Your Manly Wasp. I have a question about it.

I've put a small piece of rubber gasket material inside a few Buck 112s that would over close when I carried them in my pocket rather than a sheath. The blade rests in it's typical position, not on the shim. The knife edge has left a mark on the rubber, but doesn't cut through because it compresses. That may sound like an odd solution, but it stays in place by friction alone and is scarcely visible.
 
Here is a timecoded video of Nick Shabaz doing a reassembly of a Benchmade knife. It is remarkably similar to Manly Wasp, only difference is the part I timecoded where there is a stop area which prevents the blade contacting the spine.... Video link here
 
Reitwagen said:
I've put a small piece of rubber gasket material inside a few Buck 112s that would over close when I carried them in my pocket rather than a sheath. The blade rests in it's typical position, not on the shim. The knife edge has left a mark on the rubber, but doesn't cut through because it compresses. That may sound like an odd solution, but it stays in place by friction alone and is scarcely visible.
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Whatever it takes, I guess. Aside from the Laguiole mentioned earlier, which consistently over-closes unless using great delicacy (therefore never used), I only had this sort of problem with an old D2 Benchmade 710. A run of them, mine included, had the blade hitting the back-spacer towards the tip. In the end I disassembled it and sanded down the back-spacer, problem solved. Still have the knife, one of my favourites, but it was a poor mistake in the first place.
 
Pilsner said:
Whatever it takes, I guess. Aside from the Laguiole mentioned earlier, which consistently over-closes unless using great delicacy (therefore never used), I only had this sort of problem with an old D2 Benchmade 710. A run of them, mine included, had the blade hitting the back-spacer towards the tip. In the end I disassembled it and sanded down the back-spacer, problem solved. Still have the knife, one of my favourites, but it was a poor mistake in the first place.
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I have retrofit stop pins in three knives to prevent over closing, then I heard about old timers putting a match stick in slip joint knives to facilitate one-hand opening or putting a shim under the kick of well worn knives. Since they might know something that I haven't learned, I took a page from their play book and applied it to my situation. Now I get the same results in three minutes as I did in three hours and I don't have to disassemble the knife and regrind the kick. "Whatever it takes..." Indeed.
 
I have had my Wasp S90V DidiCamo a few week, I bought it from Heinnie UK before it was even available to buy, I asked if they were going to sell the DigiCamo colour handle version and a Heinnie rep phoned me and asked if i wanted to change my black order to an Camo version i said yes.

It was over a week before the DigiCamo version was available to buy.

I have been searching for reviews on the Many Wasp on youtube, The video poster asked if i had a chipping problem with the blade, I said no.

Any way we found out it was the center screw mount a budge on the inside that the blade was hitting, luckily my version had a flattered bulge so i was not affected.

I have placed a few reviews on Heinnie.

I posted a review on the DigiCamo version mentioning the problem with the chip on the blade problem and how to check you knife to see if you were affected, I said that it looked like Heinnie had all new stock.

Anyway it`s been over a week and my review still has not been posted, "Strange"

Also even though Manly supply the tools to take the knife apart, A couple of owners have said it is hard to put back together.
 
I left a review of the camo one, in regards to my experience with the black. My review is also not posted.

They supply the tools and I have seen it said that Manly have said warranty is covered for normal maintenance but if you are wreckless with it, you're on your own. So I was surprised when I saw the Manly USA guy here saying disassembly voids the warranty, given that they supply you the tools to do so.

Mine was a MAJOR PAIN to put back together. But not quite as difficult as my SOG Terminus (which is a slip joint and has a stop which 100% prevents blade contact with the spine...). I was trying all sorts to get it back together, using a Gerber Shard prybar to try and pull on the spine etc. What I recall is screwing the other side quite tightly was required to get the liners back on correctly. The spring, I am not sure how I got the blade back on. It was a massive pig to do though. But I got it done. I think I would have an easier time if I was in the position again but unless I drag it through thick mud and it seizes up on me, I have no intention of opening this thing up again.

But it does go to show, based on the video I posted earlier of a Benchmade slipjoint being reassembled that had a little piece in there which locks in place with both liners to prevent blade contact with the back spring, coupled with my own experience with the SOG Terminus having the same thing, it is erroneous for the Manly USA guy to say all slip joint knives suffer the same 'press too hard when it's closed and it'll dent the edge' phenomenon.
 
Hmmmmm.

Well, I’ve used those two Manly slip joints variously in the Western Highlands, Snowdonia, The Pyrenees, and round about the house and work during the past twelve months. Never at any point has either one over travelled, but then, other than a Laguiole, I’ve successfully used slip joints without dinging the blades for over thirty five years.
 
Pilsner said:
Hmmmmm.

