Ok, Sebbie experts; I need your help

I know little about Sebbies, other than I like them. Took this in on a trade today, for a smaller Sebbie. I might be wrong, but it appears that I got an Insingo, while the box and paperwork say Inkosi? This knife is also very hard to open one handed. Previous owner might have taken it apart and put the washer in cockeyed?
 
It is an Inkosi with an Insingo blade. If it is new it might need to be broken in a little and it will loosen up. The pivot screw can be loosened on an Inkosi to help with opening.

The nice thing about the Inkosi is if you do need washers then CRK can send them to you without the knife going back to them to be fit like a Sebenza.

I expect the knife needs broken in an little and does not have a pinched washer.

That is a very nice knife!
 
jjg6319 said:
It is an Inkosi with an Insingo blade. If it is new it might need to be broken in a little and it will loosen up. The pivot screw can be loosened on an Inkosi to help with opening.

The nice thing about the Inkosi is if you do need washers then CRK can send them to you without the knife going back to them to be fit like a Sebenza.

I expect the knife needs broken in an little and does not have a pinched washer.

That is a very nice knife!
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Thank you. Dohhh. I just looked at the box, and it does say both Insingo and Inkosi. Mystery solved. Now, just gotta get her smoothed out. Right now, it's almost impossible to open one handed.
 
If you are not use to a CRK it takes a little practice to open one handed.

I know this is for a different model, but it might help you out:

chrisreeve.com

Opening the Umnumzaan

You just pulled your Umnumzaan fresh out of the box, go to open it and... "Hold on, why isn't it opening?" It feels stiff and may even require you to open it with two hands. Maybe it's your first or your 5th CRK - either way, the action feels different on this knife. What's going on? First...
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91bravo said:
Opening a CRK is all about technique. You gotta find the sweet spot to hold and the sweet angle to push.
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This. I can open my small regular sebenza, small sebenza, and small inkosi one handed without any difficulty. I inherited my father's large 21, and it took me a bit to figure out the best way to hold it and the proper angle to use before I could open it one handed.
 
- recently traded and got a less than 1yr Insingo large.

Stiff to open and not smooth action. Fortunately I know the CR UK agent and he sent it back to me smooth as anything.

I can't open the small as easily as the large, but much can come with practice.

Enjoy - lovely knife :thumbsup:
 
Stiffness is almost always due to the stock lubricant going bone dry. Both my 31 and Inkosi were bone-dry, and according to the card they were both manufactured less than 2-3 months prior to receiving them. Re-applying lubricant will make the action a lot better. Take the time to tweak the pivot too, unlike the Sebenza, the Inkosi doesn't have a bushing pivot.
 
Yeah, there's something wrong with this one, though. I have 3 new large Sebenzas now, as of a couple weeks ago. The large tanto and the drop point both open smoothly with one hand. The micarta inlayed Insingo is NOT opening one handed, and it's pretty hard to open using both hands. Maybe I need to stop whining and take it apart, clean and relube it.
 
The Sebenza has a pivot bushing, so you can tighten down the pivot screw all the way and get the same action every time. The Inkosi does not. Try loosening the pivot a tiny bit at a time, and you should be able to find a sweet spot of no side play AND one handed functionality. The pivot of the two different models cannot be treated the same.
 
WedgeAntilles said:
The Sebenza has a pivot bushing, so you can tighten down the pivot screw all the way and get the same action every time. The Inkosi does not. Try loosening the pivot a tiny bit at a time, and you should be able to find a sweet spot of no side play AND one handed functionality. The pivot of the two different models cannot be treated the same.
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Yeah, apparently the previous owner had this sucker cranked down pretty tight. I had to loosen the pivot several turns, to get it to open one handed. Still not the easiest to open, but at least I can do it.
 
If it hasn't been used much or at all by the previous owner, it will work itself in nicely over the next couple of weeks. Mine's running smoother than any Sebenza I've handled or owned. If you haven't swapped the lubricant yet I will again recommend doing so.
 
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