I can't close my Sebenza

dylan_d

dylan_d

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I just got my new and first Sebenza yesterday. I love everything about it besides the fact that I'm having trouble closing it. It's a small reg LH sebbie. Whenever I try to close it I place my fingertips onto the clip. As I push onto the lock my fingertips push onto the clip which, in turn, pushes back onto the lock making it very difficult to open. It requires quite a bit of force to open it. I've tried to place my fingertips under the clip but that methond is difficult because there is not much handle to hold on to. Any tips are much appreciated.
 
dylan, when I close my small Sebenza, I put my thumb against the lock, my index finger on the pivot, and my other three fingers on the clip. No problem. Maybe your lock is just stiffer, being new.

I don't push hard on the pivot with my index finger, and once the lock disengages, the index finger slides up to nudge the blade closed.

Try pushing on the clip with your ring and small fingers and let the middle finger float, since that's the one which would be putting the most pressure on the clip-to-lock.
 
Ya kinda hafta find your own way on this kind of stuff.

Try Esav's method.

Then try mine, which sounds pretty close to what you are doing with a modification or two... one ought to work for you.

The Sebbie does have a fairly stiff lock, but that is one of the advantages of this very sturdily built tool. It does require more force than most other locks. It's worth it, and I open/close automatically now afer years of fondling these things while, e.g., on the phone.

I put my index finger on the spine of the blade right where the thumb stud rides. Then my middle, ring, and pinky are indeed right on top of the clip. The pinky kinda floats. Middle and ring fingers are applying only enough pressure to hold knife securely. Thumb pushes lock over, while index finger applies light pressure to spine to pop the blade a very short distance past the lock once the lock clears the tang. Then index finger, kind of rotating over onto the side of index finger at first joint, rotates the blade into close position. A short movie clip worth a 1000 words.

I had to stop and analyze how I do it... it's automatic now.
 
Esav, your method works! The middle finger was the culprit. I am now a happy man, thank you very much :D
 
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