Steelcraft Mini-Bodega

ebidis said:
A light film of grease might work. I actually cleaned the entire blade, pivot and bearings in mine, because it was full of crud from old oil and dirt. I put it back together dry, and I'm not even thinking about taking it apart again any time soon.
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I put back together a knife with 22 ball bearings per side of the blade (3/64 inch diameter). I tried putting it in dry at first, but the kept falling out. It was pretty much impossible. I actually ended up using some hair gel to keep the sucker in place, and then it finally fit. :grumpy:

I ended up losing 1 ball bearing per side, which didn't affect performance, so I guess it worked out. And the hair gel made the action exceptionally smooth, though classic case of wrong tool for the wrong job. Wrong lube for the wrong job? Idk

How you managed to put together a ball bearing knife dry is beyond me, massive kudos.
 
Jmunson1291 said:
I've been trying that for the past five minutes. It just keeps spinning. :(
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I do it like this:

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Make sure that you're pushing with your hand that's on the knife, not with the torx wrench. If it's still spinning, try pushing harder. I've done this on numerous knives with spinny pivots and it's always worked.
 
Blues Bender said:
I do it like this:

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Make sure that you're pushing with your hand that's on the knife, not with the torx wrench. If it's still spinning, try pushing harder. I've done this on numerous knives with spinny pivots and it's always worked.
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It's just not working. This sucks. Lol
 
I wonder if a rubber ball used to unscrew watch case backs would help if pushed up against the back of the pivot?
 
Jmunson1291 said:
:(

Is there no way? Is this knife doomed?
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Maybe Scrim can help you, he posted in this thread. He had a Sukhoi (I think) that had the same problem, and he worked his ScriMagic to get the pivot off. Something with superglue I think...

I can't help but wonder, how the hell do they tighten these pivots at the factory?:confused:
 
Heat up the pivot area with a blow dryer. Use quality torx bits like Wiha. Hold the side that you won't be unscrewing with a surgical glove real tight and then unscrew.
 
Finally received mine and have really tried to like it. Great quality, solid little knife, but i wish the flipper had been positioned a bit further up the handle when opened. It's the largest three finger knife I've ever owned. Everything else ticks every box I have for what I love in a knife, but the handle is just too darn short - and I favor three inch blades. Unfortunately, I think I'm going to be sending mine back today. Bummer. I was so excited for this knife.
 
Blues Bender said:
Watch on YouTube to switch to HD.
[video=youtube_share;Bv1BivmJxJ4]http://youtu.be/Bv1BivmJxJ4[/video]
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Great review Blue Dude! Thanks for posting!
One question, sorry if I missed it, how does the jimping on the blade feel?
Thanks
Joe
 
palonej said:
Great review Blue Dude! Thanks for posting!
One question, sorry if I missed it, how does the jimping on the blade feel?
Thanks
Joe
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That's one of my favorite things on the knife. The thumb is locked when on the jimping.
 
Anyone have this and a small sebenza? I'm contemplating this knife, but I'd like to see some size comparisons between my current small seb. I've seen many talk about the handle being too short.
 
Jmunson1291 said:
:(

Is there no way? Is this knife doomed?
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**A tip of the hat to Blues Bender---and Maybe this will help, Jmunson.


My solution (below) to releasing a frozen CKF Sukhoi pivot (non torx side only turned in sync with the torx side when I tried to disassemble the knife...All originally posted in this thread-->http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1302384-CKF-Sukhoi-pivot-(unscrewing-it)-question


--> Ok, first, I don't recommend that anyone do what I did. I was determined to find a solution, even at the cost of (possibly) damaging my knife (a little). Thankfully this worked out beautifully...no damage...vast improvement on knife's action.

Here's the abbreviated versions because I hate to type out novels.

