Is the lock up on my Small 21 Sebenza ok?

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Here's a pic of the lock up compared to my Regular that I've had for a few years.

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Is this normal for the new Small 21's?

This Small 21 was purchased NiB, the lock up has been pretty much like that since I opened the tissue wrap. I don't really know what to make of it hence I'm asking.

I've had it for about a month now seeing light use. I'm not in the habit of flicking my Sebenza's either.

I doubt the lock will fail on me for general usage, present lock up is solid. My main concern is long term wear, and what effects that will have if the lock bar detent ball bearing starts contacting the opposite scale.
 
That lockup looks a little late to me. I'd send those pics directly to CRK and see what they say, but they may have you send it in (which won't be too bad since you've got the Regular as backup while it's gone ;)).

To each his own, and while the lockup on that 21 may or may not be within specs, and is probably perfectly functional, I personally would not be satisfied with it on a brand new Sebenza.

Just my .02.

Professor.
 
Looks like the stop pin needs to be replaced with a slightly larger one. I'm sure Heather can fix you up.:)
 
The way I look at it is in a realistic way from the stand point of resale. While I'm sure functionally the knife is fine the fact is its new and the lock travels in further than other typical models the same age. As a result even though it may be deemed fine for function this could hurt you for resale later should you decide to sell because generally speaking a buyer would be turned off by this and would probably not want to pay as much as they would for one with an earlier lock up.

The potential buyer may not even be interested in one with that late of a lock up so it may make selling it later even more difficult than it would be if the lock up was normal. I would send it back personally based on this alone. I'm not saying you plan to sell the knife. Just looking at it from the stand point of this since for me many times with knives of this caliber, and for knife nuts around the forums anyway in general a good knife that is sought after and desirable is about the same as cash on hand. If some bills come up or another purchase is looming they'd rather have and one doesn't have quite enough cash a quick listing of some choice safe queens is usually the answer for a lot of us rather than dip into savings. At least thats how I see it.

STR
 
Thanks for the feed back all, I've since stripped the knife relubed, cleaned and cranked everything down tight, probably tighter then what it was before this recent maintenance cycle, it's improved the lock up for me and I think it's acceptable:

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It's later then what I'm used to but I can live with this :thumbup:

STR makes a really good point about the resale value and the late lock up, but living in Australia makes sending it back a bit of hassle.

I don't have any intentions of reselling it, I'm not one who makes piles of money, but I value quality, I'll quite likely will never be able to afford precision engineering one might find in a Porsche or BMW that plus the maintenance fees would kill me. To me, my Sebenza's are my opportunity to own a piece of quality engineering that will last me a life time and maybe future generations of my kids should I have any, the utilitarian nature, functionality of the knife and ease of maintenance gives it additional justification in my eyes, as much as I admire and appreciate the inlays and damascus blades, heh, that's way above my pay grade, the plain sebbies are great and I love mine!

I reckon if it starts wearing down more and it doesn't seem to settle further down the track, I'll send it in then, CRK should be good for fixing that right? for now, I'm just really really liking my Small 21! It's hard to describe how compact and yet what beaut it is in terms of form and function but I'm sure a lot of you guys already know that :)

I love the handle to blade ratio, compared to my Paramilitary, cutting edge length is very similar, albeit different blade geometry:

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Enough handle "real estate" for my hands for a variety of grips. I'm really loving this knife!

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Its more than I like ( 50-60%), CRK specs are 50-75% and this one looks to be more than that. If your unhappy with it, I would call or email Heather the pics on Monday. CRK will make it right, no question there.
 
That could be knife you have in the picture. Mine is a late 2009 production, and it has had little or no use prior to me getting it from the sales forum.

My lock-up looks the same. Personally, it's fine for me. When it starts to get near all the way across, maybe I'll send it in. For now, though, it's no big deal (for me).

Good luck.
 
Looks fine. If it's not moving aggressively over then you will have no usability issues. If you ever want to sell it or just have it tuned then send it back.
 
The lockup looks marginal to me. Did you get it from a dealer or aftermarket? There are some instances when NIB knives bought on the aftermarket still have swapped parts, unfortunately.

This was my Lg Classic Ironwood that I got from a dealer. IMO the lockup was too deep so I sent it in.

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CRK, with their amazing service, fixed the problem as shown below (and added the double lugs)

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If you get to the point where you feel the lockup on your knife isn't correct, don't hesitate to send it in. The service CR offers is fantastic and they'll take care of you.
 
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