Advice please.
I have CK folding knife which has a metal round bar at the end of the handle-above the blade to stop it opening past the horizontal. This bar has become soft and can bend. I did heat it and rapidly cool it to strengthen, this did improve it. I mostly use at home in the kitchen home. I only have stoves, soldering iron as heat sources.
I have an Opinel 7knife and a saw Opinel 12.Both have become tight at the end and need work to get them open. Possibly they have been wet and the wood has absorbed and become thicker. Again advice would be helpful. On both these I have grooved the handle to accept my thumb for a better grip but that has not helped much. I don't want to bully and spoil them.
I have CK folding knife which has a metal round bar at the end of the handle-above the blade to stop it opening past the horizontal. This bar has become soft and can bend. I did heat it and rapidly cool it to strengthen, this did improve it. I mostly use at home in the kitchen home. I only have stoves, soldering iron as heat sources.
I have an Opinel 7knife and a saw Opinel 12.Both have become tight at the end and need work to get them open. Possibly they have been wet and the wood has absorbed and become thicker. Again advice would be helpful. On both these I have grooved the handle to accept my thumb for a better grip but that has not helped much. I don't want to bully and spoil them.