Stocking stuffers? We
don’t need no stinkin’ stocking stuffers…
That's not true, is it?
During the Christmas Holidays, there is always a need for little
gifts. This is especially true if you're
a knife fancier. We all need oils,
waxes, polishes, sharpening doodads, and whatnots, but we sometimes hesitate to
buy for ourselves.
Let me give you two ideas any knife fancier will want.
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| There are various products like these two, I just happen to have these on hand. |
Every pocket knife I’ve owned has screws, nuts, and bolts that all what to back out and get lost. Every clip has at least one screw that wants to be somewhere else.
The solution: Threadlock.
People have used nail polish, airplane glue, paint, and other solutions
to keep screws from backing out. McBride
writes during the Great War, WWI, he and other shooters rusted their screws in
place with iodine. There are better
solutions for a pocket knife.
I'd get the blue semi-permanent. It will keep the gremlins from backing out
screws.
The trend today is to use torx screws. Those are the screws that need a star-shaped
driver. They are the hot fasteners
today, and most of your knives will be assembled with these specialty
screws. If you want to replace a clip, disassemble,
and clean your knife, you’ll need the correct torx driver. Husky makes a nice set of four double-ended
drives housed in a nice plastic body.
The end cap rotates so you can put finger pressure on it and still turn
the driver. The drives range from the
tiny T4 to the smallish T15.
Two easy stocking stuffers for your favorite knife owner,
even if you buy these for yourself.
