As you have probably read in the paragraphs above this one, my S&W 2000 was peeling off.

I needed to restore it to a somewhat decent condition. Well, nothing some glass-bead blasting cannot handle. The black teflon coating was removed from the handles (albeit with some damage to the rubber patches, but nothing serious) and the knife received the stainless, serrated blade which was on the G10 knife before.

Well, there were some problems with this operation though. First, the blade which came with the G10 knife, had a much smaller thumb lever, since the G10 handles are much slimmer. As a result, the thumb lever of that blade was difficult to operate, when matched with the thicker handles of the peeling knife. Some ingenuity was in order and I solved the problem using a couple of those screws you find at the back of your computer, next to the various ports. With two of these, I manage to create an ambidextrous lever, which was tall enough to allow proper operation of the knife. The second problem was that this knife didn't had the audible click. Now the audible click is produced by a small spring-loaded ball (these must be the smaller steel ball and spring I've ever seen). I wanted the click, so I decided to ask for these parts (a proper, taller thumb lever, the spring and the ball) from my friends at Taylor Cutlery. Morgan was kind enough to oblige and soon a small package arrived at my door.

Upon opening the package, I found, not only two sets of spring/ball, and at least five different thumb levers, but also a gift from Taylor Cutlery, a S&W Tactical knife (see the appropriate paragraph for this knife). Now, this is what I call customer service. These guys were under no obligation to send me a gift. They offered me to replace my knife, and I rejected their offer due to the shipping costs, so typically they were under no obligation to me. Still, they send me another knife as a gift, plus an abundence of spare parts. Gentlemen thank you very much.

As soon as I got the parts, I started working. The aluminum knife now features my favorite click, as well as a new thumb lever, which is much easier to operate, all thanks to Taylor Cutlery. Oh, of course, the aluminum knife received my now familiar "pointing edge removal" treatment.

Above, you can see the new, ambi thumb lever, that is now installed on this knife.

If only I could find the necessary parts to relocate its clip, like I did with the G10 knife!!!!

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