Building Sebenzas

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Shep

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I've had my Sebenza (born 02/01/00) now for a couple of weeks and have enjoyed field striping it. A beautiful sight when she's a part. The workmanship and the tolerances are incredible. I assume I'm using the wrong lubricate because she collects all kinds of lint. I only have some Hopp's gun lubricate around the house and it will have to do until I can get something better.

Question: Are all three (excluding clip) screws and posts the same, are they interchangable? My tired old eyes can't tell a difference between the screws. It appears maybe the pivot screw is slightly different from the rest. I haven't paid much attention to them when I put her back together and the action feels the same each time.

Just wondering.

Maybe we can make building the Sebenza an Olympic sport........I'm getting pretty fast!

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I'm not nutz, I've just gone sebenza!

Shep

I should have paid attention in Spelling class!?!?

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Shep, how are you at stripping and reassembling the knife blindfolded?
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James Segura
San Francisco, CA
 

I'm not quite to that level of excellence yet!!!!!!

They say.....practice makes perfect or it will drive you crazy......I'm half way there



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I'm not nutz, I've just gone sebenza!

Shep
 
Shep,

I'm pretty sure the screws and "posts" are all the same. I try to keep my "posts"(they call them pins) in the same positions, but I bought some replacement screws and when ordered was not told they are different.
I'm pretty good myself dissassembling and re-assembling.
All part of the fun of owning a Sebenza.
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My small inlay sebenza screw holes are machined to such tolerence I dont even need screws, just the "things" (what are they called anyway?) that the screws screw into. I wont win any speed contests untill they loosen up a bit. Jeff
 
My pins are tight as well. I found the little tool works well for helping them in and out of position. Once I've got the handle together, slipping the blade in can be tricky. Getting the hole to line up and then working in the pivot screw can drive you crazy. Always remember.....the blade is quite sharp. I learned the hard way!!
Anyhow, happy building

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I'm not nutz, I've just gone sebenza!

Shep

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