Wegner lock

[Nightingale]

I've just searched the forum for posts about the Wegner (knife, not Tim).

I've never owned a liner-lock before. I noticed some posts citing the following "problems" with the lock:

1. The lock moves right over to the opposite scale before it engages the tang.
2. A gap of a millimeter or so between the lock and the scale when the blade is closed.

My Wegner has both of these "problems". Are they problems? Is it normal? I don't want to complain about a knife that feels great and works well but, on the other hand, $95 is quite a lot of money for me to spend on a knife and I would like to think I could get standard quality for it.

Any comments out there?

 

[tulsamal]

Spyderco customer service has said that they would accept problem Wegner's back for service. The liner lock should not move all the way across the tang and come to rest on the right side. If it does there will be blade play. My full size Wegner "wore in" over time but the movement to the right seems to have stopped now. It is about two thirds of the way over so that's fine. If I had one whose liner was touching the right scale I would send it back to be adjusted.

 

[Longden]

Nightingale, I have the Wegner Jr, and the liner stops usually midway across the tang/ramp.

As I understand it, the angled ramp is something of a self-adjusting system to prevent blade movement in the locked (open) position. The movement of the liner across the ramp over time will occur with wear, and once the liner reaches the end of the ramp (ie the opposite scale), the mechanism no longer self-adjusts.

If your knife has a liner that's already traversed the ramp, but there's no blade play in the open position, then you don't have a problem now, but in the future, continued wear on the stop pin may result in blade movement, since the liner will no longer exert full pressure on the tang.

The potential for the problem will vary from person to person depending on how forcefully or frequently they open their knives (effecting wear on the stop pin).

If you can spare your knife for a few weeks, it may be worthwhile to send it to Spyderco for an adjustment.

I've only been into this knife business for a few months, so I haven't any knives yet with a blade movement problem, and can't really comment on how often it really happens.