What is scratching my blade?

[donnord]

You can see in the pics that it looks my detent ball is scratching my blade. Is this common or do I have some grit in there or a bad bearing??

 

[WedgeAntilles]

Open it up and see! These are insanely easy to disassemble and reassemble. Even easier than CRK.

 

[donnord]

I have, thats why I am confused.

 

[cutchu]

Looks like maybe lockbar insert or frame rubbing it. I agree though, take it apart and investigate. I would take some pics of how the blade is sitting in the frame as viewed with knife in same position as you have it there, but swing it around so you are looking into the channel where the blade descends down into the frame. Similar to how folks take pics of blade centering when trying to sell.

Edit - while I was typing I see you already disassembled it.

 

[BP Green]

Any updates on this? Did you figure it out?

 

[donnord]

Any updates on this? Did you figure it out?

Im going to look at later today I hope. I have a knife I need to finish for someone first.

 

[donnord]

DIRT! I used too much lube and gathered a bunch of dirt. I will have to polish the blade to get the scratched completely out. I will do that another day.