Me and my new Sebenza - very pic heavy -pt 1

Of all the production knives , I have found the Seb to be one of the few that goes back together every time with no "fiddling".
 
Great responses, thanks to everyone!

It's loosing some for sure, so it may be a break in period. I don't want to play with the pivot screw if I don't have to. I'll try hot water and get back to you.

Just for fun, I tried to whittle hair with the factory edge. It worked! I put some pictures up on vasilli's hair whittling thread... dang that thing is sharp.

Hey.. you think it's a standard 30 degree back bevel 40 degree final edge?
 
Gmountain said:
Congrats. 43 and grandchildren??
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Not hard, if you have a kid at 20 and so do they.

But... it's the kids of my 28 year old stepdaughter, actually. My wife is six years older than I am, had her daughter at 21. So my kids are 28, 17 and 13 years old and my grandkids are 18 and 4 months old.

:)
 
I have many folder some customs but I always come back to my Sebbies. My EDC is the Small Classic reground by Tom Krein. Sebbies are in a class by themselves.
 
I tried hot water followed by re-lubricating. Definite improvement. Still stiffer than I'd like. Yeah, hard to wait for 4 weeks of break in. So I just took the included allen wrench and loosened the pivot screw. Had to use moderate pressure to break it from the factory lock down. No change! Why? Pivot bushing. Good knife! I wrenched it back into place, moderately strong finger pressure to get it back to lock down (included manual says that finger tight is good). Now, it's opening even easier but no side to side play at all, still rock solid. Maybe the change in geometry when I messed with the screw was helpful.

At this point, I'll just keep opening it all the time, driving my wife insane. But I can do a hard thumb flick with wrist action and it finally flicks open.

(Between overnighting the knife in the first place to my attempts to loosen the action, one thing is abundantly clear: I have no patience at all. Should work on that.)
 
John T Wylie Jr said:
lightly smooth the inside of the scales ( where the washers rest ) with some 600 ( I do it on a surface plate ) , and polish the washers with some flitz and a soft cloth...apply a little bit of your favorite grease , and it will flick open like glass. I have done that to every Seb I have owned ( except the one I sold today ).

Sounds like you are very happy with your choice. Nice collection and very nice picts as well. I think it will last you a long time. :)
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I did exactly as you suggested (with my right hand in a plastic bag - see my "honey" thread :D ) and it made a significant difference with no change to the great tight lockup. Thanks for the very specific and helpful info!

(hard to open the sebbie with two fingers in aluminum protectors but that's the price you pay for extreme stupidity)
 
The Sebenza IMHO is like a diamond-encrusted toilet plunger: a utilitarian item that I'd be afraid to use in a utilitarian way.

Conspicuous consumption? Perhaps.

The Sebenza is a very good $200 knife that sells for twice that much. :(

*Flame vest on*
 
Dammit, looking at this:
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makes me uncomfortable with all my knives now lol
 
Buhbuhbonky said:
The Sebenza IMHO is like a diamond-encrusted toilet plunger: a utilitarian item that I'd be afraid to use in a utilitarian way.

Conspicuous consumption? Perhaps.

The Sebenza is a very good $200 knife that sells for twice that much. :(

*Flame vest on*
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I could not agree with you more. Pass the vest please.
 
GarageBoy said:
Isn't 600 grit a bit coarse and likely to open up the tight tolerances?
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I just used it to polish up the inside of the handle a bit. 600 seems pretty fine to me - I don't think I removed any significant material, just made the titanium a little bit less rough. For all I know, it was the Flitz on the washers that made all the difference, but the knife does open really smoothly now and there's no change at all in the rock solid lockup. There's no side to side blade movement whatsoever.
 
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