This was posted 2 years ago and still helping people. My para 3 is looking great. Put new scales and ended up off center. Thanks for the video.

Every Spyderco tenacious needs adjusting like this

This technique works sometimes, But in my experience a badly off-center PM2 usually has a burr on the Stainless liner around pivot or barrel spacers! Thanks for video

thank you from germany, now it works

That background music sounds like a really cool version of camouflage, also thanks for the tip, it did work

I appreciate your content. Quick and to the point. Thanks very much! I will say that you can probably skip the pivot and go straight to the handle scale on the side which the blade is favoring. Open the blade and apply pressure to the blade towards the scale it was favoring when closed since the blade is now oriented 180 degree in the opposite direction. Loosen the scale apply pressure in the direction the blade was favoring when it was closed, and then tighten the scale back up again. It should be centered once closed. No need to mess with the pivot unless you have to continue trouble shooting. Hope this helps. God bless

Who looks at this stuff without YT? All of these knife videos are in my recommendations and I've realized y'all don't use these except to open mail and as fidget toys. Not one knife is scratched.

A knife that costs that much shouldn't need the blade to be centered out of the box imo.

Guess I've been doing it right. Had the same issue on my PM2 as well. Good video. Thanks

Good stuff. Awesome knife too! Love the green with black blade.

Holy shit, it worked. Thanks man!!!

Won't ebony wood scales on my pm2. Looks sweet. I don't mind the little gap.

After you've done this, you can also try to open the blade and press the blade towards the direction it is off-centered while in closed position. Use a table edge or something to rest the blade on. Use some force, but not excessive. To loosen loctite, use a soldering iron.

Super merci beaucoup, ma lame est enfin centrée.

I put TI scales on an Elementum, could not get it centered after putting it back together, took apart cleaned old loctite off, blade, etc, put all back together still off center, did your technique and WA LA, perfectly centered, thanks for info!!

Great Video! Thank you!

Good stuff man. How can i stop my PM2 from having lock stick!?!? 😩🤦🏼‍♂️

very cool thanks!!

Man I worked on getting mine centered but now the detent is so strong I can't flip it out even after adjusting the pivot and lock bar, I'm wondering if I need to send it back to Spyderco to have it looked at.

Hy from Dagestan (republic in Russia)

Great music.

The knives cost a fortune and the consumer still has to center the blade? Dumb consumers 🤣🤣🤣

How do you get the blade to just drop like that when you close it up? My PM2 does not do that

And what is the trick if your pivot screw does not move at all ? (The side with the pocket clip) Its a new Para 3 Maxamet....so shouldnt have red loctite. Soldering Iron doesnt work.....any tipps?

Are those scales OD green or something else?

Bought a PM2 in replacement of my oh so close yet failed attempt to customize my Para 3 with some Lime Grn G10 scales, the lanyard tube was no problem but I just started getting into collecting using abusing and sharpening knives and I did not know how to put a knife back together so basically my Para 3 is trash collecting dust never to be used because of the pivot tightening and stripping of those darn screws I keep hearing so much negative reviews about (in reference to manufacturers using red loctite i.e. Spyderco but then again the stripping of the torx was more my fault

Throw it in the bin?

This technique doesn't always work.

When you spend $200 for a folding knife, you should not have to fiddle with blade centering. One of the biggest failings of Spyderco.

Where did you get the OD green version?