Best lube for the Sebenza?

Ok, verdict on the shooters choice after a day is great but slow. Mpro 7 definately is MUCH smoother and faster. Sooo i did a 25% shooters and 75% mpro and still very fast but maybe this will help hold up longer... Try it for a week and will get back to you guys.
 
MikeyE said:
This is unlikely to be helpful to most here but I'll throw it out there anyway. I've been using Tribolube. It's a synthetic (maybe lithium based?) aerospace grade grease. They, uh, gave me some at work. NASA prefers it for the space grade components my company builds. I'm not sure the specs on it offhand but the temperature range in which it will maintain its viscosity is something ridiculous. Not that we need that on our knives but it's still cool.

Anyway if you happen to have access to this or feel like spending $200+ for a small tub it works really great on my Sebenza! Gives it what is to me just the perfect opening resistance.
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Just looked it up, a 2 ounce syringe of Tribolube 15MS is $190.
It must feel like nothing any human has ever felt before.

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Whoops, didn't mean to raise the dead.
 
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I mixed wheel bearing grease with type IV atf and it feels amazing. I blew out all the extra grease with compressed air as much as possible and its as smooth as i imagine it could ever be. It might attract some gunk but i have feeling a very very little amount of this stuff woukd do the trick. The consistancy is very similar to jelly that you would put on toast. Time will tell.
 
While B works as a lubricat, it was designed as a gun cleaner and therefore attacks brass --> ergo copper. So it works great with steel and nylatron or the like.
hope this helps.
I like TuffGlide for it's simple to applicate and " I love the smell of TuffGlide in the morning...."
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its half and half. half say they like it the other half say they don't.

no one knows exactly how these folks are lubing the pivot... so its anyone's guess if that's an issue with the half that doesn't like it. or maybe that half wants the knife to flick open and drop shut, which won't happen on them for the most part until worn in.

so is it good? yes its excellent in my use. is cristo lube or the crk lube better? IMHO yes.
 
once I used fine gun oil for lubing the pivot, but I am not happy as it is attracting too much dust on it.
 
Honestly the best lube I used on a Sebenza or any knife has been Benchmade's Blu-Lube. This stuff is just amazing. I use their knife cleaner too which has lubricating properties on its own. The BluLube its self is amazing stuff. You can just drop a few drops on the nooks and crannies around the pivot and gravity will let it work its self in. Taking th knife apart isn't necessary. However disassembly is obviously still better.
 
I've never used anything other than the factory CRK grease and all of mine are smooth as a baby's butt when opening.
 
Where is the best place to buy CRK grease? I saw on their website it wad &8.50 for the little bottle. I'd like to buy more volume and hopefully a lower price.

Thanks!
 
Compared to the price of a CRK knife, the lube price is inconsequential. You won't find it cheaper since the prices are pretty much fixed on CRK items.
 
Cheesehead_Slasher said:
Where is the best place to buy CRK grease? I saw on their website it wad &8.50 for the little bottle. I'd like to buy more volume and hopefully a lower price.

Thanks!
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Some have mentioned that Christo Lube is where CRK source there lube. they offer larger than 5 gram tubes. there are 2 different formulas, not sure which one is the one CRK uses, or if CRK has a special blend? either way...
CHRISTO-LUBE MCG 111-20 or CHRISTO-LUBE MCG 111
its most likely the -20 as this has a solvent that will evaporate leaving a uniform thin film on the part. some see this as drying out, but its PTFE, but its not dry, cause PTFE is the lubrication, think about it like teflon washers in knives.

http://www.o2lube.com/products-by-formulation/

There are alternatives brands to Christo-Lube also, Tribolube and krytox.
 
Here's something to look at also, heed the warning tho.


he uses too much grease, but you get the idea. notice how he only polishes and lubes the blade side.
 
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Christo-Lube appears to be a generic version of Krytox as it is manufactured by a number of companies.
 
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