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Removing carbide tip...any hints???

steveng116

February 04, 2015 00:44

Just got my new 9170 auto triage. It's a beautiful blade. But i want to remove the carbide tip. I carry in my back right pocket and I'm afraid it's gonna tear seats up. To me it's almost useless anyway.

My plan was to replace the backspacer. But there isn't one, lol. So my new plan is to grind carefully with a dremel. But before I go to do all the work I figured I'd get advice. I'm assuming it's held in by something like epoxy but I have no idea. If anyone has a removal thought. Let me know. Thanks, Steve.

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jonearlt

February 04, 2015 01:05
It might fall out if you strike it against a hard surface.
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steveng116

February 04, 2015 01:30
Not a bad idea. May hit into plywood and see if it with stick in the wood.
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lightning

February 05, 2015 01:05
Considering it is designed to strike (and break) hard objects, I highly doubt driving it into something soft will make it break loose.

It will be firmly attached, my guess would be friction fit kind of like a detent ball, maybe with a bit of adhesive (loctite) to hold it in place.

Either that, or it could be threaded into place with some (again) loctite or similar. But I doubt it, machining carbide would be too costly and difficult.

Again, just a guess, but I think it would likely come out easily with a good amount of heat on the handle.
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steveng116

February 05, 2015 03:16
Tried plywood. Didn't work. I thought attachment would be a tight fit or epoxy. I thought screw, but came to the same conclusion. Cost too high. I'll try heat. And if not it's grind time.
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patrick

February 07, 2015 17:04
I thought I remember hearing that these were "set" after the first strike. Epoxy being "activated" by impact.

I would hand file before I took a torch to it.
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skimo

May 29, 2015 17:39
Hand file will readily get new grooves. Pop it in a vice grab a hammer and cold chisel or punch and strike it on the side as close to the base as possible. Don't use girly strikes, hit it like it called your mom names. Be sure to have the part as deep in the vice jaws as possible and shimmed in with a non marring substance like paper or plastic.
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archer

May 30, 2015 17:07
MO?, Leave as it is and learn to live with and it may even become usefull one time or another.

Mutilating a new knife (I would'nt even call it customizing) seems knida...crude.

Something that can take substantial force might require substantial force to dislodge it, and then there is the resale value if you ever want to get rid of it.
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billhammer

May 30, 2015 19:33
Suggest calling Benchmade they likely best advice (as they'll know how it was installed) how to remove without destroying, marring the finish or weaking the handle's structural strength. Good luck
PS On 810 you can get a replacement backspacer from DOAT
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otacon

June 03, 2015 23:22
I sand papered my 810's off from 500 to 3k grit. It took awhile, If i still had it i would take pics.
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skimo

June 12, 2015 23:57
Huh, just took pliers and pulled my carbide tip out, easy as pie. light friction fit and a bit of expoxy residue. All I did before was break a dozen or so ceramic and glass items.
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