Main blade catching after reassembly ...

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I’ve done a few reassemblies so far and most have been quite successful however I do have one where the main blade seems to be over closing vey slightly and scraping  on the liner/space when I bit my nail into the nick to open it.

Anyone else had that problem?

Could sort of understand it if it was not closing enough perhaps but it snaps nicely closed so not sure how it could be going to far....could it be one of the liner holes become distorted during assembly maybe?

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Haven’t had it happen on a mod or build, but seen is on a few used knives over the years. I check the fit before peening. I just push the main blade toward the small blade. Mostly to check for any alignment issues, but also contact with the liner and spacer.

One possible fix if you don’t want to take it apart is to remove a tiny bit of material on the round end of the tang where it goes flat on the blade side. Where the blade makes contact with the backspring when closed. Just not the choil side.

Good luck with the fix.

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Haven’t had it happen on a mod or build, but seen is on a few used knives over the years. I check the fit before peening. I just push the main blade toward the small blade. Mostly to check for any alignment issues, but also contact with the liner and spacer.

One possible fix if you don’t want to take it apart is to remove a tiny bit of material on the round end of the tang where it goes flat on the blade side. Where the blade makes contact with the backspring when closed. Just not the choil side.

Good luck with the fix.

nice one, I think I'll give that a go as don't want to take it apart again at this stage if possible ;0)

Cheers

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Would you believe it! I just decided to give it a bit of  lubrication, just in case, and it did the job after I opened the blades and back tools a couple of times....! 

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Would you believe it! I just decided to give it a bit of  lubrication, just in case, and it did the job after I opened the blades and back tools a couple of times....! 

Well, that’s certainly better than a permanent fix for a temporary problem!