AlexR
Active member
I did an extended kit clean and check today, and found I couldn't open my caving knife by hand for love nor money. The usual whacking and putting it in water didn't help, so it's safe to say I'd have struggled to open it in a cave (certainly not in a hurry).
A little bit of leverage with a screwdriver got it open without too much force, and taking it apart revealed the culprit: A fairly corroded spring bar as seen below. The fact that the flipper is very close to the pivot does not help, but I imagine that's on purpose to guard against accidental opening.
For now I'll just remove the rust and liberally cover it in grease. Given the simplicity of the part involved, it's a real pain that Edelrid didn't just use stainless for the bar. I'd claim that I'll replace it in the future, but as I don't have the right diameter stainless bar around I'll probably just forget about it.
I don't usually open my knife as part of a standard kit check, but if you own the below knife you might want to check it. If it's stuck and you want to clean the spring bar you'll need a T6 torx to get to it.
This is the model:
https://www.edelrid.de/en/sports/miscellaneous/rope-tooth-einhandmesser.html
A little bit of leverage with a screwdriver got it open without too much force, and taking it apart revealed the culprit: A fairly corroded spring bar as seen below. The fact that the flipper is very close to the pivot does not help, but I imagine that's on purpose to guard against accidental opening.
For now I'll just remove the rust and liberally cover it in grease. Given the simplicity of the part involved, it's a real pain that Edelrid didn't just use stainless for the bar. I'd claim that I'll replace it in the future, but as I don't have the right diameter stainless bar around I'll probably just forget about it.
I don't usually open my knife as part of a standard kit check, but if you own the below knife you might want to check it. If it's stuck and you want to clean the spring bar you'll need a T6 torx to get to it.
This is the model:
https://www.edelrid.de/en/sports/miscellaneous/rope-tooth-einhandmesser.html