Thank you. I was getting stuck with that stop pin. It was so bad it felt like someone last the original and bought one at the hardware store to get by. That method of leaving that screw out was easy. It will me go to for Spyderco back locks
Robocalls; how have we not found a solution? At least knives have approachable solutions to their problems. Great re-assembly! I've actually flexed handles like these to center the blade. Not ideal, but what is.
Nobody on the entire internet has done a Breakdown and Maintenance video for the Spyderco Cricket... I took apart the Etched Cricket and couldn't figure out how to put it back together.. thankfully most of the screws on the cricket are all sized specifically for the hole they are supposed to go in so if it doesn't fit it's pretty apparent. You should do one for the Cricket if you get the chance :)
I just got one of these the other day and was already seeing some side to side play in the knife i assume i should just tighten it a little but i enjoyed the video for the full maintenance a lot ill look into cleaning it up soon
Hello, Mr.Shabazz. 😅👍Your humor is what makes this channel so great. Always interesting, the dismantling VIDEOS. Thanks for your very good videos. I ❤️ the new Spyderco Police. First of all, it's nice and light than the previous models. Have you already examined the new MKM Goccia? A really exquisite Italian knife. Especially the variant with the titanium handle scales.🤫 Have a nice day.🤠
Put the knife back together minus the lock bar. Make sure the blade is open, edge resting on a folded piece of cloth. Press in the lock bar and slide the last screw in.
I think that post is wobbly for a reason...I just swapped scales on my ss stretch in k390 and it didn't have a post, just a molded nub which was extremely difficult to get the top liner to line up with all the other pins
Man, I just got this model and have black hardware I wanted to put on it, came apart easily but 🙄 that lock bar is a pain in the A$$ 🙈 thanks Nick for putting this video out,because without it I would have lost my mind today trying too get it back together 👍🏻
Is it just me or is this knife identical to the Endura 4? BTW, I think Spyderco should be congratulated/thanked for oiling the lockwork. It hurts nothing but feelings.
The post that is wiggly looks like it has a cut out on the scales that will probably make that wiggly go away when assembled. You can see a slightly milled out area on the FRN. What I'm saying is the loose hole may have been intentional. Why? I don't know why, I'm not an engineer.
hey phosphor bronze washers! niiiiiiiice! the knife looks okay... except of course for the refinement and tolerances... the quality of the knives from Japan always suck. At least when it's a Japanese spyderco that we're talking about.
Nick. Not about this knife but since you seem to have a scientific mind I wondered if you had ever tried or thought to do an experiment with some of these nano ceramic sprays for protecting you knives? I know that Flitz says theirs will protect a blade for a year. I thought maybe since these are more of a hard wax coating than an oil film it might be less inclined to attract dust and dirt.
I am strugggling to decide on the police 4 in K390 vs the VG10 version. I am newer to these steels and wonder which is better for my given purposes. I live in southern Ontrio Canada so humid in the summer wet in the harsh frozen winter (drastic temperature flux) and I want the big blade for outdoors woods and carry. Anyone that could weigh in would be appreciated thanks
Vg-10 has better stain resistance and is easier to sharpen. K390 will hold its edge an insanely long time, but is a little harder to sharpen and a little more likely to rust. I’ve noticed it rusts much less than my other non-stainless knives, so as long as you’re a competent sharpener and don’t plan to leave it soaking wet, I’d pick k390 easily. It’s my favorite steel by far. If you’re just learning to sharpen, VG-10 might be the better choice for now.
@@tunturikuningas5393 I try to be careful about that word because it means such different things to different people. It definitely has amazing edge strength and stability and as a result impact toughness, but technically “toughness” without clarification applies to its ability to withstand lateral force. No knife is a pry bar, but if I had to abuse one like that I’d actually be much more comfortable with VG-10 than k390.
Vg10 is not as bad as people say it is. However you should also consider cold steel voyager if you want a stainless XL folders around $100USD. Imho cold steel voyager in AUS10 is overall a better knife than the police 4 in VG10
"Let's be real here, it's 2021. The only people who call me are robots" --> Dang, haven't been it like this in a while. I just bought a phone and changed number to avoid that, just to end up spammed by se same robots !
I'd still pick tiny washers over ball bearings. Bearings only touch in a few points and are much more likely to damage the blade steel if something is tweeked. And bushings don't need much for maintenance.
@@pomprocks I was not hinting at bearings (and in fact prefer washers myself), just at the diameter of the washers given the length of the blade. Also, there is no bushing in this pivot.
Stalin is the man of steel but so also is Superman. Looks like your wearing the wrong outfit for the job. As Wonderwoman said to the Policeman when he showed her his knife, long and thin goes too far in, short and thick does the trick.
