet, and even if it is they should take care of you.