Timberline Discovery

wolfmann601

wolfmann601

Gone, but not forgotton. RIP Ira.
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I picked up my Discovery thru PVK for 40 bucks when they first came out. Got the Black combo blade. I started to carry it as my EDC as it sits deep in a pocket. Saturday, I was cutting some of what I thought was a type of thin rope but it was wire. Had to pull hard but it did it well. I then started to do yard work, used my Discovery alot, and my hands were dirty and sweaty. Well now when it opens it still snaps to attention but is "gritty".I rinsed it off, I used an air compressor to dry it, used a Tuff-cloth and some rem-oil (ran outta Mil-tec)and I must of really pushed IN some grit. How do I get to the sand and small particles "inside" without trying to take it apartand having everything go flying??????
Thanks for the help guys.....wolf
 
After all you've attempted, I think you will have to open it up. Try removing the scale on the pocket clip side. Since the cam lock switch is on the other side, I wouldn't think any parts would start to fly out. The Discovery is a nice knife, but I don't see it suited for use in areas where sand or dirt can work it's way into the cam area.
 
Thanks El Cid. I think I REALLY bunged it up by rinsing it and then using hi-pressure air to "dry it". I forced all the grit into the moving parts. Bro, I am a NEWBIE, EXACTLY what am I gonna see/find for parts when I open this knife?. I paid about $40 bucks and thought for a good hard worker knife, it would hold up, but it is so gritty now that its "snap" sounds more like a crackle. With all I have done with the discovery, the black blade still looks new and NEVER used, but snap the thumbstuds and you would think it has arthritis. I am lost at how to cure it......wolf
edited by wolf for serious spelling!!!!
 
from what I hear the timberline works pretty much like the Kershaw Ken Onion speed safe. Many people including myself have taken their speed safe's apart and can tell you that there is nothing really to go boing and pop out at you unles you just kinda tear it apart and throw it all over the place. open it about half way then just take it apart methodically and you will be just fine.
 
Yup, Remember you are talking to the 9-1-1 walking accident. I can take apart ANYTHING. I just can never and have never been able to put ANYTHING back together!!!! So BEFORE I start, approx HOW MANY parts are we talking. MORE than six and I just live with it!!!!!! wolf:o
 
six to 8 parts. i would guess. just lay it all out on a surface that won't get messed with on top of a white towel. that way stuff won't be rolling around.
 
Thanks Brandon. I am gonna do it!!!! But I just know I will have an EXTRA part like I ALWAYS DO!!!! wolf:o
 
Wolf - Does the blade hit the spacer when closed? I hate to be a fly in the ointment here but Timberline has had problems with the Discovery Locks blades hitting spacers when closed. Every one I have seen to date does this.
 
Yes Sir!!!!! That is the EXACT problem. While I have used the knife hard, it has NEVER been used for Non-knife duty. but it rubs like a mother.... Nothing "looks bent", the Blade surely is not. but it rubs so bad it's become disabled and now out of EDC rotation as I just cannot TRUST it. Now,what do, or can be done to eliminate ot minimize this issue? I am fearful that the locking mechanism will not hold up and forget the "assisted opening" and easy closing. Rub, rub, scratch, rub....ANY FIX??????
Thanks Sir, you nailed it!!!!......wolf
 
Mr. Ewing:
As you Identified the problem to a TEE, is there ANY fix to it? If so how, what? If not, Thanks, in the junk drawer with my REAL FAKE push dagger it goes. But I sure would like to at least try to fix it.......wolf
 
That's the only gripe I've had with the Timberline Discovery. So far, I've owned 3 of them and on every single one of them the edge hits the spacer when closed. I really would like to see Timberline correct this.
 
So, El Cid, thats that. No fix? Too bad, I was getting to enjoy the knife. In the junk drawer she goes. If there is ever a fix, let me know. Thanks for the answer!!!!! wolf
 
Wolfmann, all 3 of my Timberlines work smoothly, with no gritty feeling in the action, but the blades do make contact with the spacers. On one of them I have a bit of up/down blade play no matter what I do to remedy it, but the other two are ok so far. Like Dex said, this is common with all the Timberline Discoveries and I think that maybe Timberline might want to consider redesigning the spacer, perhaps making the knife of open back design.
 
Any tips on how I can smooth out the opening? I do not really care about the "speed assist" but mine has become gritty and really rubs so much that it does not open smoothly with one hand....Thanks if you can help.....wolf
 
First on the spacer problem, I had this problem too with a BM Sentinel some years back. I was able to take the spacer out without disassembling the whole knife and I cut a groove down the middle of it with a hand-held grinder and very thin wheel. The blade then nestled in the middle of the groove and no longer "hit" anything...

As for the grit, this is an issue with any folder. I try to use fixed blades only when doing any work in the dirt for this very reason. The only folder I will take with me to do really dirty work is my Sebenza precisely because it is trivial to take apart, clean, and most importantly, put back together again. Other folders that have worked in the dirt (like my SAK) do get gritty somtimes. I wash them out as best I can and live with the problem. Often as not, the sand eventually works its way out.
 
Thanks Matt,
I was under a garden tractor and had to cut that long dead string field grass and I was sweaty. All I had was the discovery. I dropped it in the sand and dirt on the driveway and my hands were all gritty. Well, I figured that the knife was well lubed. i NEVER figured it would be so grease packed. Well, I did it, took the whole kniofe down. WHAT A MESS. When I used the air compressor to dry it after rinsing it, I just forced the sand in to grease. I Shocked the SH*T outta myself by getting it all cleaned up and greased up and back together. Now it's as smooth as new and rubs like a 900 pound fat man's thighs!!!! I give up, I just cannot trust it. Besides, the locking mechanism looked a little flimsy. I was a little surprised.......wolf
 
The easiest way to stop the edge hitting the spacer is to cut a bit of leather or cork or cardboard and force it into the knife so the edge (or the kick if the blade has one) hits that instead. If you make it a force fit you don't need to glue it; it'll stay in there for years of daily carry.

Some traditional folders are made with no kick so you have to do that with all of them. It only takes a minute....
 
THANKS COUGAR!!!!!! I just amazed myself and with the advice YOU just posted, I fixed my Timberline Discovery!!!!! ME, wolf, the 9-1-1 kid!!!! No cuts, NO BLOOD!!!! O-Holy SH*T, ME???? Just cut a thin slice of leather and did what you said and now it does NOT RUB. blade SNAPS out, positive lock, no play and I have my EDC beater back!!!!! Thanks Cougar!!! Oh YEAH, about that other post..........:o
wolf
 
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