Clip retention issue and detent issue

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I bought a Large Classic Sebenza that was barely used.The knife when clipped to the inside of my front pocket comes out too easily and goes on too easily. Do I need a new clip. The overall finish of the knife is fairly smooth and almost feels like the inside of the clip is very smooth too.
Also, this Sebenza is the most smooth effortless opening closing knives Iv'e ever owned or held. It's like Butta. Anyway the blade comes out MUCH easier than the rest of my Sebenza's. I do like how essay it opens unlike all the other Beza's I have that take a lot of effort by my thumb to open. Could it be that the detent ball is worn?
 
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Well I have 6 other Sebenza's and none of them have this little bit of clip retention. All of them have more resistance when trying to take out of the pocket.
 
i would try a new clip. maybe it has been flexed too many times reducing the tension.

regarding the other issue, it maybe be the result of varying tension of the lock bar as well.

i have two, and one is stiffer to open than the other. neither have worn detent balls, but one has a stiffer lock. one glides open, the other sort-of-glides open.
 
Take the clip off the knife and clamp the area ordinarily under the screw head in a vise. Bend the clip enough to exceed the elastic limit in the direction which tightens the clip. Then remount it on the knife and test for retention. You may have to go back and forth to attain the amount of clip tension you want.
 
I bought a used umnumzaan that was like that. Would hardly stay in the pocket. I had to actually bend 2 parts of the clip back to the way I liked it. You have to take the clip off the knife.First, the bottom part of the clip, the one that 1st makes contact with the pocket, was very loose, so I had to bend that down so that it was snug when fitting in the pocket. Then the 2nd "clip" that came in contact had to be bent down too. I got it perfect to where it will not fall out unless you deliberately grab and pull.. The titanium is not going to lose its spring unless someone bent the living crap out of it to where it will fail (snap) if you try to bend it back. Just keep playing with it until it's right.

Then after all that happened I sat down in a metal chair at a cook out and the edge of the clip caught on the edge of the arm rest and bent way back up again, lol...:D I just went home, undid the clip and bent it back. Don't be afraid to fix it your self.
 
Which will fix the clip retention and give it a little more blade-opening tension too. It likely feels so smooth because it has less tension on the lockbar from the clip than you're used to.

Here's how I adjust mine: Remove your clip, and clamp the base of the clip (where it attaches -- the entire flat part around the screw hole all the way to where it starts to bend) in a bench vise between two popsicle sticks or wrapped in duct tape or however you want to protect the finish. Then bend the clip with just a little juice to your desired tension. The bending should occur at the point between the clip base and the first bend of the clip (exactly where it touches your pocket when in your pocket).

It may take a few tries to get the tension you want, but it works like a champ. I like really aggressive tension on mine to prevent loss (which happened to me recently -- I started carrying a small Regular and didn't adjust the clip tension right away; now it's at the bottom of a big lake).

Professor.
 
tiguy7 beat me to the punch by 2 min. That's what I get for being long-winded!

:)

Professor.
 
Hey professor, give me the location of the lake.... :cool:, I wouldn't mind catching me a small mouth sebenza... heard they fight good for their size!

I always take cheap knives with me to the lakes any time I am going to be on a boat. I am just too scared of something like this happening.


Professor said:
Which will fix the clip retention and give it a little more blade-opening tension too. It likely feels so smooth because it has less tension on the lockbar from the clip than you're used to.

Here's how I adjust mine: Remove your clip, and clamp the base of the clip (where it attaches -- the entire flat part around the screw hole all the way to where it starts to bend) in a bench vise between two popsicle sticks or wrapped in duct tape or however you want to protect the finish. Then bend the clip with just a little juice to your desired tension. The bending should occur at the point between the clip base and the first bend of the clip (exactly where it touches your pocket when in your pocket).

It may take a few tries to get the tension you want, but it works like a champ. I like really aggressive tension on mine to prevent loss (which happened to me recently -- I started carrying a small Regular and didn't adjust the clip tension right away; now it's at the bottom of a big lake).

Professor.
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The detent on my Regular is considerably weaker than that of my Sebenza 21. Although this has it's perks. The Regular is much easier to deploy.
 
Hmm.. I went last Sunday to a dutch knife meeting, where a guy told me he thought that my sebenza opened allot smoother then his. So i told him i used the CR lube on the washers. then he told me that he was not using it. Maybe the one you have bought has been lubed to, so it seems like it opens allot easier?
 
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