Whew!!! Took my new Endela apart to thoroughly clean, lube and loctite. Even following you in this, and the Delica, tear down, I almost never got that lock bar back in!!! Well done!!
I've had good luck with blade open, pinch hard on the lock and scale right across the pivot basically holding the lock bar in the blade otherwise it tries to seesaw. Then I push like I'm just unlocking the knife. After watching you do the Delica I sort of refined what works for me to get the bar back in once I learned how.
I couldn't tell from the video - did the pivot screw have any loctite on it from the factory? Trying to decide if I should take mine out to add some as preventative maintenance...
Have you considered just getting a cut resistant glove for the instances like these spyderco backlocks? They are a useful bit of kit for a lot of chores.
This video must surely qualify for Inventitude 2021 - most new words created out of frustration in 15 minutes. Excellent work and I agree; possibly the perfect edc.
This one has no liner because it's use case is in high-salinity/moisture environments and they don't want anything on there that can rust or to increase the price of the knife more than it needs to be by using a stainless liner. I don't own this knife but I have many other knives with frn scales. I prefer frn to g10 for sure. I've had a delica for over 10 years now in heavy pocket rotation and the blade is dinged up, notched and gouged while the handle has a few scratches but is otherwise in much better condition. I've used that handle to open beer bottles, bang in nails, drug it through the mud in training, on deployments, and washed it with harsh solvents when I got paint all over it. It's fine. You're not going to break an frn handle with regular use, you'd have to actively try to destroy it. I prefer frn to g10 because it's softer, doesn't tear up my pocket, and is plenty grippy when wet.
@@jgalt99 I like the idea of the lighter weight ,but I've never seen one of these in person, I think I'm gonna give one a try,, Thanks for the info,, I was looking at The Delica, or the Endura, or one of the Yellow salt models,, Anything that can handle deployment, should be fine on an Emu ranch..
I bought one of these solely to harvest the threaded inserts for tip-up military mods then sell the fully functional remains, but the damn thing just won't leave my pocket. If someone told me 5 years ago I'd be carrying a ~3" plastic lockback with "meh" edge retention I'd have punched them in the mouth.
On this one it would be super easy to just take the blade out. Maybe put in the blade last, rather than the lockbar? Anyway, I'm so sorry but it's always fun to see the struggle.
@@seabear6980 Everyone to their own but my opinion is: Liners - not necessary on a knife this size, it's not a hard use knife Washers - necessary on a "fidget" knife like compression or axis lock, not a back lock, it doesn't get any smoother with washers Scales - the green scales can be easily dyed to any colour Just my opinion
Unless you hold/tie/tape down the lock bar it will push your blade out. Then there's your washer sliding off (if the knife has washers) when you insert the blade. From my own personal experience saving the lock bar for last is the correct choice every time for a delica or any delica like knife from Spyderco.
@@MrT6250 only if they have washers, Nick Shabazz said on this model there is none so you can hold down the lock bar and slide in the blade with the other.
Easier to put the lock bar in while the blade is out. Then hold the lock bar down tight with a zip-tie to freely insert the blade. Edited for terrible spelling.
There is a much easier way to reinsert the lock bar, and I want to share this knowledge. Hook the bar in the pocket of the blade while the knife is open. Stand up the knife up horizontally, edge of blade facing down. Press down on the entire knife from above the pivot point down towards the table until lock bar sits flush, and the barrel/screw should slide through with ease.
The regular Delica is a flimsy knife and I had problems with them. This has no washers and there's only plastic supporting the pivot. Yikes! Especially when you consider that the Delica with the liner has flex. The Lone Wolf Landslide is a much better design.
