It had a few things I felt needed to be addressed to get there. But on a knife that is designed for defense, why is it shiny polished steel? Easily fixed, but this one had me shaking my head.īottom line: great knife that I liked, but wanted to love. The clip itself is pretty great, well positioned, can be moved and is made of a decently strong metal. I’m not going to carry something I can’t open quickly and consistently under stress. It’s just not smooth for me to open the Yojimbo 2 the way it was intended to be opened. I know a lot of guys who love Spydercos they just fit. I have big monkey hands and a long thumb (two, actually). But if you practice drawing and opening a knife 100 times each session there is no productive reason (design-wise) for that annoyance. While I’m not opposed to lockbacks in general, the forward-mounted lockback bit me every single freakin’ time I opened it using the thumbhole. This is one of its primary functions.īut for all the positives, there were some things that prevented me from wanting to regularly carry it: The blade shape is funky, but very well suited for making sizable holes in anything that deserves to have sizable holes made in it.Out of the box, it’s in the top 5 sharpest production knives I’ve taken out of boxes… and that’s a lot of points of comparison. The blade is ground to Spyderco’s near-surgical sharpness.The Spyderco Yojimbo 2 is a hell of a folding knife: ![]() Congrats, you’ve been officially disclaimed. Patent infringement is especially not cool when it’s a patent owned by someone as clearly cool as Ernie Emerson ( watch any video interview with him for all the proof anyone needs of that fact). The upgrade is clearly inspired by Ernie Emerson’s patented wave opener, and infringing on patents is never cool, even though this may not cross that line. I am squarely on the dirty modder end of that spectrum.ĭisclaimer: Before going one word further, I want to make this perfectly clear: this is a modification on a personal blade, not for sale. The spectrum of people who buy knives ranges from glass-case custom knife collectors to nothing-is-sacred-let’s-modify-this-beast users. (They did remove the screws with red threadlocker to be clear.DIRTY MODDER GEAR MOD: “VICIOUS WAVE” SPYDERCO YOJIMBO 2 That's why I did the method described above^^^ for my pm2. Although when I did this, I still had a screw that wouldn't come undone. If doing mods on knives you know were made back then, it may be to your advantage to send it in before breaking your knives down. In the future, Spyderco offers screw loosening now for knives that were made when they were using red threadlocker. Although since the clips screws are so small I might consider seeing if anyone/spyderco has different solution. ![]() You can try filing a slot into the screws and using a flathead screwdriver to get them out. If the yojimbo 2 is a free-spinning pivot, I imagine you could do the same thing just with two drivers, and two vice grips. ![]() Hopefully this solution works out for you. I would be cautious if you're using lower quality bits though ( I was using a Craftsman set of micro-torx screwdrivers). I had to lock a vice grip onto my driver, put the vice in a corner in my tool box so it wouldn't spin, then use the knife as a lever to loosen it's own screw. I recently had some bad luck with a pm2 pivot screw that wouldn't come lose. I have the same question regarding how you lost your washer lmao.
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