Should I send my Sebenza to Chris Reeve

People accepting flaws in a 400 dollar knife is a slippery slope. At that price fit and finish should be flawless, edge razor sharp and perfec grind. And it should be inspected 3 times, with free shipping if they managed to let it out of the building flawed.
 
So-Lo said:
It may not be "too late" for a Sebenza ;)
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Oh I think I misread your post. This is my first time being up this early in several years lol.

Anyway, he said its almost all the way over to the front scale, I wouldnt expect that on a new knife.
 
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Welcome to BF! This is unusual for a Sebenza, or any of Chris's knives. I would send it in!
 
Welcome to BF!

Lot's of good info here.
Average lockup on a Large Seb is 60-80% , +/- 10%

So-Lo had some great tips on bending the lockbar slightly.
You won't hurt it. Works good in reverse also to lower tension.

Bladeplay is so very rare in Seb's I think everyone is curious why.
Each Seb blade is fitted to the individual frame.
If you have bladeplay at 90% lockup something is very wrong.

The fact you've had it apart 30 times is admirable.
Remember this is a production knife so on occasion one will slip by.

However CRK service is excellent. Give them a call, they want to make it right.

-Ron
 
Going back to the original question; no, it is not. There should be no lateral play at the pivot even when the lock is disengaged. The lock is not needed as a wedge to remove lateral play from the pivot.

If you wiggle the blade side to side in the closed position, you should feel no play. Same is true if you wiggle it with the blade just short of open, or anywhere else in its rotational range.

The pivot bushing establishes the distance between the handle slabs. If everything is mated up correctly, and you have any lateral play at all, adjustments are needed.
 
Just wondering if the pivot bushing is missing.
Wasn't clear if this is lateral or vertical play.

-Ron
 
gytheran said:
Are you kidding me? You have to make a sizable car payment for that knife... it better be friggen flawless. That's my opinion, of course. Titanium does break, btw... not saying that it will, but if it does, what then? I would send it in.

Something about "fixing" a $400 knife doesn't sit well with me. Call me crazy.
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Yup, you're crazy. It's normal to have to do things like this to knives, even $400 knives. That is the reason you see so many knives with screw construction instead of rivet construction. I've had a Sebenza for about 2 months now and I have already disassembled it 3 times to do stuff like this. It doesn't need it, but I don't mind taking it apart to get the lockbar just where I like it.

BTW, the Sebenza comes with an adjustable stop pin, so you can adjust the amount of lockup you want based on how the stop pin is rotated when you reassemble your knife.

Good luck and enjoy.
 
michaelmcgo said:
Yup, you're crazy. It's normal to have to do things like this to knives, even $400 knives. That is the reason you see so many knives with screw construction instead of rivet construction. I've had a Sebenza for about 2 months now and I have already disassembled it 3 times to do stuff like this. It doesn't need it, but I don't mind taking it apart to get the lockbar just where I like it.

BTW, the Sebenza comes with an adjustable stop pin, so you can adjust the amount of lockup you want based on how the stop pin is rotated when you reassemble your knife.

Good luck and enjoy.
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:thumbup: I have no idea where people get this flawless standard for premium knives. I've seen threads about flaws at this and much higher price levels fairly frequently, and that includes customs.

There is no guarantee you are going to get a perfect knife, ever. But paying for a Sebenza or like is going to give you a much higher probability, among many other perks.
 
Hi,

First I just wanted to say thanks to all the people here, I really appreciate the help. By the way it is vertical blade play, even when the blade is not locked into place there is still no horizontal blade play.

Thanks,

Ben
 
Sebenzas have, and never develop any play, as the norm, so I'd just resign to your bad luck and send it in. Perhaps if you explain it well enough, the will give you a break on the fees. it seems odd to have to pay a fee when it's a total manufacturer defect.
 
benjaminw11 said:
...By the way it is vertical blade play...
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Then, assuming the action is clean, I would say something's wrong with the lock bar's mating surface. You can probably get a good idea of the surface's footprint by looking at the wear mark on the end of the tang when the knife is closed.

The blade is pinned between the stop and the lock bar when open, so the only way there would be vertical play would be if it's not contacting both points properly. Since you said you had to push the lock bar over, I'm guessing its mating surface is skew to the tang’s.

As others have suggested, it might be that the bar just needs an inboard bend. Note that this will change the angle between the lock bar and tang mating surfaces. So... if the bar was properly mated and subsequently bent outboard for some reason, your situation might be the result.

In any case, CRK will make it right. This is not rocket science. :)
 
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