Well, I’ve used those two Manly slip joints variously in the Western Highlands, Snowdonia, The Pyrenees, and round about the house and work during the past twelve months. Never at any point has either one over travelled, but then, other than a Laguiole, I’ve successfully used slip joints without dinging the blades for over thirty five years.
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Which is a testament to your careful usage and luck with the particular examples of the knives you got. I just think given that this is a known thing, all slip joint knife companies should take the effort to put the extra 75cents worth of additional work needed to ensure the flawless, rugged and reliable operation of their knives. I am happy Manly have changed the design, I just hope it's going to prove successful over the long term, because it's not as exacting as having an actual dead stop which 100% would prevent the contact. But so far, it does seem effective.
 
PoorUserName said:
I have had my Wasp S90V DidiCamo a few week, I bought it from Heinnie UK before it was even available to buy, I asked if they were going to sell the DigiCamo colour handle version and a Heinnie rep phoned me and asked if i wanted to change my black order to an Camo version i said yes.

It was over a week before the DigiCamo version was available to buy.

I have been searching for reviews on the Many Wasp on youtube, The video poster asked if i had a chipping problem with the blade, I said no.

Any way we found out it was the center screw mount a budge on the inside that the blade was hitting, luckily my version had a flattered bulge so i was not affected.

I have placed a few reviews on Heinnie.

I posted a review on the DigiCamo version mentioning the problem with the chip on the blade problem and how to check you knife to see if you were affected, I said that it looked like Heinnie had all new stock.

Anyway it`s been over a week and my review still has not been posted, "Strange"

Also even though Manly supply the tools to take the knife apart, A couple of owners have said it is hard to put back together.
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The issue of the review is something you will need to take up with HH. They are not a supporting dealer here, this being a US site. If you put your review up here, then it will get more views than on HH’s website and you will get responses from other owners.
 
Pilsner said:
The issue of the review is something you will need to take up with HH. They are not a supporting dealer here, this being a US site. If you put your review up here, then it will get more views than on HH’s website and you will get responses from other owners.
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The review shows in my account but not on the Many Wasp DigiCamo page, I just cut and pasted this from my HH account.

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Manly Wasp Digi Camo
Your Rating:
Rating

Your Review (submitted on 5 October 2018):
Excellent Knife, but read on.

I think Heinne has all new stock, My Camo Wasp did not have the problem.

There was a problem where the blade would hit the center screw buldge on the inside of the knife when you closed the blade and break a nick out of the blade.

The old version has an hump, the new version it`s flat as the hump has been grounded down.

Also it can be difficult to reassemble the knife if you take it apart fully something to do with the back spring, check youtube video`s

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But yours is fine?! Why publish somebody else’s experience on their site?! :confused:

In terms of reassembling a slip joint folder, you need to be able to suppress the spring as you reassemble it. If you aren’t confident doing it then the best advice is to send it to Manly.
 
Pilsner said:
But yours is fine?! Why publish somebody else’s experience on their site?! :confused:

In terms of reassembling a slip joint folder, you need to be able to suppress the spring as you reassemble it. If you aren’t confident doing it then the best advice is to send it to Manly.
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So other buyers could check to see if they had the newer fixed version as i had received.
 
Being in the same situation, since Heinnie has all new stock, it is not really worth noting on a review. Sometimes I might include such info in a positive way to reflect on why someone should buy something from this place as opposed to risking buying elsewhere, but usually I'd mention something about defects if I had a bad support experience trying to resolve something or if I felt like what I received was badly designed. As it stands, the knife I bought is perfect. My HH review(s) reflect that. I love this knife. I think the larger slipit version looks nicer some how but this is my most favourite knife.
 
Morthawt said:
Which is a testament to your careful usage and luck with the particular examples of the knives you got. I just think given that this is a known thing, all slip joint knife companies should take the effort to put the extra 75cents worth of additional work needed to ensure the flawless, rugged and reliable operation of their knives. I am happy Manly have changed the design, I just hope it's going to prove successful over the long term, because it's not as exacting as having an actual dead stop which 100% would prevent the contact. But so far, it does seem effective.
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I've closed slip joints for years by just letting them fall shut on their own spring power. No problems and no need to be careful.
There have been no users on this site reporting problems, maybe there was just a problem with early European models that has already been corrected.
You have no issue with yours, go enjoy your knife.
 
The Wasp is stripped right down, skip to the 15 minute mark, If you dont want to watch the entire video.
On another point, My review and warning on the Manly Wasp appeared on the Heinnie UK website yesterday.

 
I know this is an old thread, but my s90v Wasp broke on the spine. I'm not sure what happened, I just opened and closed it and used it lightly. Took it out of my pocket, and it literally flipped open loosely -- darn near cut me! I've been trying to contact them for a solution but nothing so far.
 
jayfletcher36 said:
I know this is an old thread, but my s90v Wasp broke on the spine. I'm not sure what happened, I just opened and closed it and used it lightly. Took it out of my pocket, and it literally flipped open loosely -- darn near cut me! I've been trying to contact them for a solution but nothing so far.
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The spine of the knife broke or the backspring broke?
 
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