Knife Talk: Episode 62, Blade Play

[@brianlash154]

things like blade play never bothered people before, small amounts of side to side up down blade play, spot rust, people will get on forums and cry about blade play on a mechanical knife riding on a pivot, its the nature of the folding knife, you got a bunch of moving parts and there needs to be some level of separation from their neighboring parts or the knife is too tight and wont move. Now if the play is agregious, and appears unsafe, sure. But otherwise

[@gundude73]

well usually up and down play cannot be tightened out...its usually an indication that the lock itself is causing play as opposed to the pivot being loose. you may want to contact cold steel if the play is bad enough.

[@nmtoolsandgadgets4963]

gundude73 does accidental drop cause blade play? my kizer has a bit of up and down play at the tip? but just a hair type of play btw i dropped it one time only.

[@unklecorky2181]

What about left to right bladeplay with a spyderco delica 4? Is there anything I can do to fix this apart from disassembling the knife>?

[@gundude73]

@d3pHc0n blade play in the closed position is just a nitpicky issue some people have. most knives have it but some dont (like the sebenza)