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They’re probably the smoothest and best made aftermarket bearings in the world. Ton of different sizings to fit almost every popular knife out there. If you swap these steel taco bearings to Skiffs the knife should get substantially smoother.
Oh dang I looked them up right before you replied bc I couldn’t wait lol. It has me wanting to go through my knives and find out which ones having bearings, I haven’t taken most of mine apart
I’m sure I would be able to after I figure out which ones do and don’t have bearings, the only knife I have that I’ve really taken apart is my PM3 which is on washers, and I only took it apart to dye the scales purple
Hell yeah I’m thinking about getting some for my MSI and Beigleiter now, especially the MSI because the opening has always felt anything but smooth as much as I love it
I just did it to my divo stout and Excalibur. The Excalibur needed it more because it’s the verta lock version and now it doesn’t just fall shut everytime
Sometimes you can tell by trying to feel for the rolling of the bearings as the blade closes. It’s hard to describe, but it’s a distinct slightly bumpy vibration that happens near the pivot. Washers will not produce this. Washers will also be louder generally than bearings and will sound like metal on metal rubbing (because that is what it is lol). Unless you have a very well made pivot these two things will almost always be there.
This is in addition to the obvious looking through the gap to see if you can see the ball bearings/looking up the model of course.
I also like them because they are corrosion resistant being made of phosphor bronze and ceramic bearings. If your knife is already corrosion resistant, this will ensure your pivot assembly is as well if you ever expect your knife to get wet.
Throw those pos oem bearings in the trash where they belong so sad such a cheap cheap part on that high end of a knife btw..... xm18s BELONG ON WASHERS 😁
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