Sebenza owners, who uses a allen torque tool for tightening their pivot and screws?

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SHAKEandBAKE

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So I got ahold of Chris Reeve knives and found out that they torque their small and large sebenza 21's to 8 in lbs. I know their is no problem tightening the screws down with just the hex tool provided but I was wondering if anyone actually uses an allen wrench torque tool, and if so, what brand. I've been looking at some of the torque screwdrivers with changeable bits through Wiha tools and they have some amazing stuff. I guess it would just be cool to always tighten ur screws down to factory spec.
 
8 pounds? Wow. Think I'm torqueing to at least 32. 8 is extremely low. If you had something to grab it would be easily be finger tight
 
I when mine gets loose I can just take it to the shop any they tighten it for me hahaha, some days it's good to live near one of the greatest knife manufactures

Down side is it makes ya broke pretty quick
 
I use torque tools at work which we set to 6 in-lb. 8 in-lb is a good amount of torque. For the person that said they tighten to 32, I don't believe it. You probably go 32 in-oz, which is only 2 in-lb.

We use the cheaper Wiha torque drivers. They're about $90. I use the one that goes 5-10 in-lb.

Honestly though, I think using a torque driver is a bit overkill for the end user of the knife. If you already own a driver, then OK. Spending money on one I think is overkill, unless you have other uses for it, like gunsmithing.
 
hondahirny said:
I use torque tools at work which we set to 6 in-lb. 8 in-lb is a good amount of torque. For the person that said they tighten to 32, I don't believe it. You probably go 32 in-oz, which is only 2 in-lb.

We use the cheaper Wiha torque drivers. They're about $90. I use the one that goes 5-10 in-lb.

Honestly though, I think using a torque driver is a bit overkill for the end user of the knife. If you already own a driver, then OK. Spending money on one I think is overkill, unless you have other uses for it, like gunsmithing.
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Never even noticed this until today. Was definitely thinking 8 in-oz as most of our lower torques at work are inch ounces. This makes me wonder what our torque drivers cost.

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Guess they were easy to find http://www.protorquetools.com/prod-18-1-137/cdi_61sm_torque_screwdriver_micro_adj_20_-100_in_ozs.htm
 
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