There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
A full tear-down and clean-up I would say once a year? All my knives are beaters, so the wear is divided among 5-ish knives, but I don't go deer hunting or whatever with my folders. If it was my gardening knives, then every single time haha.
items to get for folder cleaning: -a GOOD set of drivers to disassemble (do not go cheap on these) -a lighter (in case the factory has really tight threadlocker, melt it by holding it next to the screw) -blue or purple loctite (so you can threadlock yourself, you only need the pivot unless the body screws are messed up) -cotton balls -isopropyl alcohol - remove and disinfects the blade (general purpose) -acetone - this will pretty much remove everything (deep cleaning, so to speak) -oil - re-lubricate the pivot and wipe down the blade, if you get alchol or acetone in the pivot, it'll eat up the oil and add friction to your knife (i use mineral oil, not the best choice since it is really a really light oil, but it is food safe) -compressed air - optional, to blow out all the lint if you dont want to fully disassemble your knife
if you go to the dollar store, visit the womens beauty products, and you can get an assortment of cotton makeup applier. You get cotton swabs, balls, wipes, etc.