I was about to send my Sebenza 21 in for work

Korean Hog

Korean Hog

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Today I noticed that my small sebenza 21's blade was off center when in the closed position and I freaked out. I thought something had gone wrong because I use the knife daily. After tightening the screws the blade was center again because at least two were pretty loose. After Tightening the screws however, the blade felt super gritty. I disassembled and cleaned the knife and once back together it was butter smooth, no play, and centered.

All the experienced guys will be like duh with this post, but for any new guys who have issues try giving you're knife a good servicing before freaking. I know this has even been said by CRK to try this first, but it really did fix my issue and I only used the provided tools and grease plus a micro fiber cloth and rem oil.

Thanks :p
 
It's always one of the pieces of advice I give: take it apart, clean, lube and put it back together and it fixes so many problems.
 
My small 21 wouldn't 'snap' shut like my others. I would clean it, tweak it, do it all. Sometimes it was too hard to open and sometimes almost too loose. I sent it in because it was simply just off. I received it the exact same way it was. The small sebenza 21 I have is just most comfortable ran with the screws a bit looser than my others. Took me a long hard time yo figure that one out. Hope this helps a bit
 
Also keep in mind that if you disassembled completely vs just the pivot. If you removed the JUST the pivot and inserted blade correctly, without pinching the washers, then blade will be centered. Unless washer thickness is not correct.

If you disassembled the knife completely and you did not tightened the stop pin all the way or pivot screw before checking blade centering then that is your reason.
 
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