When I picked out my MT UT D/E a year ago from my dealer's stock, I noted at least a 2:1 range in deploy/retract effort amongst the samples, with some having nearly that much difference between their deploy/retract efforts required. I chose one that was low effort, yet consistent in effort between deploy and retract. It's box didn't include the sheath, as most did - and the salesman remedied that omission, albeit at another knife's loss. My knife, like his other fresh stock, was dated 4/11. My particular knife is similar to my wife's '05 Dodge SRT-4's 'orange blast' (She has since traded for a gecko green '12 Wrangler Unlimited! I need another color UT now...).
I carry my UT in the sheath, not loose in my pocket like my other pocket knives, so it doesn't get much filth inside. I don't have the oddball fastener's driver, so dissection isn't possible. I did blast it, when new, with aerosol Breakfree, a gun cleaner/lube you can buy at WallyWorld, directing it's tube into the openining with the knife vertical blade down over a paper towel. I noted initially some dark matter in the effluent on the towel, but that ended quickly. I wrapped the knife in clean paper towels and shook it to get any excess solvent/lube out - then deployed the blade so it could be wiped clean. I repeated that shake/deploy/wipe until no more solvent/lube was apparent on the paper towel. The knife's effort was equal in deploy/retract - and lighter in effort. And I know what a 'lighter effort' is... I was a sailor once upon a time (Been a while - Nixon was Prez!). (TIC)
Over lube an auto knife is a promise of troubles to come, as dust will stick in the lube coating and may gum up the mechanism. When mine gets stickier in effort, I'll just repeat my procedure. May not work for the OP - caveat emptor!
When I picked out my MT UT D/E a year ago from my dealer's stock, I noted at least a 2:1 range in deploy/retract effort amongst the samples, with some having nearly that much difference between their deploy/retract efforts required. I chose one that was low effort, yet consistent in effort between deploy and retract. It's box didn't include the sheath, as most did - and the salesman remedied that omission, albeit at another knife's loss. My knife, like his other fresh stock, was dated 4/11. My particular knife is similar to my wife's '05 Dodge SRT-4's 'orange blast' (She has since traded for a gecko green '12 Wrangler Unlimited! I need another color UT now...).I carry my UT in the sheath, not loose in my pocket like my other pocket knives, so it doesn't get much filth inside. I don't have the oddball fastener's driver, so dissection isn't possible. I did blast it, when new, with aerosol Breakfree, a gun cleaner/lube you can buy at WallyWorld, directing it's tube into the openining with the knife vertical blade down over a paper towel. I noted initially some dark matter in the effluent on the towel, but that ended quickly. I wrapped the knife in clean paper towels and shook it to get any excess solvent/lube out - then deployed the blade so it could be wiped clean. I repeated that shake/deploy/wipe until no more solvent/lube was apparent on the paper towel. The knife's effort was equal in deploy/retract - and lighter in effort. And I know what a 'lighter effort' is... I was a sailor once upon a time (Been a while - Nixon was Prez!). (TIC)Over lube an auto knife is a promise of troubles to come, as dust will stick in the lube coating and may gum up the mechanism. When mine gets stickier in effort, I'll just repeat my procedure. May not work for the OP - caveat emptor!
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