What I do with new knives after breaking in (Knife Content)
Published: 3 years ago
This is a bit of an overview of what I'll do on a "first maintenance" of a knife I get.
First: if a knife feels like it requires some break-in time, I won't do this right away, but that break-in time seems to be required less and less these days from my experience.
I like to tear the whole thing down, to see how it ticks.
Then clean all the pivot pieces with acetone (or rubbing alcohol)
Reassemble the blade while adding lube of choice (thus far, KPL has been great for me)
Add medium-strength (blue) threadlocker if the factory didn't apply any
Adjust the pivot tension to just past horizontal blade play
Apply Tuf-Glide to carbon & semi-stainless steels
Allow to sit and let the threadlocker and corrosion inhibitor to set
First: if a knife feels like it requires some break-in time, I won't do this right away, but that break-in time seems to be required less and less these days from my experience.
I like to tear the whole thing down, to see how it ticks.
Then clean all the pivot pieces with acetone (or rubbing alcohol)
Reassemble the blade while adding lube of choice (thus far, KPL has been great for me)
Add medium-strength (blue) threadlocker if the factory didn't apply any
Adjust the pivot tension to just past horizontal blade play
Apply Tuf-Glide to carbon & semi-stainless steels
Allow to sit and let the threadlocker and corrosion inhibitor to set