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I picked up an Insingo #2/50 a month or so ago and has been occasional carry, I finally decided it was time to clean and tweak. Below are my observations.
- I like having screw heads on both sides, I can use two hex wrenches and the bolts won't spin.
- I removed the lanyard tube, not to my liking, reattached a different one through the old holes in the previous style.
- New washers are cool, they were a little bit lube dry from the factory IMO.
- Pivot bushing tolerance was so tight I couldn't get it out at first, then I used a ball point pen and a small tapper to push it out evenly. Needed the pen to reinstall it too. First time I've needed to do that. Usually a finger tip push on a seb will pop it out.
- Re-assembly was tricky, usually I do the sandwich method and slide the completed layers on the handle slab all at once. There seems to be even less bushing overhang to keep the washers in place. I had to resort to stakcing things on piece by piece.
- flitzing the blade side, bushing and washers made less of a difference then I expected. It's still not glass smooth. I isolated the remaining not smooth to the the ceramic ball on the lock bar. I put a small drop of extra lube I hope it works in.
- Removing and reinstalling the pocket clip was a bit more effort then usual. I had to put a fair amount of downward pressure on the clip screw before it would take up the thread in the handle.
Overall I love the blade shape, very handy for me, I wish it had come out years ago, might make me love my other current sebenzas at little less.
I picked up an Insingo #2/50 a month or so ago and has been occasional carry, I finally decided it was time to clean and tweak. Below are my observations.
- I like having screw heads on both sides, I can use two hex wrenches and the bolts won't spin.
- I removed the lanyard tube, not to my liking, reattached a different one through the old holes in the previous style.
- New washers are cool, they were a little bit lube dry from the factory IMO.
- Pivot bushing tolerance was so tight I couldn't get it out at first, then I used a ball point pen and a small tapper to push it out evenly. Needed the pen to reinstall it too. First time I've needed to do that. Usually a finger tip push on a seb will pop it out.
- Re-assembly was tricky, usually I do the sandwich method and slide the completed layers on the handle slab all at once. There seems to be even less bushing overhang to keep the washers in place. I had to resort to stakcing things on piece by piece.
- flitzing the blade side, bushing and washers made less of a difference then I expected. It's still not glass smooth. I isolated the remaining not smooth to the the ceramic ball on the lock bar. I put a small drop of extra lube I hope it works in.
- Removing and reinstalling the pocket clip was a bit more effort then usual. I had to put a fair amount of downward pressure on the clip screw before it would take up the thread in the handle.
Overall I love the blade shape, very handy for me, I wish it had come out years ago, might make me love my other current sebenzas at little less.
