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mike.j

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Dec 4, 2018

The Knife Maintenance Kit to End All Knife Maintenance Kits How’s your knife holding up? Does the blade deploy like it did when it was new? Is the blade still centered? Might be time to clean out the dust and debris from your pockets and cuttings. Perhaps the action could be better on that brand new knife? Our goal with this project was to create a kit complete enough to disassemble and reassemble any knife—one with a comprehensive component list that wouldn’t break the bank for our loyal community. Our journey began with KC Tool, who kicked off the project by offering a kit of tools assembled by Sheepdog Knives. Their Knife Maker and Maintenance Kit was curated to have everything needed to take apart any knife. And with that, combined with quality Wera tools, we knew this was the perfect foundation for taking KC Tool's tool kit to new heights. See Collin & Sheep of KC Tool show off the tools in this kit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYYJYYM1WVQ Jonas and I ordered a bottle of EDCi based on community hype and gave it a try to see if it would make a good addition to the kit. There are many benefits of EDCi. In addition to effective corrosion inhibition, it also helps prevent hand oil smudges from accumulating all over the knife within a few flips. It's also great for reviving dull or faded anodized titanium. See Cedric & Ada test EDCi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E118UfFFoFY For edge maintenance, we chose a strop. It's not a total replacement for sharpening, but it helps keep a sharp knife sharp with frequent touch-ups. The strop is perfect for in-between sharpening sessions by maintaining a fine edge after a week’s worth of cutting. Knives Plus produces the strop in this kit, which has a great nap preloaded with compound, making it incredibly easy to see if your edge is straight. Just keep stropping until you no longer see the leather nap being pulled up. Watch Knives Plus demonstrating the use of their strop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwNdL86hyaM You need a good lubricant to keep your blades fall shut and flipping smoothly. Nano-oil is great for its magnetic adherence ability and for its needle point applicator, allowing anyone to add a single drop anywhere as needed. Watch Nick’s general review of pocket knife lubrication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gsUhJNBiw Overall, we wanted to produce a kit that would enable anyone who’s just getting into the hobby to have all the tools they’d need for disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling their precious pocket knives—all the while saving 20% while getting everything you need in one place. Only the best, Mike

Dec 4, 2018

Hatuletoh

850

Dec 5, 2018

mike.jOh, the strop. I like strops; they make a good addition to my two 6" and one 4" DMT, and one surgical black AK stone. I havent tried the one in this kit, though everyone seems to like it. But theres a leather crafting store near me, so I just went in and bought three pieces, glued them to sections of 2×4, then sanded the wood into comfy handles. Bought three grits of compound, loaded the strops; good to go. Maybe $20 at most, for all materials for all three.

Dec 5, 2018

Kcorange11

Apr 13, 2019

mike.j...still waiting to see loctite. Need that here before the strip. And if you want brownie points add in a cheap soldering iron for when you get knives with too much loctite.

Apr 13, 2019