Sebenza Test + to strip or not to strip

[fulloflead]

My new Sebenza is dry and noisy and not nearly as smooth as past Sebenzas...

BUT I've always wanted to try just getting a regular plain one and just use and abuse the living $h!t out of it for everything and never mess with the knife or oil it or anything just to see how well it stands up.

(Like Chuck Taylor has been doing with a Glock 17 for the last 15 years or so.)

Maybe this particular one isn't the knife for the job.

Or...
Maybe it IS the right knife for the job since it STARTED OUT with a slight handicap? (See if it GETS smoother with use?)

Let's play. Maybe if I do this right, I'll get my own magazine column!

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[mete]

It was stripped so I could engrave it !!

 

[DaveH]

just do what any work person would do, blast it with some lube and keep on truckin.

 

[samhain73]

OH, just take it apart and oil it already! You know that like the rest of us knifenutz, you can't resist tinkering a little, and this is a pretty harmless one.

 

[Django606]

I would say that you should allow this preliminary strip and oiling, and then see how it holds up from there.

 

[fulloflead]

Thanks. Keep those opinions coming. I'll be reading even if I only reply once in a while.

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[mauiblue]

If it's not broken, why fix it? I use my Sebenza but I don't abuse it too much. I don't use it to dig dirt or gut saltwater fish. I do slice an ocasional orange or apple and cut cardboard boxes down to size. I may run the knife under some tap water and wipe it dry. That's it. So until it shows some reasons that I need to strip it down and relube it, I'll just keep on using it as it is. Of course I'll sharpen it when it needs it now and then.

 

[cutter17]

First thing I did was too disassemble, clean, relube, and reassemble. So simple, so easy. I imagine my next one will also go through the "process"!

 

[greenstuffs]

Factory already are pretty smooth, but flipping the screws are mandatory

 

[BURNSY56]

as above..blast it with some lube first(Miltec etc).
open,cut,slice,chop repeatedly. take apart in 07

 

[DaveH]

OK, we have to get over your "poser" status of a real knife user. Here's the real deal to save youself, Easy for beginners but still counts. follow this recipe:

Take knife in question
a medium size container
a cup of garden dirt.

Put knife in container, fill with water, dump in dirt, shake well.

Remove knife, shale off excess water, wipe on shirt tail, stick in pocket. Everytime you see gum stuck on the street scape it off with your knife.

Congrats on your new user.

 

[u812]

Be sure to at least oil it to keep from eating up the washers.

 

[fulloflead]

Be sure to at least oil it to keep from eating up the washers.

Yeah, true. OK.

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[barrabas74]

I usually flip the screws and relube it as soon as I get it....kinda like my sebbies induction ceremony into the fold.

 

[fewpop]

I'd have to take it apart, clean and lube, reassemble just to bond with it.

 

[Backwoods_VT]

I used mine for a week, then took it apart for a nice cleaning and relube; then it was truly mine; kind of a bonding thing

 

[fulloflead]

I used mine for a week, then took it apart for a nice cleaning and relube; then it was truly mine; kind of a bonding thing

Yup. That's what I just did.
Except it still doesn't feel or sound totally smooth.

First I tried Tuff-glide when I reassembled it.
Then I tried Breakfree, which usually works, without disassembling it.

I wonder if they're too precision for oil to get into the pivot when you put it in from an assembled position.

My Classics and an old graphic I had were always smooth so I can't really tell.

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[Backwoods_VT]

I think you would be better off with a grease type lube, instead of a thin oil type. call crk for what they recomend.

 

[fewpop]

I know this has been discussed a lot before, but I will say again that either Militec (heat a little with hairdryer after reassemble) or CRK grease has always worked really well for me on my Sebs.