Purchased a cheap Temu knife and it came with almost no detent shocker. Followed these steps and it is now 80 percent better. I feel now more comfortable to do this on my better knives if needed. Thanks, you the man!!!

You are the man. I tried this fix with my kizer roach that was super sticky and now it is so smooth. Opening up the detent hole fixed it. With your tips, I feel more confident buying some open box knives with issues I think I can fix. Appreciate it.

I discovered these techniques many moons ago. Thank you for making a great video about it! 🔪🖤🗡

Beautiful, video needed to be made! Such an easy fix, I tune half of my knives this way to get it perfect. Personally I like using the slowest speed on router or even use bit by hand first to make sure I don't go to far. Works well for me to check if ball drops in hole while knife is completely disassembled.

I've been having this problem with the ball seated in too much a lot lately, and have been doing this trick for years. I like that you made a video on ithis topic there's not too many out there.

Awesome little tip the one thing I would suggest is only doing a bit at a time. Tiny adjustments along with only removing tiny amounts of material is the trick to this fix. You can always remove more but can't replace it. Thanks for the great vid Jerad and keep making sharp things fun and enjoyable

You are a wealth of Knowledge Jerad. Thank you, I just happen to be watching your other vid on detent last night and this one today so I can fix my NOS Kizer T1 Titanium with a strong detent when I trying to opening it. You mind reader. Lol. Keep up the good work.

What's good Jerad?! I have had issues with the detent ball seizing up or a defect on the surface. Some very specific instances I have used baking soda to loosen a detent. You add that very fine abrasive to what you know is a metal on metal union or joint. Then flush with hot water, dry it thoroughly and lube it. I agree that sometimes it's necessary to disassemble and diagnose. Thanks for sharing this video with us!

I did this exact same mod when I had a Spyderco Mantra 3. The detent was WEAK. Dremel to the rescue, and it has a nice snappy detent after. Nice video.

Get a good set of carbide burrs … round ones . They work wonders and you don’t need a dremel

Thanks for this! Learned so much. Now I have a weekend project for my biblio.

That looked easy. Thanks, Jerad! I hope you and Kara are doing well up there and have a great week. 👊

Awesome! Thanks Mr. Neeve. You just fixed my frustrating Baby Banter. It’s like a new knife now.

Holy detent balls, Batman! I have a Civivi Pintail I bought some time ago as my first "expensive" knife (ya, my standards have increased a little since then 😂) that has a detent so weak I can't stand carrying it. I checked it out after seeing the video and looks exactly the same, the ball isn't dropping into the hole. I never would have thought to check that, going to have a crack at it this weekend. Hopefully it can be fixed up, I really like the knife and it fits in perfectly well with what I want in a carry. Thanks for the video!

Thank you for the great video and Info. I would trust the knife more after you adjusted it than straight from the factory.

Thanks for this, I improved my QSP hawk's detent. I can still fail it if I try, but now at least it deploys consistently and I can now carry it.

Great video and very helpful. And beautiful knives.

Thanks Jared! How about videos about fixing dentent and pivot lash? I haven’t been able to find any. TIA!

That was insanely helpful brother, thank you

I had a similar issue with a riffle I ordered. Definitely returned it for a new one lol.

Great video Jerad and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Thank u for the video Time to see if I can fix two of my Giantmouse Grands , the weakest detents of my collection

I'd even like the one you fixed! Nice not all problems have the same fix. I was wondering if you could open up the slot between the lock bar and the handle w/ a slotted screw driver or close the gap if needed w/ pliers?

Now I know what's the problem is with my matrix. Cheers mate.

I just returned a knife for having a shockingly stiff detent. Almost like it was creating suction with the detent hole. I'd rather not try to bend the lockbar, but did consider trying to carve a little notch or detent ramp into that detent hole. The dremel adjustment would've worked. Wasn't worth it though, I'm glad I was able to return that cheap feeling knife. Kizer Minitherium.

I had a knife with detent lash, I ended up having to bend the lockbar flat ways and twist the lockbar slightly. It was a used knife I bought on the secondary.

