Not sure if this problem is unique to my tool...but I have a hard time getting most of the tools out of the Vic Spirit. The knife is the only one that comes out without extraordinary effort. I keep my nails very short so the nail notches on most of the tools dont help me. I have two SOGs with tools that slip out very easily when the handles are opened.
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Vic Spirit hard to get tools out
- Thread starter jscalia
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If WD 40 doesn't work, try to exchange your Spirit for another, or send it off to Vic for a replacement. My experience has been the implements are easy to open, compared to the full sized original Swisstool. That's a thumbnail buster, at least mine is.
I don't know if all Spirits are easy and Swisstools hard to work, but most comments on these forum seem to support that notion.
I don't know if all Spirits are easy and Swisstools hard to work, but most comments on these forum seem to support that notion.
Esav Benyamin
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I have thin nails that I keep short, and one thing I like about my Spirit is how easily every tool comes out. No other multitool or SAK that I've owned beats it, as smooth as many of them are.
WD-40 is not really a lubricant. Try something like CRK's fluorinated grease or Tuf-Glide or White Lightning or Militec or even mineral oil. WD-40 will clear gunk out, but you should oil it afterwards.
WD-40 is not really a lubricant. Try something like CRK's fluorinated grease or Tuf-Glide or White Lightning or Militec or even mineral oil. WD-40 will clear gunk out, but you should oil it afterwards.
I initially had trouble opening many of the tools on my vic spirit as well. And I also keep my nails trimmed up short... After an application of Tri-Flow lube and an adaptation of my opening method I no longer have an issue. Example of the opening adaptation: To eopn scissors, partially open file since its grippy, then I can fit more of my finger tip in to get a grip on the scissors.
Edit: Is the White Lightning mentioned above the same we sell at the bike shop? Its a wax-based chain lube. Along those same lines, I've been using some Prolink chain lube with "MFR technology" which is supposed to micro-bond to the metal (sounds like militech kinda), and I like it so far. I gotta start rotating my EDC so I can see how well it works on various blade and handle combinations.
Edit: Is the White Lightning mentioned above the same we sell at the bike shop? Its a wax-based chain lube. Along those same lines, I've been using some Prolink chain lube with "MFR technology" which is supposed to micro-bond to the metal (sounds like militech kinda), and I like it so far. I gotta start rotating my EDC so I can see how well it works on various blade and handle combinations.