My CRK experience

Officer's Match · Mar 22, 2015

Enjoying this thread since I have a Small 21 Micarta inbound right now.

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 22, 2015

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 22, 2015

You will not be disappointed at all, they're great

Officer's Match said:
Enjoying this thread since I have a Small 21 Micarta inbound right now.

Gizler00 · Mar 22, 2015

RyanBender said:
You will not be disappointed at all, they're great

Very true. I am enjoying mine also.

Great pictures again!

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 23, 2015

353 · Mar 23, 2015

Love the pictures guys. The small 21's, plane & micarta , are my favourite CRK's atm.

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 25, 2015

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 25, 2015

Zacgmcg11 · Mar 26, 2015

I couldn't find the charcoal lanyard on there website for sale. Did You just call and see if they had any RyanBender?

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 26, 2015

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 27, 2015

Officer's Match · Mar 28, 2015

Great knife, loving mine too.

Gizler00 · Mar 28, 2015

RyanBender said:
Am I doing it right coach?

Love this picture!

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 28, 2015

Looking great man!

Officer's Match said:
Great knife, loving mine too.

SpeedSelf4 · Mar 28, 2015

tomsch · Mar 28, 2015

I have a bunch of knives but either my large or small Insingos are carried every day. Simply the best made knife I've owned including customs. Today I did use my Benchmade 710 in D2 to hack up roots from plants that I would not use my Sebenza for simply because of the blade steel durability. The BM D2 is very tough and much better suited than Chris's S35VN for the type of work where you risk hitting rocks, etc. BUT, Insingos are a great balance for daily use with the benefit of ease of sharpening similar to 1095 but also stainless.

Serenity · May 5, 2015

Latest EDC evolution...
Sebenza 25 S35VN, just arrived.

The blade is really stiff to deploy, in fact I can't do it with the thumb studs and takes two hands to open.

Can anyone offer some friendly advice to ease the opening for a new Sebenza user?

353 · May 5, 2015

Adjust the the pivot, remember to put locktite on it.

Serenity · May 5, 2015

Thanks 353 really appreciate you taking the time to respond.
YouTubed a couple of videos on how to do it.

Really glad I have a Shirogorov inbound...

...as I won't have to mess around finishing the knife on delivery like this Sebenza !

darknessman10 · May 5, 2015

Serenity said:
The blade is really stiff to deploy, in fact I can't do it with the thumb studs and takes two hands to open.

Can anyone offer some friendly advice to ease the opening for a new Sebenza user?

I don't own a sebenza yet but from my experience with other framelock knives i can say you have to make sure that you aren't putting pressure on the lock bar with your fingers as you open as that will cause the detent to push against the blade and keep it closed. If your form is not your problem adjust the pivot as 353 suggested. I'm pretty sure i read somewhere that CRK said you should not use loctite on their knives but that's up to you. Good Luck! :thumbup: