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Do you typically like to disassemble your folders? Whenever I get a new blade I find I'm always taking them apart right away to clean/re-lubricate them. Even if it doesn't really need it. I like using my own oil/grease and Loctite. But also I find it fascinating and almost therapeutic to sit there and meticulously scrutinize everything as I clean and reassemble it. I'll carry a knife alot more if I know all it's inner workings. I hold ease of disassembly/reassembly in high esteem whenever I consider the merits of a particular knife. I love how CRK encourages it with his products. Some mechanism can be quite complicated to reassemble and the service department surly doesn't like receiving a bag full of loose parts. Thats why Benchmade would rather you not take your Axis folder apart. But I can't resist. I can't just hose a knife off an assume everything is spec and pristine. I dropped my 940 in the sand once, avoid doing that by the way, and it was hell to take apart mostly because of the overzealous Loctite applier who happend to be assembling my knife that day in the factory. I also find it interesting how finicky some knives are. After reassembly I noticed the blade would no longer center on my Skyline. After some troubleshooting I realized that I had flipped one of the washers. Usually they'll have a flat side and a stamped side. The stamped side will have slightly rounded edges. Flipping them over after already having been worn in can sometimes tweak the centering smoothness. Also I've noticed over tightening the standoff nearest to the pivot can sometimes affect the smoothness on some Kershaws I own. Things like that are usually more present on lower-mid end production knives. Tweaking the torque of the blade-stop standoff on my Spyderco Leafstorm will affect the lock up percentage. But my CRKs go together better than clockwork with perfect consistency every time. I guess thats where your money goes.
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