factory CRK grease, is it the best?

dubya3

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What's the general consensus around here on pivot lubricant for your sebenza? I normally use, and really like, Otis gun oil. It's very light and doesn't attract pocket grime, something I would think the grease does more than an oil. What do you guys (and gal) do?

Im going to disassemble my small cf insingo and lightly polish the cf scale a bit since it has a fair amount of light wear already and figured I'd clean and lube everything up while I'm at it.
 
I've been using Finish Line fluoro grease for the past year with no issues. Seems to be the same or a very similar formula to the CRK grease

That's interesting about the oil, never thought about using that on my Umnumzaan as opposed to grease
 
That's the opposite of me, I never considered using grease on my knives until I bought my first CRK last week. I've tried many different oils and even dry lubes (I use dry lube on my microtech otf's) and I've been happy using the one oil for all my folders and guns, makes it easier at the least.
 
I have tried various different oils and greases, but have settled on benchmade blue for oil and the CRK grease. They work great for me!
 
Ernie1980 said:
I have tried various different oils and greases, but have settled on benchmade blue for oil and the CRK grease. They work great for me!
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I love their blue cleanser, never tried the oil. I hear a lot about frog lube too but the Otis oil has been great so I haven't had a reason to try anything else yet.
 
R.palace said:
I've been using Finish Line fluoro grease for the past year with no issues. Seems to be the same or a very similar formula to the CRK grease

That's interesting about the oil, never thought about using that on my Umnumzaan as opposed to grease
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This! Inexpensive, readily available on ebay and basically identical pure fluorinated grease as CRK's.
 
The CRK grease, which I suspect is a Dupont product, is similar, if not identical, to Finish Line Extreme Flouro (also likely made by Dupont).

Some things you need to know:

The grease is not needed in any quantity. It basically gets wiped into a microscopic layer by the pressure between the washers and the blade, and some collects in the round holes in the washer and the grease grooves that are milled in the pivot hole of the blade (look close, they are there). When a cold knife goes in your warm pocket, the grease expands a little and some of the grease in the holes and grooves will press back onto the blade and give it a little more lube. I think this is why a knife that has been in your pocket a few minutes will feel more smooth.

The CRK grease is basically a dry product. It's not runny, or gooey when in use, nor does it remain "wet". This is what keeps it from attracting dirt and lint, though sometimes it seems like it is disappearing on you. I have found one other grease that makes my knives feel initially smoother, but over time the contamination attracted by having a runny product in the pivot was not worth the initial benefit.

In the end I have decided for myself that CRK has this product completely "dialed-in" for their knives. It is the best compromise I have found. Also I suspect your could buy the Finish Line Extreme Flouro product and achieve the same results, but if your have a couple CRK's, two tubes of grease is plenty for many years.


Also, I will add, if your goal is a smooth knife, keep the track the detent ball runs in clean. A dirty, gummy, or sticky detent track is more likely to cause your knife to feel "gritty" than any issue with the pivot, or pivot lubrication.
 
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Well said Cody. I only use CRK grease and the Finish Line Extreme Flouro. The FL has a very nice needle point applicator which makes application easier.

I don't like using any other products or oils as they do become runny or gummy in the long run.

kidcongo said:
The CRK grease, which I suspect is a Dupont product, is similar, if not identical, to Finish Line Extreme Flouro (also likely made by Dupont).

Some things you need to know:

The grease is not needed in any quantity. It basically gets wiped into a microscopic layer by the pressure between the washers and the blade, and some collects in the round holes in the washer and the grease grooves that are milled in the pivot hole of the blade (look close, they are there). When a cold knife goes in your warm pocket, the grease expands a little and some of the grease in the holes and grooves will press back onto the blade and give it a little more lube. I think this is why a knife that has been in your pocket a few minutes will feel more smooth.

The CRK grease is basically a dry product. It's not runny, or gooey when in use, nor does it remain "wet". This is what keeps it from attracting dirt and lint, though sometimes it seems like it is disappearing on you. I have found one grease that makes my knives feel initially smoother, but over time the contamination attracted by having a runny product in the pivot was not worth the initial benefit.

In the end I have decided for myself that CRK has this product completely "dialed-in" for their knives. It is the best compromise I have found. Also I suspect your could buy the Finish Line Extreme Flouro product and achieve the same results, but if your have a couple CRK's, two tubes of grease is plenty for many years.


Also, I will add, if your goal is a smooth knife, keep the track the detent ball runs in clean. A dirty, gummy, or sticky detent track is more likely to cause your knife to feel "gritty" than any issue with the pivot, or pivot lubrication.
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Exactly what Cody said. I went from Finish Line to CRK grease and I think the CRK grease is better. It may just be a mental thing though. A while back Cody recommended using a small modeling paintbrush to get the grease film on the tang. It works great and saves grease as well.
 
Ghostwalker54 said:
This! Inexpensive, readily available on ebay and basically identical pure fluorinated grease as CRK's.
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Same here. I've had the exact experience. I use the CRK stuff if it's in the box, but typically I use the extreme fluoro stuff
 
All your fluorinated grease is primarily manufactured by only two companies: Chemours and Dow Corning with both companies being tied to DuPont. The FL Extreme is, for all practical purposes, the same product (as are a host of others that's buy the rights for product branding). In the end the product comes off the same assembly line with simply a different container used for each brand name run. It's very unlikely, due to cost restraints / effectiveness, that the manufacturer would change the chemical make up of pure fluorinated grease that wouldn't hold any real advantage from one branding to the next.
 
Well said,
I found that you get twice as much and a nice applicator with Finish Line. Been using it for 3/years with great results.
Ghostwalker54 said:
All your fluorinated grease is primarily manufactured by only two companies: Chemours and Dow Corning with both companies being tied to DuPont. The FL Extreme is, for all practical purposes, the same product (as are a host of others that's buy the rights for product branding). In the end the product comes off the same assembly line with simply a different container used for each brand name run. It's very unlikely, due to cost restraints / effectiveness, that the manufacturer would change the chemical make up of pure fluorinated grease that wouldn't hold any real advantage from one branding to the next.
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Ghostwalker54 said:
All your fluorinated grease is primarily manufactured by only two companies: Chemours and Dow Corning with both companies being tied to DuPont. The FL Extreme is, for all practical purposes, the same product (as are a host of others that's buy the rights for product branding). In the end the product comes off the same assembly line with simply a different container used for each brand name run. It's very unlikely, due to cost restraints / effectiveness, that the manufacturer would change the chemical make up of pure fluorinated grease that wouldn't hold any real advantage from one branding to the next.
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Makes sense. There are a TON of products that are exactly the same but packaged different. My wife used to be an analytical chemist for Alberto Culver (before they got bought out), and she said the same thing about the many products they made....... Same mixture/batch for a certain shampoo but it would get distributed into two different bottles. One was a bargain brand and the other was twice the price........exact same product.
 
Ive tried them all and Finish line is good stuff it doesn't stay put. CRK grease is best in my opinion.
 
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TMCGLASSON36 said:
Guys this is who makes the CRK lube. Christi lube MCG111RP and this stuff is crazy expensive. Ive tried them all and Finish line is good stuff it doesn't stay put like CRK grease. Please don't ask where I got it, cause you can't buy it in small amounts.

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No need to ask, the phone number is on the container! ;)
 
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