Kick spring visible?
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Kick spring visible?
I love all my new switchblades but was wondering why the kick spring on the stilettos protrudes from the frame. My 'pre-internet' era switches generally fire stronger and none of them has this. Whats up wit dat?
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Mr. Edge,
how does one get their hands a new retail carbon steel one?
One doesn't, to the best of my knowledge there is no such thing.
One possibility, buy a Do it Yourself Stiletto and before installing the spring
have a Knifemaker or Blacksmith copy the stainless spring in carbon steel.
Install the carbon steel one but it may be too powerful and damage things.
You're on your own if it destroys the knife.
how does one get their hands a new retail carbon steel one?
One doesn't, to the best of my knowledge there is no such thing.
One possibility, buy a Do it Yourself Stiletto and before installing the spring
have a Knifemaker or Blacksmith copy the stainless spring in carbon steel.
Install the carbon steel one but it may be too powerful and damage things.
You're on your own if it destroys the knife.
- Bill DeShivs
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Bill,
Like I said "I've been told", guess I was told wrong. I checked several
"users" from my collection and they show staining and rust spots that are
consistant with carbon steel. But the "Do it Yourself" knives apppear to have a stainless kick spring [and a great snap]. Also one or two in my collection show no staining or rust despite a fair amount of use. The spring in these appears "different", a smoother stamping with no rough
spots or grind marks that all the others have. They certainly LOOK like
stainless, perhaps a different maker or emergecy substitute?
Like I said "I've been told", guess I was told wrong. I checked several
"users" from my collection and they show staining and rust spots that are
consistant with carbon steel. But the "Do it Yourself" knives apppear to have a stainless kick spring [and a great snap]. Also one or two in my collection show no staining or rust despite a fair amount of use. The spring in these appears "different", a smoother stamping with no rough
spots or grind marks that all the others have. They certainly LOOK like
stainless, perhaps a different maker or emergecy substitute?