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KC Slim

KC Slim

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I just got my first Sebe in a trade, and was very pleased with the knife. Whats the first thing I did you might ask? Well let me share. The first thing I did was take the Sebenza apart. Pretty easy huh? well After cleaning and lubricating the Sebe I put it back together, and noticed some blade wobble, and the blade ever so slightley hits the side of the handle when closed. So I take it apart and put it back together again to no avail.As I was unscrewing the first allen screw a very bad thing happened hmm did his hair catch afire? Did the Schlitz malt liquer Bull crash through his wall and Gore hime to oblivion? No something much worse I'm afraid. I stripped the head of the first allen screw.
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So I wrote an Email to Mr. Reeve and am waiting to see what I should do. Do you folks think It would be an inexpensive fix?
Thanks for hearing my tale of woe for the day Take care.

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MY name is KC Slim,
and im a knifeaholic.
HI KC SLIM!!!
 
Happens to me all the time. Sounds like you're not lining up the bronze washers correctly. They're slipping under the bushing in the blade pivot and giving you that "added room" when you reassemble. Just take it apart again, study how the pivot assembly works in detail, and gingerly reassemble lining everything up to make it as flat inside as possible before tightening the screws.

Professor.
 
Thank you Professor. I still have the stripped screw to contend with though. Looking closer at the knife I do see the bushings, and you are correct. Well I may have stripped a screw but I also learned something new thanks

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MY name is KC Slim,
and im a knifeaholic.
HI KC SLIM!!!
 
The perfesser has it right on the money. Happened to me awhile back. A stripped screw head too. (They really ought to switch to Torx.)

Send it back to Chris they'll take care of it. Shouldn't cost too much.

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Dennis Wright
Wright Knife & Sporting Goods
La Mesa, CA
1-800-400-1980
wrightknife@ixpres.com
("Have a knife day!")
www.wrightknife.com
 
KC,

Lenny was offering a set of polished screws and clip for $30 on the For Sale Forums. Heck of a deal and will save you from shipping your knife. Also give you a spare clip.
 
Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Everyone talks about taking the sebenzas apart. I have 4 and have never taken one apart. I kind of think in doing so I am asking for trouble. Don't worry, the good folks in Boise will help you out. They always do.

The sooner you talk to them, the sooner it gets fixed. The screws seem like a good deal though.
 
Thanks for the unsolicited ad blademan 13.
Yes I still have the screws and clip FS.
I too had stripped the clip screw out once. I considered sending it back to CRK to have them extract it, but decided to try to get it out myself.
Simply, I very carefully hand filed a groove in the top of the screw head. I worked very slow and checked my work almost every 10 sec. I desperately didn't want to mar the Ti handles. Well, the operation was a success and I was able to get a flat blade screwdriver in there to remove the stripped screw. If you're careful, you can do the same thing.
Let me know if you want the screws and clip.
Lenny
 
I once stripped a small torx screw on a William Henry knife. This was one small screw (0-80) that gave me alot of grief. I tried a couple of things and then I asked myself who works with small metal things with attention to detail, my local jeweler. He drilled it, to make the now small round hole a slot that any small flat head screw driver would fit into. It worked!
 
The two washers at the pivot are not the same I don't believe. You have to be careful to put them back in the right place. What I do is assemble the knife and test it while squeezing the slabs together with my fingers, no screws at all. The blade should travel smoothly, though I do not bring it all the way out to the locked position, you can tell way before that if it is not set properly. I screw it down only after I've gotten it to work smoothly with the slabs squeezed together.
 
Hey guys, thanks for the help. Lenny a thousand thanks to you my friend, I did what you said, and filed the top of the screw, and was able to use a flat head screwdriver to get it out. Today I mailed it to CRK, to have the screw replaced, and to get the polished hollow ground done. I can't wait to get it back. Those people at CRK sure know how to treat there customers.