As a person from Russia (and an anarco-communist) I appreciated this little Stalin joke Also, abolish the police - but this knife is cool, I love using it, so it can stay. The only police thing that I support
I love ya Nick, but somehow I don't think you're an expert on Stalin. Never understood the American tendency to insert random foreign figures which are commonly demonized in our culture into a sentence like that. Someone will make a point about some American figure they understand, then immediately compare them to some long dead foreign boogeyman who they seem to think was some living cartoon. Let me put it this way. There's a reason Stalin still to this day is hugely popular and well respected inside his own country. If he was so awful to his own people, do you think that would be the case? You know who does hate him though? His enemies, mostly foreign. Go ask Iraqis what they think about Saddam. He's hated and reviled by the vast majority of that population, though most will still say those days were better than what's come since we took over. That's a tough one cuz we actually put Saddam in power in the first place, in that 1979 coup, and we armed him to the teeth while he fought a proxy war with Iran on our behalf. He was loved in the US at that time, in fact he was given the key to the city of Detroit by the mayor. True story. Funny how that works.
Absolutely true. There are always people who love 'strongman' authoritarians. That's a pattern as old as time, and seemingly neverending. But there's also a selection bias inherent when people who dislike a person and the policies are no longer around to say so.
Thank you. I was getting stuck with that stop pin. It was so bad it felt like someone last the original and bought one at the hardware store to get by. That method of leaving that screw out was easy. It will me go to for Spyderco back locks
thank you kindly for your disassembly video, it made getting my endura 4 back together a breeze, cheers
It's very difficult to do. I'm fighting it now. I'll try the 2 thumb approach like you did here. Thank you
Immediately glad I did not buy one when I saw the innards thanks Batman!
Really enjoyed. I followed along step by step with my police 4 and did not have centering issue at the end!
Robocalls; how have we not found a solution? At least knives have approachable solutions to their problems. Great re-assembly! I've actually flexed handles like these to center the blade. Not ideal, but what is.
Nobody on the entire internet has done a Breakdown and Maintenance video for the Spyderco Cricket... I took apart the Etched Cricket and couldn't figure out how to put it back together.. thankfully most of the screws on the cricket are all sized specifically for the hole they are supposed to go in so if it doesn't fit it's pretty apparent. You should do one for the Cricket if you get the chance :)
I just got one of these the other day and was already seeing some side to side play in the knife i assume i should just tighten it a little but i enjoyed the video for the full maintenance a lot ill look into cleaning it up soon
Fitting the back lock like this is how old school slipjoints are assembled, except that they would use a vice rather than their fingers!
Hello, Mr.Shabazz.
😅👍Your humor is what makes this channel so great.
Always interesting, the dismantling VIDEOS. Thanks for your very good videos.
I ❤️ the new Spyderco Police. First of all, it's nice and light than the previous models.
Have you already examined the new MKM Goccia? A really exquisite Italian knife. Especially the variant with the titanium handle scales.🤫
Have a nice day.🤠
I find real irony in the fact that one of Spyderco’s most basic knife designs is also a huge pain to work on.
Spyderco PLEASE continue the G10 version!!!
Good morning. I would like to ask you, what is the small hole near pivotal? Small long. Thank you. Sorry for my English.😊
I see it 04:36
Its near at pivot hole
I had no idea this existed but I like the frn handle on the police
I use little Hex Keys for aligning pins on a lot of Knives to hold springs and such.
Put the knife back together minus the lock bar. Make sure the blade is open, edge resting on a folded piece of cloth. Press in the lock bar and slide the last screw in.
This is the way. Glad someone else knows
I think that post is wobbly for a reason...I just swapped scales on my ss stretch in k390 and it didn't have a post, just a molded nub which was extremely difficult to get the top liner to line up with all the other pins
Man, I just got this model and have black hardware I wanted to put on it, came apart easily but 🙄 that lock bar is a pain in the A$$ 🙈 thanks Nick for putting this video out,because without it I would have lost my mind today trying too get it back together 👍🏻
My Police w/K390 was centered okay, but it's always a crap shoot. Good video, Nickster.
The key to centering a blade is thickness on each (washers) side of pivot barrel.
Nice tutorial Nick, mahalo!
Is it just me or is this knife identical to the Endura 4?
BTW, I think Spyderco should be congratulated/thanked for oiling the lockwork. It hurts nothing but feelings.
Cool. Thanks I just got one 👍
Normal life with good knife? Thanks!
Today we learned: Seki city tolerances are nonexistent, everything is a little guy, and knife reviewers = Stalin.
🤣
Ha ha ha you are so wrong the tolerances are so close together you have to reassemble the correct way it's called precision
Wonder how they assemble at the factory, jigs or magic ?
The post that is wiggly looks like it has a cut out on the scales that will probably make that wiggly go away when assembled. You can see a slightly milled out area on the FRN. What I'm saying is the loose hole may have been intentional. Why? I don't know why, I'm not an engineer.
hey phosphor bronze washers! niiiiiiiice! the knife looks okay... except of course for the refinement and tolerances... the quality of the knives from Japan always suck. At least when it's a Japanese spyderco that we're talking about.
