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I have a ultratec microtech out the front knife that worked when I first had it. It’s pretty much just sat in a drawer for two years but it has problems as deploying now.
And suggestions? The funky bolt head they use for their screws preclude you from easily getting into it.
I have three of them. The little tool on the left is dirt cheap on Amazon. You can take it apart and clean / lube it up. Or you can just spray WD40 in it and it’ll like start working fine.
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If it is anything like my Infidel, I've found oils when left too long, seem to get...gummy for lack of better term..I blow mine out with carb/brake cleaner...rinse it out with hot water, hit it with a hair dryer to evaporate the water...then I use powdered graphite for lube in lieu of oils...it has solved the deployment issue for better than a decade now.
E.t.a I do all the above with the knife assembled.
WD 40 doesn’t leave a lib in place, right? I just wanted to make sure that the materials in the handles and such would stand up to WD40 and brake cleaner.
I ordered the tool. I don’t do amazon, but I have my wife fully trained to order with her Prime what ever I send to her. She has learned to stop asking what the things are or what they are are for…
I like the dry lube idea. I carry my Infidel since CO allowed switch blades. I prefer it because it is more ambidextrous with the button on the spine. I don’t like the cost or some of Benchmarks comments about firearms. I have an AKC EVO that is similar, but it has some odd angles on it, but a lot more doable at $100.
WD40 will leave a residue. Not good. Graphite migrates, is messy.
Nano oil is popular on the knife boards.
https://www.amazon.com/Nano-Oil-10-W...s%2C201&sr=8-7
Chris Reeves ships this with his knives:
https://chrisreeve.com/collections/c...rinated-grease
I've also used Slip 2000 gun lube cause it was handy. Also wipe it off the blade. I keep the blade sanitary, I use mine to cut fruit and such. Would rather not ingest any kind of lube.