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Interesting my 9104 was also fine but I had to adjust all of my 9103s.

Did you order the alu integral version of the “Loscha”?

Yep, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like I’ll be getting it :frowning:

Guys, recommend me please nice quality, budget butterfly knife please.
Mike

Have a look at the MT Tachyon II clones on DHGate. I have the tanto version with satin finish and it`s pretty smooth. It also comes with a spring loaded latch.

It’s not the first time I hear that. The retention ball or hole where the 9103/4 fits is different from the 910, which is more difficult to open (9103/4). There’s some trick out there to leave them just like the 910.

I just took apart my workmate’s 9104 and my 910+ and installed my carbon fiber front scale and the cf clip.

The blade and the other hardware are interchangeable and my workmate said, he’d like a dual scaled black cf version with a black blade, maybe I’ll try how that’s looking.

Side not. I didn’t speak about lockbar tension when I said it’s a bit trickier to open it but most people have their middle finger on the lockbar when the try to open the knife.
The tension on this 9104 is good but soon I’ll have to carbidize the lock, it’s way over 80% already, even though it’s centered and has no wiggle or scratching from the ball bearing when I slightly push away the lockbar to check the pivot screw’s tightness.

Btw, I like that little rubber washer under the pivot screw on the 9104, much better solution than (red) loctite.
The only screw that needed some heat to break the loctite was the clip screw.

Hello guys, i could use some help.
I have a Ganzo G704 (440 steel) and its getting due for a sharpening. I bought a Lansky sharpener Amazon.com

I tried to sharpen the knife but seems im making it more dull. Im swiping the knife as upright as i can, full length of the blade, first on the coarse rod, then on the less coarse.
What angle do these knifes come stock, 22.5? The options on the lansky is either 20 or 25. By now ive been swiping probably 50 times on each set of rods but my knife is far from sharp. Seems it was sharper before i started.

Your blade must be really dull? Or maybe you got a bad knife, it could happen.

Personally I like to use the Lansky Blade Medic when a blade is really dull. Use the carbide first with a controlled pressure (because it will remove metal quite a bit if too much pressure) to recreate a V-edge.

Otherwise I have good results with the Lansky 2 rod system like yours.

I use the 40 degree (2x20) settings on my Spyderco Sharpmaker for sharpening my Ganzo folders. So the 20 option should work at the Lansky too.
Do you keep the blade perpendicular to the base of the sharpener during sharpening? That’s the key of these V systems.
You should avoid adding too much pressure on the blade during the process.
Marking the edge with a sharpie (permanent marker) is also a good trick for checking the progress of sharpening and the angle. You must remove all of the permanent marker at the edge during sharpening before moving to the fine stone.

I agree, use the sharpie trick mentioned above and you most likely see that you’re not keeping your angle right and instead of sharpening, you’re dulling the blade, it happened to me the first time I used the sharpmaker.
These do take some time and practice to get the hang of it.

Thank you, very good pointers. I will try that.

Does anyone still sell the little Sanrenmu 605?

Folks, I tried to look for Ganzo auto knives at Gearbest but couldn't find any. Where can I order some online?

I linked a couple of them here and here .

I finished my review about the Fura titanium razor flipper:

extremely helpful! big thanks! will read your articles also :)

https://www.naturabuy.fr/Mini-couteau-pliant-SANRENMU-GR-605-ideal-trousseau-cles-dans-sac-main-NEUF-item-3611984.html
https://www.kesvilag.hu/sanrenmu-gr5-605-475.html
http://campsite.com.ua/sanrenmu-gr5-605.html

Gonna be difficult and expensive I assume…

Thanks, Adahn.

Too bad — the Sanrenmu 605 was one of the best little knives made.

There is a ton of little knife models by Sanrenmu.

What is the best axis lock knife under $20? I like Ganzo FB7603, is it a good knife for this price or is there better one?

Best depends on what kind of knife you want and what you’ll be doing with it.
If by best, you mean good quality and smooth, then for regular EDC tasks, I would say that the Ganzo FB760x and the Y-Start JIN02 are probably some of the best axis locks under $20.
They are both well built and both are very smooth thanks to their bearings.