Pretty slick Nick.
👍🇺🇸👍🔪
What's up with the little hole in the blade around the pivot hole.
Nick. Not about this knife but since you seem to have a scientific mind I wondered if you had ever tried or thought to do an experiment with some of these nano ceramic sprays for protecting you knives? I know that Flitz says theirs will protect a blade for a year. I thought maybe since these are more of a hard wax coating than an oil film it might be less inclined to attract dust and dirt.
I am strugggling to decide on the police 4 in K390 vs the VG10 version. I am newer to these steels and wonder which is better for my given purposes. I live in southern Ontrio Canada so humid in the summer wet in the harsh frozen winter (drastic temperature flux) and I want the big blade for outdoors woods and carry. Anyone that could weigh in would be appreciated thanks
Vg-10 has better stain resistance and is easier to sharpen. K390 will hold its edge an insanely long time, but is a little harder to sharpen and a little more likely to rust. I’ve noticed it rusts much less than my other non-stainless knives, so as long as you’re a competent sharpener and don’t plan to leave it soaking wet, I’d pick k390 easily. It’s my favorite steel by far. If you’re just learning to sharpen, VG-10 might be the better choice for now.
@@aaronkahn-bork1120 Plus the K390 steel is really tough too!
@@tunturikuningas5393 I try to be careful about that word because it means such different things to different people. It definitely has amazing edge strength and stability and as a result impact toughness, but technically “toughness” without clarification applies to its ability to withstand lateral force. No knife is a pry bar, but if I had to abuse one like that I’d actually be much more comfortable with VG-10 than k390.
Vg10 is not as bad as people say it is.
However you should also consider cold steel voyager if you want a stainless XL folders around $100USD. Imho cold steel voyager in AUS10 is overall a better knife than the police 4 in VG10
@@CKshouta Yes, AUS-10 holds its edge twice as much as VG-10.
There's another Exxon Shabazz in tai Chung?
Seki city.
When I reassemble my Delica and/or Endela, I’m reminded of times in Stalin’s gulags.
I'm seriously torn between that and the Delica in S30V.
Depends: Do you regularly need to cut things which are oddly thick or oddly far away? 🤣
Centering on a knife that long is always going to be a bit of a challenge to get right.
The key to centering a blade is thickness on each (washers) side of pivot barrel.
"Let's be real here, it's 2021. The only people who call me are robots" --> Dang, haven't been it like this in a while. I just bought a phone and changed number to avoid that, just to end up spammed by se same robots !
You forgot to kpl the clip side😮
The only people who call me are robots
Jesus Fatten Christ Nick. This was hilarious, but I worry...
Big knife with little tiny washers. I guess that is the unavoidable price for the back lock.
I'd still pick tiny washers over ball bearings. Bearings only touch in a few points and are much more likely to damage the blade steel if something is tweeked. And bushings don't need much for maintenance.
@@pomprocks I was not hinting at bearings (and in fact prefer washers myself), just at the diameter of the washers given the length of the blade. Also, there is no bushing in this pivot.
It's just seki spyderco. Cold steel lock backs have yuuuuge washers
Stalin is the man of steel but so also is Superman. Looks like your wearing the wrong outfit for the job.
As Wonderwoman said to the Policeman when he showed her his knife, long and thin goes too far in, short and thick does the trick.
3:39 to the gulag with you
Got nearly to the end, and then you put the pocket clip in the wrong place,!!
As a person from Russia (and an anarco-communist) I appreciated this little Stalin joke
Also, abolish the police - but this knife is cool, I love using it, so it can stay. The only police thing that I support
I love ya Nick, but somehow I don't think you're an expert on Stalin. Never understood the American tendency to insert random foreign figures which are commonly demonized in our culture into a sentence like that. Someone will make a point about some American figure they understand, then immediately compare them to some long dead foreign boogeyman who they seem to think was some living cartoon. Let me put it this way. There's a reason Stalin still to this day is hugely popular and well respected inside his own country. If he was so awful to his own people, do you think that would be the case? You know who does hate him though? His enemies, mostly foreign. Go ask Iraqis what they think about Saddam. He's hated and reviled by the vast majority of that population, though most will still say those days were better than what's come since we took over. That's a tough one cuz we actually put Saddam in power in the first place, in that 1979 coup, and we armed him to the teeth while he fought a proxy war with Iran on our behalf. He was loved in the US at that time, in fact he was given the key to the city of Detroit by the mayor. True story. Funny how that works.
Absolutely true. There are always people who love 'strongman' authoritarians. That's a pattern as old as time, and seemingly neverending. But there's also a selection bias inherent when people who dislike a person and the policies are no longer around to say so.
You’re talking to yourself.
Damn he talks too much
Dissapointed, this looks so cheap inside