knife trouble (solved)

[Requiem ex Inferni]

So as some of you know, I have a 4" Schrade Badger pocket knife. Well, the folding mechanism is acting up- it's taking me a little more effort to open and close the blade. I don't know what's causing it, but it DID get picked up by a magnet about an hour ago.

What could be the cause of the problem, and is there a way to loosen it up?  

[ArmasTermin]

Well the obvious thing to ask is: did you try oiling it?  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

I don't have oil to oil it with. sweatdrop  

[Desert_Fox_Rommel]

Well ask your neighbor if you can borrow their WD40.  

[Fresnel]

Desert_Fox_Rommel

Well ask your neighbor if you can borrow their WD40.

In suburbia, you ask your neighbors for a cup of sugar. In the country, you ask your neighbors for a cup of WD-40.

That almost turned into a Soviet Russia joke. XD  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

Desert_Fox_Rommel

Well ask your neighbor if you can borrow their WD40.

Now THAT I do have.  

[uryu ishida]

WD-40 makes a sub-par lubricant. It's a water-displacing oil, not much else. It DOES gum up pretty bad. Guess how I know.


I had to spend WEEKS incrementally working that gunk out of a lock someone though was sticking and thought WD-40 would be a GREAT thing to spray massive amount of it in. It sure worked...Until it gummed up. So I had to use almost an entire can of CLP working it out bit by bit. It's a lot better now, and lubed up with CLP.  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

I fixed it! Apparently the clip on the knife had moved out of place and was jamming the folding mechanism. Thanks for the help, though, guys.  

[Desert_Fox_Rommel]

uryu ishida

WD-40 makes a sub-par lubricant. It's a water-displacing oil, not much else. It DOES gum up pretty bad. Guess how I know.


I had to spend WEEKS incrementally working that gunk out of a lock someone though was sticking and thought WD-40 would be a GREAT thing to spray massive amount of it in. It sure worked...Until it gummed up. So I had to use almost an entire can of CLP working it out bit by bit. It's a lot better now, and lubed up with CLP.

I've never had that problem, but I've also never used it in massive amounts.