Sebenza Lock Wearing OFF?

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Hi all, i have noticed a little wear on the lock today when i took apart my sebbie for a clean up. Its been EDCed for a year and the is a slight wear on the lock bar where it starts to getting rounded.
Anyone know how long the lock should last is something i should worry about?
 
If its like others you probably have a good many years left in it yet :D

There are some that seem to move across the tang a bit faster than others but most of the Sebbies wear quite well and even long after they have travelled in far they still can go a long time before needing any warranty call.

You have to accept when you opt for the integral lock that by design it will slowly degrade over time because of the self adjusting nature of the lock mechanism.

If it gets to the point you have questions though simply contact them and mail it in following their protocol to have them look it over, clean it up and ship it home to you. I have seen them where the lock could no longer self correct because it could not move across the interface any farther. What is note worthy is that I then got the same knives back years later to resharpen or for something else and this after being carried quite often during that time since I last saw it and I noticed little if any change in them regarding play or how it functioned.

If the knives start developing a bit of vertical blade play I'd suggest immediately contacting Reeves and sending it to them. Otherwise enjoy. For the money its about the best you'll see for overall lock wear and performance. Chris really does a great job of staying very consistant on his products. So much so that its still the standard by which many like myself judge all others against.


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CRK hardens the mating surface on the frame-end of the lock, so it's certainly among the more durable models of its kind. I know people how have EDCed the same Sebbie for a decade or so without any problems.
Don't think you have anything to worry about.
 
When they said of the Seb's lock that it will tend to move across the blade tang and "settle-in" at a certain point, where it doesn't seem to pass. I've been EDC'ing a small Seb since Feb. '02, and this has been my experience.

All of this is affected somewhat, of course, by takedown and reassembly. You'll likely tend to notice that this process will reset the position of the lockbar further back, as if turning back time. There may be some truth to this if your stop sleeve is marred from use, in which case a slight rotation to an un-marred section of the stop sleeve where it meets the blade tang will usually turn back time.

Either way, I've long lost the bet with myself that I'd wear out my Sebenza's lock; that it would wear all the way across and develop play. It's settled in at about 60-70% total travel, even after years of use.

I know it sounds stupid (and probably is stupid), but I keep a second Sebenza put away in the instance that my EDC has to return to the Motherland for any repairs, etc. To date it has not.

Professor.
 
i have a spare one as well i just saw that the lockbar was wearing off.
Thx for the replies sounds very reasonable because when you have something rubbing it will wear off i just wonder how long the lock should last. :)
 
Try rotating bushing. I believe CRK drills hole a few "thou" off centre to allow for adjustment when they tune + repair.
 
I'm wondering how they fix the vertical blade play . As far I know there is a method to fix axes by covering with metal powder and restore the initial size . Maybe they use something similar.
 
So when you turn it, you're essentially exposing the blade tang-seat to an unworn, unmarred section of the stop sleeve. On a Seb like mine, where there's not much unmarred, unworn area left on the stop sleeve, I could always send it to the Motherland for a sleeve replacement, though I'm aok with the 70% engagement I've got (and have had for several years now).

Professor.
 
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