1) I had my trusty bottle of Goof Off solvent ready to go.
2) I heated the pivot with a hair dryer at close range, set on high. It got the knife surprisingly hot within about 30 seconds.
3) picked up knife in a small hand towel as it was HOT...positioned it with backside/female side of pivot facing up
4) applied a TINY DOT of Krazy Glue to edge of backside pivot screw and affix it to carbon fiber scale with said dot of glue
5) waited 15 seconds for it to set (but pivot to remain hot)
6) flipped knife over, inserted torx driver & prayed
7) push torx bit in deep and turned it hard (but controlled)
8) pivot screws released from each other!!!
9) quickly began the process of using Goof Off on a paper towel to dissolve/remove dot of Krazy Glue as much as possible before complete disassembly and the COMPLETE removal of any remaining bit of any remnants of Krazy Glue on the Carbon Fiber & edge of back pivot screw (female side)
10) NO damage to carbon fiber or pivot screw
11) This Krazy© process allowed me to hold the backside screw in place securely enough to separate the two halves of the heavily (Loc-tied together...or whatever the Chinese or Russians use) pivot screw, male from female.
12) Immediately drank one shot of Patron Silver to calm down and celebrate my success and lack of any damage to the knife.
13) Cleaned out, Nano oiled relevant areas, greatly improved the action of this MRBS knife.
14) Reassembled meticulously. Flipped, Flipped, Flipped!
15) Moved on with life with great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment

Good luck to anyone who decides to undertake this potentially risky method. It worked for me. It was the only method that worked, of all I tried.
 
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Scrim said:
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**A tip of the hat to Blues Bender---and Maybe this will help, Jmunson.


My solution (below) to releasing a frozen CKF Sukhoi pivot (non torx side only turned in sync with the torx side when I tried to disassemble the knife...All originally posted in this thread-->http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1302384-CKF-Sukhoi-pivot-(unscrewing-it)-question


--> Ok, first, I don't recommend that anyone do what I did. I was determined to find a solution, even at the cost of (possibly) damaging my knife (a little). Thankfully this worked out beautifully...no damage...vast improvement on knife's action.

Here's the abbreviated versions because I hate to type out novels.

1) I had my trusty bottle of Goof Off solvent ready to go.
2) I heated the pivot with a hair dryer at close range, set on high. It got the knife surprisingly hot within about 30 seconds.
3) picked up knife in a small hand towel as it was HOT...positioned it with backside/female side of pivot facing up
4) applied a TINY DOT of Krazy Glue to edge of backside pivot screw and affix it to carbon fiber scale with said dot of glue
5) waited 15 seconds for it to set (but pivot to remain hot)
6) flipped knife over, inserted torx driver & prayed
7) push torx bit in deep and turned it hard (but controlled)
8) pivot screws released from each other!!!
9) quickly began the process of using Goof Off on a paper towel to dissolve/remove dot of Krazy Glue as much as possible before complete disassembly and the COMPLETE removal of any remaining bit of any remnants of Krazy Glue on the Carbon Fiber & edge of back pivot screw (female side)
10) NO damage to carbon fiber or pivot screw
11) This Krazy© process allowed me to hold the backside screw in place securely enough to separate the two halves of the heavily (Loc-tied together...or whatever the Chinese or Russians use) pivot screw, male from female.
12) Immediately drank one shot of Patron Silver to calm down and celebrate my success and lack of any damage to the knife.
13) Cleaned out, Nano oiled relevant areas, greatly improved the action of this MRBS knife.
14) Reassembled meticulously. Flipped, Flipped, Flipped!
15) Moved on with life with great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment

Good luck to anyone who decides to undertake this potentially risky method. It worked for me. It was the only method that worked, of all I tried.
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Scrim,

I greatly appreciate the detailed guidance. I will be trying a similar method when I get home!

Updates to come.
 
Hey Cutlover, were any of the other screws loc tite in place? How hard were they tightened? We're any loose?
Thx
 
While the handle of the Mini Bodega is 4 inches due to the guard/flipper tab there's only 3.25" room for a grip. You have to bunch up your fingers tight together to fit them on the handle. Alternatively, use the small finger choil on the blade with no adverse effect.

TBK Mini Bodega, CRK Small Sebenza and LionSteel TRE TI Blue:

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blackend said:
Hey Cutlover, were any of the other screws loc tite in place? How hard were they tightened? We're any loose?
Thx
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Oh, I had a different knife than the one edibis magicked back together, not sure I would be much help haha
 
Duh. Sorry meant bluesbender
 
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