Just wanted to give you a thank you. I love my Hogue Ritter, but without a tip from you, wouldn’t have gotten it back together today. Got so damn mad at Hogue service, the “unbreakable” Wolf springs and putting this thing back together that its been sitting in a drawer in pieces for 6 months until today. Thanks again.
Thank you so very much! I took a Benchmade apart and was having trouble getting the dang thing to stay together long enough to reassemble it. I still prefer the ones that have the full liner as it is easier for me to assemble them. Great upload! Thank you for taking the time to create it.
Ok.. let me say. I'm amazed at your skill.. this is not an easy knife to disassemble with 2 good hands.. you are an inspiration to all people with a handicap!!!! Thanks for your vids.. love them !!!!
Thank you Keifer, I am truly touched. I'm a pretty humble person by nature, so I never really think about it that way. I figure that if I can do it, anyone can. Thanks for watching.
After seeing this I know that I don't want to mess with that style lock just yet. I have only completely taken apart a few knives. Great video nice to see what it takes and what's in there. Those washers are really great. Thanks for showing how it is done.
The Hogue Ritter is definitely on my list of knives to get. Not sure I'm ambitious enough to take one apart that far, though. Great job. Great tutorial.
I had so much trouble getting that pivot piece back into place. Biggest pain in the ass disassembling axis style knives but you have to replace those omega springs every once in a while.
Hogue makes some really good knives. Like everyone else has said, you're disassembly skills are impressive. I screw up taking apart simple liner locks and don't disassemble anything now.
Thanks for saying that Thomas. If there is ever a knife you want to see disassembled, let me know so I can do a video about it. Because if you're having trouble with a certain knife, chances are high that others are too. Thanks for watching.
8:47 this is where I struggled. I broke an omega spring on the pocket clip side and for the life of me I had the hardest time getting this part back on because of that spacer.
Great video Jay! I just treat my 940-2 as an integral. I find it's not worth the hassle to take it all the way apart unless I have to. Thank you for taking the time to do a video that shows how to do it and how fiddly it is. 👍
I agree B H, great idea to look at it that way. If there is no need to disassemble the AXIS lock to clean it, then why would you. Thanks for watching B H.
You’re more than welcome Knife Beater you make it look easy even when it’s hard for some but as soon as I receive my knife and have carried it for a few weeks I will give you my opinion because I do own a couple of Hogue knives which are button lock folders and they are great knives as well so I don’t expect anything less from the Doug Ritter Hogue RSK MK1 G2 I’m 👀looking forward to it😁😉👍✌️
I have a couple other Hogue's as well. I like the EX-03 so much that I have a manual version and the automatic. The original Doug Ritter RSK MK1 made by Benchmade is a fantastic knife too. With that one, Benchmade had a full size version and a mini. I keep hoping for Hogue to do the same. Thanks Stephen.
Glad to see someone ‘brave’ enough to take this model apart. Hogue’s warranty-voiding ‘threat’ has dissuaded a few. Not much different & no more difficult than a Benchmade axis lock. I do like the larger washers and overall it’s better build quality. One trick I use is to retract the axis bar & slide a toothpick in ahead of it to allow the blade to slide in without having to fight the spring tension.
Hogue has backed off that threatening wording and replaced it with something along the lines of: "problems determined to be caused by disassembly will not be covered under warranty and may require a service charge to repair."
Great job and a beautiful knife! I've taken apart and reassembled couple of axis locks and man... it's just not worth all of that pain to clean off a little bit of gunk on the washers from the factory for me.
I hear ya DontBotherNone, I probably won't completely disassemble it every time I clean it either. I just thought for the sake of the video I should show it totally apart. Thanks for watching.
Is it possible to buy lighter omega springs for this knife? I prefer the spring weight of the BM Grip axis lock. Other than the Able lock tension, love the Hogue Ritter.
I’ll tell you what man I’ve watched a lot of reviews and I’ve seen a lot of knives disassembled by different brand knife makers, w/assisted nonassisted able-lock axis-lock but to see you disassemble that knife w/skill basically one-handed was absolutely amazing to watch and I just ordered that knife in orange from KnifeWorks and I have some Benchmade knives w/axis-lock and with two hands sometimes can be tedious but I can say that you made it look 👀 easy well done my friend!!! I can’t wait to get my new RSK MK1 G2 the first thing I’m going to do is disassemble it and wipe it clean and lubricate it w/KPL like all my new blades. I’m 👀 forward to seeing your new reviews so have a good one Knife Beater😅😂🤣😉👍👍🙏
You just made my day Stephen, thank you. Very nice of you to say. The RSK MK1 is such a great knife, you're gonna love it. Hope you get it quick because I know the agony involved waiting for it to arrive, pure torture. I be interested to hear your opinion, once you've had some time with it.
Sounds like you got one on the way, that's awesome Mike. To be honest, I think this Hogue version feels way more solid in hand than the Ritter Grip. Thanks for watching.
I am totally amazed at how difficult people make disassembling and assembling Benchmade knives to be. I service knives all the time and never have a problem and assemble them quite easily.. The AXIS system is simply assembled first, the scales attached with the mounting screws, then the pivot, bushings, and blade installed last. Easy peasy!! Look at the item you're taking apart while you do it instead of just taking it apart haphazardly and you won't have these problems. These disassembly/assembly videos are painful to watch!!
I don't have much trouble either, but I enjoy it and it sounds like you do too. I think for a lot of people it's a lack of patience more than anything else. BTW, very cute baby in your profile pic. Thanks for watching A. Delome.
Oh and BTW... The Hogue Ritter is similar in almost every way to the Benchmade. The additional off set screw is the only difference and Benchmade eliminated the problem of having the additional screw by incorporating a steel stabilizing pillar in theirs that the Hogue neglects using. I prefer the Benchmade model over the Hogue. At over an ounce heavier, the Hogue is a brick.
@@FoxSolomon1 When compared to the original Ritter it is. I tried one. Waited almost a month to get it and sold it a couple months later on CL. The ABLE lock is exactly like the AXIS lock. There is absolutely no discernible difference in the design whatsoever. And that's OK. The patent ran out in 2016 so now anyone from Ganzo to Hogue is free to copy it. I get it. Just don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining calling it 'Enhanced'. Hogue simply incorporated enough design differences in theirs so as to dodge accusations of blatantly copying a previous knife. And that too is fine. The Buck 110 is a proven wonderful design and now everyone and their brother manufactures one like it almost 100 years later. I simply didn't care for the overly aggressive scales and the difference in weight leaving it on my nightstand in favor of other choices to EDC more often than not. Don't get me wrong; it's a very good design and a great knife. Hogue just took a great knife, put G10 it, eliminated a steel stabilizer in favor of 2 tiny screws, adding enough merchandising hyperbole to 'Enhance' sales and the Ritter designed pocket knife lives on. If you never got an original one while they were available for 12 years and wish you had, now you have the chance to get one "like it". I just do firearms and knives like your kids do skateboards and Sponge Bob. Don't throw "Enhanced" at me expecting me to get my wallet out that fast. I'll smile at you then look at it.
