Brian Hochstrat
Elite Cafe Member
I learned something the other day that may be helpful to others. After finishing an engraving job on an interframe folder, I went to open the knife and found it had really tightened. What to do? Well luckily Dwight Towell is my neighbor( for those who don't know, he is a top end knife maker and a fine engraver) , he came over and saved the day. He showed me two tricks. To loosen them, once tight, he had some allen wrenches that he had ground a foot ball shape on the end and it worked like a mini pry bar, he gently worked the area around the pin for a few minutes and a shot of wd-40 and it was back to original action. The other tip was, to eleviate tightening, cut a block of micarta that snuggly fits into the opened knife, it fills that space so it cannot get as tight.
Yeah, Midvale Id. is a real hot bed for engraving, 1 out of 40 people here are engravers, maybe the highest per capita in the nation. Only thing is there is only a population of 80.
Hope that little tip is useful to someone. Brian
Yeah, Midvale Id. is a real hot bed for engraving, 1 out of 40 people here are engravers, maybe the highest per capita in the nation. Only thing is there is only a population of 80.
Hope that little tip is useful to someone. Brian