Ti-ZDP mini cyclone AO weakened?

[Bookworm]

I am a firm believer in if you carry a knife that you should be able to disassemble it, clean it, and reassemble it.

Just like firearms. Could you imagine buying a brand new AR15 and shooting it and then sending it back to the company for them to clean it!


Just take your time the first time you do it, take pictures of it for reference or whatever. If you guys need some pointers feel free to ask. We do use blue loctite on all screws, a little goes a long way. You can get by with blowing some compressed air in there sometimes, but to do it right ya gotta take it apart.

well, when I'll do my best to take apart and reassemble it, so that I know what Im doing. when I need to clean it

 

[SladeGT40]

hey guys,
got the torsion bar in today as well as 3 tubes of militec-1 grease (lithium grease in a 15% militec solution) and i put it together so fast i forgot to take pics. left the threadlock at work, but if it doesn't need it i wont bother. thing flips back to its old self, so all i need now is to touch it up on the sharpmaker and i can have my baby back

thanks for all the support and help, i now have a new appreciation for my collection and i can tell you that every knife i have ever used EDC will be getting similar treatment

thanks again,

Matt

p.s. tim, when you polished out the ener-g2 what did you use, and would it work on a bead-blast finish. a friend of mine who i sold my first mini-mojo to took it skiing and it has those silly superficial rust spots that i always would simply get off by cutting open massive amounts of cardboard.

 

[Tim Galyean]

There is a metal polish called "Flitz" that we use a lot. We use it on bead blasted finishes on ocasion. Works pretty well. The spot on your enger-g2 was most likely cause by something acidic, those can be pretty tough to get rid of!

 

[glockman99]

There is a metal polish called "Flitz" that we use a lot. We use it on bead blasted finishes on ocasion. Works pretty well. The spot on your enger-g2 was most likely cause by something acidic, those can be pretty tough to get rid of!

Yup, cutting fruit (apples, oranges, etc.) can cause rust or "patina" on even some "stainless" steels, and bead-blasted finishes seem to be the worse for that.