Screw Loose

 My wife’s current favorite pocketknife, a purple SixLeaf, lost the screw holding the clip to the body.  Fortunately, the knife slipped further into her pocket, and somehow, the clip was retained.  The screw, however, vanished.

Of course, I wanted to repair it.  SixLeafs aren’t that expensive and but there are no local distributors I can contact for a replacement screw. 

Fortunately, I had a SixLeaf of my own and was able to confirm it was the same screw.  But what kind of screw?

She wanted the purple one and I opted for green

My friend Derrick speaks fluent machinist.  He was able to identify it as 2.5mm X .45 screw.  In the bonus round, he even produced the proper replacement screw.

We had the knife and the clip and when we got the screw, well, everything worked.

That greatly simplified my job.  I didn’t want to force an incorrect thread into the knife's titanium frame, so having the correct one was excellent. 

Lot of brands available, any one would work

I got out my semi-permanent (blue) threadlock and #9 Torx drivers and went to work.  I used a single drop and let the threadlocker wet the threads and drained off the excess into a paper towel.  This left me with a tiny ribbon of blue winding around the thread root.  I screwed everything back together, finger-tight.

Done!

My wife got her favorite knife back, so it’s a great outcome in my book.

Thanks, Derrick!