jylong_away
Well-Known Member
A bit of an odd question -
I'm not actually looking to make a folding knife, but rather modify one that I have at the moment.
For those of you who are familiar, it's a Spyderco Paramilitary 2 with a Compression lock. Info on the particular lock can be found http://spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/knifeanatomy.php under the 'locks' portion.
Basically, there have been 2 main 'runs' of this knife, with the first having some trouble with the ball detent of the lock not fully disengaging from the blade, even when the liner was pushed all the way across to the scale. This made for a sticky blade movement when closing/opening the knife. Comparing the two runs, it seems like in the first, the tip of the locking liner was curved in towards the blade more.
Spyderco fixed this problem partially by moving the 'bend' in the liner more towards the butt end of the knife to improve leverage.
I'm looking to do that same thing with the 'first run' unit that I have, to try and improve the blade movement.
Question is, what's the best way for unbending and then rebending the liner in a slightly different spot? It's a stainless steel liner. Would cold bending work?
David
I'm not actually looking to make a folding knife, but rather modify one that I have at the moment.
For those of you who are familiar, it's a Spyderco Paramilitary 2 with a Compression lock. Info on the particular lock can be found http://spyderco.com/edge-u-cation/knifeanatomy.php under the 'locks' portion.
Basically, there have been 2 main 'runs' of this knife, with the first having some trouble with the ball detent of the lock not fully disengaging from the blade, even when the liner was pushed all the way across to the scale. This made for a sticky blade movement when closing/opening the knife. Comparing the two runs, it seems like in the first, the tip of the locking liner was curved in towards the blade more.
Spyderco fixed this problem partially by moving the 'bend' in the liner more towards the butt end of the knife to improve leverage.
I'm looking to do that same thing with the 'first run' unit that I have, to try and improve the blade movement.
Question is, what's the best way for unbending and then rebending the liner in a slightly different spot? It's a stainless steel liner. Would cold bending work?
David