Military lanyard hole liner loose

[mundele]

Hey Y'all...



I just got my Military in the mail. Man, this is one "Hoss" of a knife. I like it. I did notice a potential problem though. The metal lanyard liner wasnt flush on one side. I pushed on it with my finger and it pushed in. This puzzled me, so I took a pen and pushed on it. I can push it about a third of the way through in both directions. I could probably push it all the way out, but I'm afraid I cant get it back in. Should this be tighter or glued or something? Is there a danger of it falling out and losing the metal spacer?



--Matt

[sal]

Hi Matt. That's a screw up. The lanyard rivet is stepped and should be flaired on both sides. I'm sorry, but you'll have to send it to us. It would be really difficult for you to make the flair.

sal

[mundele]

What do you mean by &quot;stepped&quot;? I'll send it in soon. I just got it yesterday, so I think I need to carry it for a while first. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> Thanks for the reply...

--Matt

[yog]

Hi Sal, you might want to check to see if you had a bad batch. My Military is on the way back from repair because the rear screw refused to stay tight, I noticed it because the lanyard liner was moving about much like Mundele's was. Hopefully someone picked this up, I didn't mention the liner because I wasn't sure if it was a &quot;feature&quot; ;-))

[sal]

Thanx much, I'll let QC know.

&quot;Stepped&quot; refers to the fact that the lanyard &quot;pipe&quot; is larger between the scales and steps down in size to fit into the hole for the lanyard. This adds to rigidity without adding much weight. (it does cost more to do, though).

sal

[mundele]

Ah, so I couldnt push the liner all the way through because the &quot;stepped&quot; part is larger than the hole in the G-10. So the liner is flared out some also to prevent it from sliding back and forth (like mine does)?

--Matt

[sal]

Hi Matt. The flares just add a little bit more rigidity. It'd probably be cheaper to just cut the pipe shorter, but it wouldn't work as well. We rotate the scales around the lanyard pipe when we take the model apart.

sal

[mundele]

Cool. The more I carry this knife, the more I like it. You can tell it was built for use, but it is still elegant (if you can call a knife this big elegant....)

--Matt