No problem LJ... happy to be able to help you out.KLJ77 wrote: βSun Jan 17, 2021 10:37 pm Bob,
Thank you so very much for taking the time to write these instructions out and describe the process. I truly appreciate it. I have copied your narrative and will print it out to follow when I get my knife. I just ordered it, so it will be in possibly by Tuesday. From your description, it does seem to be a simple process. I'll just take my time with it...and I'll let you know whether I've succeeded or destroyed the knife by my own ignorance.
LJ
You won't destroy it! By straightening the spring a tiny bit at a time, you can hardly go wrong. If you happen to over do it, you can bend it back (been there; done that). And by hand-polishing the mating parts with 800 and 1000 grit paper, it would probably take you several nights of work to accidentally take off too much material vs. just smoothing up what's there.
I've done it to all my Cold Steel folders and haven't wrecked one yet!