Sebenza lock failure!

Simple, just send it back to be fixed. Call first if you want, there some pretty nice folk.
 
Spitz said:
Thank you for everyone’s answers, I will have to find time to get on the phone to CRK, see what we can sought out.
DrJ - I see I'm not entirely alone on the world.

The picture below is of the lock at its worst (just so no-one thinks I'm crazy). I opened the knife with "normal" amount of pressure. After the photo, the blade popped out again, with only gentle pressure on the spine. Sometimes it engages a bit better, holding the knife in place, although not enough for me to trust it. I value my fingers.......


Spitz

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Yup that's just about exactly how mine looks too....
 
wildwilson said:
"The stop sleeve, against which the blade rests when the knife is open, can be rotated it necessary to get just a tiny bit of take-up. "
Did you try and rotate the sleeve at all. Try about 20 degrees at a time. Sometimes it can make a differance.
Dave
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Dave, where did you get that from? I've heard that 'rumor' but as far as I know, the stop sleeve is perfectly circular. I never saw such info posted from Chris Reeve Knives.
 
Ted -- It came from the Unofficial Sebenza FAQ Sticky:

"I was wondering if any Sebenzas have been returned for blade play due to wear between the area of the blade tang and the surface of the liner that makes contact with the blade? If so, would it be possible to purchase a lock side scale from you?

This is not something we have experienced because of "wear" - it can happen for some other reasons - after market modifications or screws not being tight or dirt in the lock or similar things.
We would not send out a lock side scale (or blade or other knife parts!) - we would ask that the knife be returned to us so that we can put right whatever it is that is not correct.(There may well be a charge for the repair, however and we would be in touch with the customer about it.) Part of what you get when you buy a Chris Reeve Knife is "service". It is important to us that the knives work the way they were intended and we will gladly work on any knife that needs it.

- Anne Reeve, 10/09/98

Just to clarify a point here, the pivot pin on the Sebenza is not asymetrical and is also not the part that you are thinking of in terms of rotation! The stop sleeve, against which the blade rests when the knife is open, can be rotated it necessary to get just a tiny bit of take-up.
If you go to our website at www.chrisreeve.com you will see detailed diagrams showing the relationship between the blade and pivot, the stop sleeve and the lock.

Lateral movement in the blade is not acceptable in a Sebenza. If there is play, there is something wrong and the best thing to do would be to send it to us so we can put it right.

- Chris and Anne Reeve, 10/09/98"
 
That lone hard flick prior to tightening down the screws all the way will absorb any "precision-slop," if you will. It will nestle the stop pin sleeve all the way against the post that runs through it.

I think you might just be allright, and not have to send it anywhere!

Professor.
 
I have a classic sebenza and the same thing occurred. If I opened it normally, then did a spine whack test, the lock failed. I'm not talking about a hard whack either. Took it apart, put pressure against the lock bar inboard with my thumb, re-assembled and all is fine. No sense sending it in if you're comfortable dis-assembling it.
 
you should not have to make stop pin adjustments on a $400 knife like a Sebbie. pls, call the shop / email them and send it back. they will make it right...let them know about the shipping also. A new knife should not be this way, and even an older knife shouldn't either unless it's defective or someone abused it.
 
Some great advice in this thread and not much I can add except my own experience. I've disassembled my classic Seb and had one reassembly go not right, tried again and got it right although I'm not suggesting this is the case but my experience is similar to Scott Dogs.

Am cautious when unlocking not to "over-travel" the lockbar ala Rick Hinderer's incident at a fire call where he accidentally oversprung the lockbar. This eventually led to his development of the Hinderer Lockbar Stabalizer for framelocks to prevent this from occurring. Best of luck but I don't think you'll need much with Chris or Anne and company looking after you.
 
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