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No detent ball??

i think the reason they switched to the ceramic balls is the wear factor more than the slick factor...actually the stainless ball will slide smoother than the ceramic one, but the ceramic one is rockwell off the scale and will never get a flat worn in it, which would greatly affect the smoothness and the opening factors.

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Actually Tom the ceramic ball in my sebenza has worn. It still keeps the blade closed firmly, but you can see that it's worn if you look closely. This is after many thousands of openings (about 9000). It seems that the ball will be the first thing to wear. Although the ball is much harder than the steel, one part of the ball is constantly wearing, whereas the contact on the steel is an arch with much more area.

All sebenzas made after CRK switched from steel to ceramic should have a ceramic ball.

-Johnny
 
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