Most Common Problem With OTF Automatic Knives...Simple Fix :)

[ricksanchez]

I literally did this within the first 5 minutes of owning my knife... and now here I am

[Feepis]

One of the first things I did was try to shoot it through a can lmao. Thank you for this

[aerithtaven]

I just fixed what i thought was a broken 80$ knife in 2 seconds because of this video. You have no idea how grateful I am

[doubledragonasmr]

My feeling of crushing disappointment has been replaced with joy! Thank you for this simple fix. You are truly a Master!

[soulzreaperx]

The simple fix is way to simple. It seems like a given to pull the knife out all the way. I don't know how people didn't know this lol

[katelynwhitmer]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I was screwing around with my dads knife and hit a can that was full at close range. He wasn't home at the time and all my siblings just sat there waiting for him to get home to see what happened. He never found out. Thank you so much

[zakkwyldesliver]

Did this within 5 minutes of taking my Microtech out of the box...

[whimsicalstew]

Thank you so much for this video. My girlfriend thought she broke her knife on her birthday and was super upset as we tried to fix it for like 30 minutes. As soon as i found this video it was instantly fixed, and the birthday was saved, so thanks.

[eddieking]

I hear this a lot. "Its a safety measure". It's not. The reason for the amount of spring tension is that if they made the springs strong enough to shoot the blade through your hand, you wouldn't have the thumb strength to push the button forward. There are two latches that come down hold the blade in the open or closed position. If something gets in the way the latch will not drop into a groove and hold the blade in position. The blade doesn't weigh much so the springs don't have to be very strong to move the blade forward or backwards.

[SamuelSandoval]

Same thing happened to mine just minutes after I bought it and I was so upset thinking it was broken…. It’s been months now and tried this and it works again!! 🤯 thank you sir!!

[timdoyon]

I did the exact same think literally 5 minutes after playing with my knife for the first time. I panicked, searched YouTube for “AKC F16 knife fix, ” found this video and all is right again. Thank you! 👍

[itsthatchrono]

My girlfriend's knife has been out of commission for a few months due to this problem (not caused by the issue you described here). Thank you so much for helping us to fix this problem!

[Tylerosaurusrex]

Thanks for making this video -- it was super helpful. I haven't watched a video or honestly even looked at the inner workings of an OTF knife before. As a few other commenters said, I dropped it within an hour of owning it and this happened. My first thought was, "well this is a piece of trash, " and now I know it was just operator error and my own ignorance. But not anymore!

[jlyons]

You are an absolute genius! My cheap OTF fell out of my pocket, when I picked it up, the blade was free floating. It wasn't expensive, but would be a fast, reliable tool to get someone off of me if I can't get to my sidearm. I took it apart, expecting it to fly to pieces when I separated the casing, but it didn't. I didn't see anything broken, but I couldn't figure out how to get it to function. Then I remembered, you can figure out how to fix ANYTHING on YouTube. Your video was the first I came to, thankfully. Thank you! You now have a new subscriber.

[ESTWOOD]

Automatic knives seem really interesting and satisfying to handle, shame I'll never get to try one out in the UK.

[IgnemFeram]

My brother in law gave me one for Christmas and started did that with the blade earlier today. Thank you for treating my stupidity.

[jimmyf]

Jeff when are you starting your ASMR knife channel

[challes]

As with the last post I did it in the first five minutes and looking for a video how to take it apart and try to fix it. Your video is a lifesaver. THANK YOU so much.

[carlosm.osorio]

OMG!!! You just saved me man... it happened to me the first 10 minutes of owning my 1st Microtech by the way, dropped it on the floor and the blade just got loose 😱 was going crazy!
Thank you, I had no experience at all with dual action OTF’s 😅

[jayandgato]

I did this with a MT Hellhound clone I got the very first time I triggered it, against nothing, but it still broke. So I took it apart and created another problem. Then I just got a Lightning and tried to send the blade through a roll of paper towels. Looked up your fix and I was able to get the fake MT back together and fix both blades with your trick. Thanks a lot!