Benchmade Pika II: Quick Jimping Fix
Previously reviewed by me, the Pika II has some issues which do not endear the knife to me. One of the most serious was the lack of grip the spine jimping lacks. Here is a quick fix you might want to try that fixed the problem. Tools? Just a Dremel tool with a thin cut off wheel and some 400 grit sandpaper on a small wood block. Knife becomes a lot more useful with this mod!
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Benchmade Knives | High Speed Knives | 12 December 2009 |
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By tosanfran, January 7, 2009 @ 11:51 pm
Nutnfancy is my favorite review. I watch it daily. Keep going….
By ThaNorthFace, January 8, 2009 @ 8:13 am
Class A vid nutnfancy.
-Jonny
By mrbeligos, January 8, 2009 @ 8:52 am
after you “chipped” the blade out cutting tree branches; i returned two benchmades the shoki (cheap immatation of William Henry) and a pardue (just not trusting it) I think I’m all done with benchmade knives.
By GoDJuNkeR, January 8, 2009 @ 10:53 am
Slick mod bro. Benchmade needs to put in some work with the Red Class. Blue Class rules. The Red Class leaves much to be desired when compared to other similarly priced knives. Have you seen the Chad Los Banos knives from Boker? They rule. Peace.
By mgwtube12, January 8, 2009 @ 7:07 pm
Noooo! you cant give them up they make quality knives, just some a little better than others
By CUBuff10, January 9, 2009 @ 1:32 am
To avoid this problem check out the original Pika knife. I have a full review showing the much deeper and functional jimping.
Nutn A+ as usual!
By garytwo, January 9, 2009 @ 6:40 am
Another great and helpful vid. Modifying a tool to suit your needs is much better than tossing it and trying to find something more suitable to pay for. Thanks.
By sc00ny, January 10, 2009 @ 4:08 am
Nice mods Nutn. I’m impressed. I like to see this sort of thing being offered.
Good work.
You’ll be making knives next!
By AA550cord, January 10, 2009 @ 2:04 pm
Great Vid! Do you ever sleep? You put out alot of vids. Thanks
By sush1rox, January 10, 2009 @ 6:45 pm
lol pikachu
By fordfiesta1100, January 11, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
good vid! i dit it with a buck knive,. and it works 4real,.not much work,.but ow so efectif
check out my channel,of a quick review
have a nice day all
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By daddad77, January 13, 2009 @ 6:07 am
i wanna try that,, you shouldve put it in a vice though man be careful
By kc7fys, January 16, 2009 @ 8:44 pm
Cute.
Pikachu PEEK not PINK. If you are talking about the Japanese character by that name.
Keep the lovely videos coming.
By chemicallust77, March 18, 2009 @ 1:51 pm
love the blade profile.nice shape
By 6x5magnum, May 30, 2009 @ 5:14 pm
That’s really a nice knife! Love the jimping fix ya did i am definately gonna try this on my knives.. thanx
By PhillieBRidin, June 4, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
damm i was going to get that knife but newgraham was out of stock =I
By deezynar, June 5, 2009 @ 11:14 pm
I’m not sure how your modification improved the knife. In fact, the existing hole and the taper of the cutting edge both weaken the blade laterally already. Then you removed metal from the only remaining full width section of the blade right in that already weakened area. Don’t use it to pry anything sideways, it won’t take much to brake it.
If someone realy felt the need to put grooves where you did, it would be best to use a small rat tail file and not go very deep.
By punksnotdead543, July 4, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
shut up dumbass don’t try and lecture nutnfancy about blades
By deezynar, July 4, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
My comment was not intended to offend, & I apologise for upsetting you. You are loyal to your friend and I consider that a great virtue. The human personal points however, do not alter the realities of engineering principles. The fact remains that less material usually means less strength. That is not true in every situation, but it is in this one. Please explain how the blade has not been weakened.
By oOFamousLastWordsOo, July 4, 2009 @ 7:14 pm
im not a fan of knives with the hole but this looks cool.
By grayphox, July 8, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
I used this same technique to improve the pathetic jimping on the ka-bar tdi last ditch knife. (The little one).
By john1112112, September 7, 2009 @ 7:09 am
nutnfancy, u must have gotten a factory lemon, cause no one else who made a review had a lock protrusion problem, or as much wiggle in the blade
By crayzclown, September 8, 2009 @ 11:27 pm
Yeah, mines almost flawless aside from the pocket clip strength.
By crazykar3, October 11, 2009 @ 4:09 am
i had 0 blade play and everything was flush, it was pretty easy to open, and the jimping was ok
By NeutralArtist94, October 13, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
hey I broke my knife, it’s just like that. like when you flip it out, it doesn’t lock the blade so I have to hold it down and that’s not very safe. How do I get it to lock when there is no lock at all?