I put it back together

[bulldog]

Well I took my damascus raindrop blade out of my custom small regular sebenza and put the front plate of my Lisa's pick of Nov '02 on it and made a new knife. It is a tiny bit rough opening, I lubed all the washers and back stop were the locking bar hits, is there anything else I can do to correct the problem a bit?

 

[Ken C.]

I would not suggest doing the swap as you did. The blades and scales are made for each knife. This is why CRK suggests that you send in the knife if you plan on having a new blade or scale made. They make it to the specs of that knife and only that knife. Switch back before you cause some irrepairable damage to the blade and scale. That rough openig indicates that something is not right with the tolerances of the knife.

 

[C Ben Susrool]

This has been discussed before. You should be able to interchange front scales on same type and size knife. The back scale is the only one that should be fitted.
Probable assembly problems. Redo it.

 

[bulldog]

I put a post up yesterday and someone said the front scale was okay just not the back. I even called CRK and spoke to Mindy and she said it would be okay, so what should I do?

 

[Ken C.]

You should be able to interchange front scales on same type and size knife.

Scales yes, blades no. The lock tang and blade angle are not always ground the same. Though it looks as if they will match up the tolerances could be off a fraction causing the lockup to be poor.

***Edit: I misread your post. I thought you switched the blades. You can easliy swap scales. Just redo it. Something isn't lining up.

 

[bulldog]

Just to make it clear.

I used the same damascus blade and back scale and just changed the front scale from another small regular sebenza.

 

[spyken]

Just to make it clear.

I used the same damascus blade and back scale and just changed the front scale from another small regular sebenza.

Ok, give it another shot. I've experienced this before. The opening wasn't as smooth as before the swap. It turned out that I didn't fit the pivot screw properly. After I disassembled and reassembled, it was smooth as butta again.

Tip - make sure to clean off all the grease, then regrease again and check that everything "sits" properly. I find that militec 1 works particularly well. My sebbie is smoother than many other customs.