How to disassemble and maintain the Spyderco Salt 2 Pocketknife

[@brenthobson4814]

Whew!!! Took my new Endela apart to thoroughly clean, lube and loctite. Even following you in this, and the Delica, tear down, I almost never got that lock bar back in!!! Well done!!

[@alexanderbertallo1995]

Your disassembly vids remain 2nd to none. Much love from Switzerland

[@jesseadams45]

I've had good luck with blade open, pinch hard on the lock and scale right across the pivot basically holding the lock bar in the blade otherwise it tries to seesaw. Then I push like I'm just unlocking the knife. After watching you do the Delica I sort of refined what works for me to get the bar back in once I learned how.

[@mj1653]

Great timing, I just took mine apart to dye the scales but haven’t reassembled it yet. Thanks!

[@scramblerkrush5088]

I use a T6 on the opposite side to guide the lock bar hole into alignment for the pivot pin to push though and the T6 out …works every time..

[@bahjinelson3986]

Times like this make me want to see how they assemble knives at the factory. They must have some trick or tool to streamline the process.

[@hohanrodanrodan9624]

Nick you sounded thrilled right off the bat to do the Delica lock bar thing lol.

[@genesisj2918]

Great job! Really appreciate the tips. You took the guess work out of reassembling.

[@bahjinelson3986]

Caution: Assembly can put the "y" in "salt".

[@jacknemo8021]

Wouldn't the zip tie trick used on the Dragonfly work here also?

[@awwwshucks443]

Have you considered just getting a cut resistant glove for the instances like these spyderco backlocks? They are a useful bit of kit for a lot of chores.

[@excaliburdg1762]

Nick, won’t the plastic wear down over time with no washers between the blade and the sides?

[@fullback118]

I couldn't tell from the video - did the pivot screw have any loctite on it from the factory? Trying to decide if I should take mine out to add some as preventative maintenance...

[@Dan_Ondutydriving]

I like Nick's unedited content.

[@garychristensen2048]

This video must surely qualify for Inventitude 2021 - most new words created out of frustration in 15 minutes. Excellent work and I agree; possibly the perfect edc.

[@michaelmechex]

On this one it would be super easy to just take the blade out. Maybe put in the blade last, rather than the lockbar? Anyway, I'm so sorry but it's always fun to see the struggle.

[@johnruff7417]

Agree

[@preacherjayk]

how tough are those all frn knives when it comes to semi heavy use, I've always been skeptical of plastic handles, with no liners.

[@jgalt99]

This one has no liner because it's use case is in high-salinity/moisture environments and they don't want anything on there that can rust or to increase the price of the knife more than it needs to be by using a stainless liner. I don't own this knife but I have many other knives with frn scales. I prefer frn to g10 for sure. I've had a delica for over 10 years now in heavy pocket rotation and the blade is dinged up, notched and gouged while the handle has a few scratches but is otherwise in much better condition. I've used that handle to open beer bottles, bang in nails, drug it through the mud in training, on deployments, and washed it with harsh solvents when I got paint all over it. It's fine. You're not going to break an frn handle with regular use, you'd have to actively try to destroy it. I prefer frn to g10 because it's softer, doesn't tear up my pocket, and is plenty grippy when wet.

[@preacherjayk]

@@jgalt99 I like the idea of the lighter weight ,but I've never seen one of these in person, I think I'm gonna give one a try,, Thanks for the info,, I was looking at The Delica, or the Endura, or one of the Yellow salt models,, Anything that can handle deployment, should be fine on an Emu ranch..

[@knifenoob5411]

The holes where clip screws go in, are they rust resistant? 3 outta the 4 will be exposed to the elements. Thx for vid.

[@VMC_Boy]

Could this blade be transplanted to a Delica I wonder.

[@Tom-uj4uf]

Why would you do it when the body of the knife is literally Spyderco Delica??

[@seabear6980]

@@Tom-uj4uf this knife does not have liners while the delica does, as well as washers too. Or you might just want a differently coloured knife handle!

[@Tom-uj4uf]

@@seabear6980 Everyone to their own but my opinion is: Liners - not necessary on a knife this size, it's not a hard use knife Washers - necessary on a "fidget" knife like compression or axis lock, not a back lock, it doesn't get any smoother with washers Scales - the green scales can be easily dyed to any colour Just my opinion

[@seabear6980]

@@Tom-uj4uf you asked & I answered

[@Tom-uj4uf]

@@seabear6980 I respect that. Everyone has a different opinion.

[@antoniomaia777]

Help me a lot, thanks.

[@Cadwallader38]

Would a blade swap be possible between this and the delica?

[@CNYKnifeNerd]

No experience with the current gen, but In my past experience, yes. In a lockback you generally want to swap the lockbar too.

[@jdemeter4357]

Why not put it together like a integral ?

[@MrT6250]

Unless you hold/tie/tape down the lock bar it will push your blade out. Then there's your washer sliding off (if the knife has washers) when you insert the blade. From my own personal experience saving the lock bar for last is the correct choice every time for a delica or any delica like knife from Spyderco.

[@jdemeter4357]

@@MrT6250 only if they have washers, Nick Shabazz said on this model there is none so you can hold down the lock bar and slide in the blade with the other.

[@MrT6250]

@@jdemeter4357 oh then it can definitely be done your way. Probably won't even have to use as much effort.

[@jdemeter4357]

@@MrT6250 done it on cold steel

[@wolfhunter8608]

Easier to put the lock bar in while the blade is out. Then hold the lock bar down tight with a zip-tie to freely insert the blade. Edited for terrible spelling.

[@CNYKnifeNerd]

I bought one of these solely to harvest the threaded inserts for tip-up military mods then sell the fully functional remains, but the damn thing just won't leave my pocket. If someone told me 5 years ago I'd be carrying a ~3" plastic lockback with "meh" edge retention I'd have punched them in the mouth.

[@addictedtowarthunder4610]

Disassemble a protech Stryder sng please and thank you

[@ncsEsper]

Nick is #1 and so am I.

[@danielwasused]

5:45 missed opportunity to say screwed smh

[@noahbond54]

There is a much easier way to reinsert the lock bar, and I want to share this knowledge. Hook the bar in the pocket of the blade while the knife is open. Stand up the knife up horizontally, edge of blade facing down. Press down on the entire knife from above the pivot point down towards the table until lock bar sits flush, and the barrel/screw should slide through with ease.

[@tkindschi]

Tip for the day: Do your bleeding off camera. (I strive to learn something new every day. Thanks). ;)

[@westsenkovec]

The regular Delica is a flimsy knife and I had problems with them. This has no washers and there's only plastic supporting the pivot. Yikes! Especially when you consider that the Delica with the liner has flex. The Lone Wolf Landslide is a much better design.

[@Volkmannx]

👍

[@Konstantinos340]

Its not just “plastic”

[@johnj.baranski6553]

totally not worth the effort to disassemble this..just squeeze some lube down the pivot.

[@RadDadisRad]

This was hard to watch