The detent was so strong, it was almost too perfect of a fit! I took it apart and drilled a bit with a diamond tipped bit, just using my hands and I might have overdone it a bit... (That's a lot of bits) Any fix you can recommend? Making the lock bar stronger?

I'm a fan of a slightly stronger detent, where it almost hurts my finger to flip open because the blade just flies out so fast and reliably. Feels a lot more premium to me.

People complaining about expensive knives needing time to break in, simply Crack me up! Chris Reeve Knives for example, are one of the most reputable knife makers out there. And his knives have a break in period...the reason the break in period is a thing is because if they went ahead and "broke" a knife in with machines, the final product wouldn't have such tight tolerances and that buttery feel to them. The parts need to wear their own grooves and polish each other to the level of fitting together perfectly. It's no different than a cars break in period, but you don't hear ANYONE complaining about that eh? I mean sure, they could run your brand new car for 1,000 miles so the engine is broke in, and all of the seals are married together....but then it wouldn't be a brand new car :) or you could drive it like a jackass, and F the piston rings up and have your engine last 1/4 of the length if you would have broke it in properly.

Question: I have a Twosun ts223 and the detent is pretty strong. The lockup doesn't look that deep though, maybe 20%. Would you suggest bending the lockup tab back a little or could it be something else?

What if my detent hole is too big for the ball so I have some detent rock? Is a bigger ball the only way? Do I just order steel or ceramic generic balls on Amazon? Thanks

Banneret is slick 👌

Hey man. Good job. I have a Zero Tolerance ZT 0804CF. Stupidly on Zero Tolerances behalf, that model does NOT come with a detent ramp. I couldn't believe it. What a bonehead move. Anyway, I looked up videos on "How to make a detent ramp" on KZfaq. I did it how the video said and it worked out. Only, it was a little rough at the beginning, but it has broken in as if the knife came with one from the start. Thanx for the video my Bladed Brother 👍 ⚔️ ✝️ 🇺🇲

Hey Jared! How to fix a weak detent on Spyderco compression lock? Most of them come with fairly weak detent. Have you done a video on fixing detent on the compression locks?

Not sure what the issue is, but my button lock cogent blade bounces back when closing. How can I fix it?

Got any remedies for detent lash

“Everyone… every Man should have a Dremel” 😎😂

Good job dude

i found another quick Detent fix: -unscrew pivot -Put knife in open position -push and hold lock bar into release position -screw in pivot screw

Speaking about issues, it's quite shocking to me that almost all my knives had quality issues right after the purchase. From blade play to very hard to open with one hand. Kizer, Civivi, CRKT.. Don't they have quality control?! For a knive that cost 80 or 90 euro's! Do they expect me to fix those issues before I can use them as intended? I can and did, but needed Torx screwdrivers, locktite, nano-oil,.. to fix all this.

Would this knife classify as a linker lock or frame lock? Really bugging me idk what to think

I dont know how you don't bleed all over your knives the way you handle the blades. But, great video.

My para 3 in g10 got this detent lash😢

Any chance you can do a 'how to fix button stick' on a button lock knife?

How do you tune a button lock?

Detent lash is my current problem with my QuietCarry Waypoint that I've had for a few years. I already sent it back for a broken lockbar screw once and got screwed on the price to fix it and now I've got detent lash... a $300 knife + $80 for the lockbar screw replacement + all the different shipping costs. Easily my most expensive and most problematic knife. Any tips on how to fix detent lash would be much appreciated.

How do u fix detent lash?

I fixed mine by whacking the blade with a center punch, then some de-burring tool. Scared the shit out of my cats though LOL

Bang!!!

what if the detent ball is just warn down

Just my problem

NEEVERY

What? You mean a ramp rolls a ball more smoothly than a vertical face? Noooooo... Refuse to believe it. Also, if your detent hurts da baby, you should maybe do something to earn some callouses.

If I have to work on it besides adding lube, I don't want it. Tools should come from the factory with minimal issues, (NOT ALWAYS). They should perform flawlessly, or close to it.