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MY name is KC Slim,
and im a knifeaholic.
HI KC SLIM!!!
 
I don't understand something here. I mean no offense to Lenny at all with this, and have no idea how much a clip costs. But having heard how solid the support is at CRK, I'm having trouble understanding why buying the screws -- and getting an extra clip -- for $30 is a better deal than sending the knife back to CRK to fix, or just buying a screw or two from CRK. Can someone explain this to me? How much do these screws cost anyhow?

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Asi es la vida

Bugs
 
Bugs,

Don't know for sure, but it seems as though somebody opted to buy a set of polished ones and they came to like $22.50 for the set of three. The female half being responsible for the bulk of the cost (who would've ever guessed
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Yikes! . . . the very thought of stripping screws on Sebenza's and mis-aligning spacers makes my skin crawl . . !! I might get dumped on for what I'm about to say, but I'm going to say it anyway . . .

Some time ago someone posted a very good pic of the various Sebenza components, all neatly laid out, like a surgeon's table. May I suggest that we repost that pic onto the board, everyone takes a copy, get's it laminated, and anytime there is an urge to stick fingers into places they shouldn't go we turn to the pic . . ?

I don't have a pic posting service, but I've got the pic, and I'm happy to eMail it to someone who can post it up for us.

I know of at least a half dozen very talented custom knifemakers who have a yearning to break into semi-production, but threads like this one scare them s**tless! When something's been carefully put together by a craftsman maybe we should leave it that way.

Regards, HILTON
 
KC Slim
Glad it worked out for you.
It's a real sense of accomplishment when you can take your time and do something like that.
Bugs; My Sebenza came with the polished screws. I didn't like the look so I purchased a complete set of bead blasted screws for it. I also purchased an extra clip just in case. Thus, I have extras.
As far as doing it myself is concerned, I like doing as much as possible by myself. As long as I feel I can do it, I'll try. That's why I learned bicycle repair. Plus, it saves a lot of money.
Lenny
 
I found the blade would scrape the side of the Ti when I first took it apart to lube it. I think it was the bronze washer was not quite centred properly. I look it appart and it worked just fine. In fact I am goint to look at mine again tonight and make sure it is still ok
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! Any excuse!

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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
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Er, Hilton, the Sebenza was DESIGNED to be taken apart. Such activity is ENCOURAGED. The correct way to do this is in St. James' Seb FAQS, and on the CRK website.

If you want a knife you shouldn't take apart, try a Benchmade!
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You guys who misalign the washers when you put your Sebbies back together are true Doofuses!!

Walt (also a Doofus)
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[This message has been edited by Walt Welch (edited 06-22-2001).]
 
I too have stripped a screw,on my pocket clip.I thought I was going tobe sick.Since then I have started using a 2 millimeter
allen key to strip my Sebenza.It has a slightly tighter fit and I have managed to keep from stripping any more screws.Hope this may help.
 
My Sebi is now smooth and clean
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Anyone notice how little adjustments on the pivot and pin screw can make a blade easy to open or impossible? I am talking about 1/16 of a turn.

I am slightly worried that the screws, which on mine are BARELY tightened fully will work loose. If I tighten them any more they blade is impossible to open one handed, it is slightly stiff as it is. The blade has been opened and closed less than 100 times, so perhaps it needs to bed in? The washers etc are perfectly fitted. I lubed it with a high grade white Teflon grease and Militech-1.

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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto

A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/
Certified steel snob!
 
Wayne,
How tight the pivot screw is should have little to no effect on the action of the blade on a Sebenza. The pivot screw/pin tightens the handle slabs to the blade bushing, which is slightly thicker than the thickness of the blade and washers together. I'm not sure what's going one with Gwaith, but it doesn't sound quite right.

Paul
 
You Doofus Welshman, you have the washers STILL misaligned!!! Read the instructions. If you wish me to point you too them, I will, but just imagine they are sheep, and you will find them easily!!!
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Walt
 
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