...THEN tell me I'm crazy.
Yes, I got yet another Sebenza. A large plain with polished hardware, and new style "clip." Born on Feb. 24th. 2000.
Well, here's what I did, as with all my others.
- If new, work the action for a while, to allow any "break in" to occur.
- Fully disassemble.
- Wash the handle slabs, blade, and clip with soap and warm water.
- Rinse these parts and spray down with glass cleaner, (preferrably Armor All Auto Glass Cleaner) and rinse with warm water again.
- Take all the hardware in your hand, and soak them with the glass cleaner, then rinse.
- Dry off all the individual parts, (even inside the screw sets) and wipe off any, and all remaining grease or lube. Clean the screw threads by "screwing" them into a dry towel.
- Insert the smooth side of the screw sets in the "front" handle slab, and lay down on hard / flat surface.
- Add the anodized handle spacer, and stop pin.
- Hold the pivot bushing between your index finger and thumb, and lightly spray with Rem Oil...shaking off all excess oil, leaving a very thin coating.
- Install the pivot bearing making sure to keep oil out of the "pivot pin" threads.
- Take the large blade washer and lightly spray with Rem Oil, and rub in between your fingers leaving a VERY thin layer of oil on both sides.
- Install the large washer over the pivot bushing.
- Pick up the blade, and VERY...VERY lightly rub some Rem Oil on the pivot area, inside, and out, with your finger.
- Install the blade over the pivot pin bushing VERY...VERY carefully. It should EASILY slide right over top of it, so the bushing sets in the blade.
- Lightly oil the small blade washer the same way, and install it over top of the blade.
- "Cock" the blade at approx. a 45 degree angle from the open position. This will keep the stop pin from "seating" all the way before final assembly, which causes the lock bar to fully engage.
- Set the locking side handle slab over top, matching up the holes with the screw pins, and press into place.
- Hold everything together with your index finger, while placing the screws into place, and tighten them down.
- Now, tighten all 3 screws down how you like them, and work the action a few times without locking the blade in the open position.
- Open the blade about 80% of the way open, and lightly "snap" the blade in the open position. Repeat this 3 - 4 times so that the pivot pin "seats" itself for that perfect lock up.
- Check the screws to see that they are still nice and snug.
- Open the blade again, and install the clip. This way, their is no tension on the clip, when tightening the screw down.
I bend my clips so that they just contact the lock bar when in the open position for the perfect clip tension. (However, mine has the clip "notch," so yours may vary.)
- Now, carefully shake the open knife as if you were shaking water out of the pivot area to see that you have no access oil at all. If so, it will come out on the blade, if not, you've done it "right."
Wipe off any oil that may appear near the pivot area, between the handle slabs, in the open, and closed position. Especially on the blade tang where the lock bar contacts.
- Hit that blade on the fine 204MF sharpmaker stone at a 40 degree angle about 10 times, and wipe some Rem Oil on the whole blade. Remove any access and wipe well with a clean cloth. (Try doing it as if you were "fog" cleaning your eye glasses.) This will keep the finger prints away too.
- Now, work that super smooth action, and shove it in your pocket.
You shouldn't have to relube, (very little) and you won't collect nearly as much pocket junk. Plus, the action is at least twice as smooth now, and all parts are clean...clean..clean.
-AR
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- AKTI Member ID# A000322
[This message has been edited by Jackyl (edited 03-27-2000).]
Yes, I got yet another Sebenza. A large plain with polished hardware, and new style "clip." Born on Feb. 24th. 2000.
Well, here's what I did, as with all my others.
- If new, work the action for a while, to allow any "break in" to occur.
- Fully disassemble.
- Wash the handle slabs, blade, and clip with soap and warm water.
- Rinse these parts and spray down with glass cleaner, (preferrably Armor All Auto Glass Cleaner) and rinse with warm water again.
- Take all the hardware in your hand, and soak them with the glass cleaner, then rinse.
- Dry off all the individual parts, (even inside the screw sets) and wipe off any, and all remaining grease or lube. Clean the screw threads by "screwing" them into a dry towel.
- Insert the smooth side of the screw sets in the "front" handle slab, and lay down on hard / flat surface.
- Add the anodized handle spacer, and stop pin.
- Hold the pivot bushing between your index finger and thumb, and lightly spray with Rem Oil...shaking off all excess oil, leaving a very thin coating.
- Install the pivot bearing making sure to keep oil out of the "pivot pin" threads.
- Take the large blade washer and lightly spray with Rem Oil, and rub in between your fingers leaving a VERY thin layer of oil on both sides.
- Install the large washer over the pivot bushing.
- Pick up the blade, and VERY...VERY lightly rub some Rem Oil on the pivot area, inside, and out, with your finger.
- Install the blade over the pivot pin bushing VERY...VERY carefully. It should EASILY slide right over top of it, so the bushing sets in the blade.
- Lightly oil the small blade washer the same way, and install it over top of the blade.
- "Cock" the blade at approx. a 45 degree angle from the open position. This will keep the stop pin from "seating" all the way before final assembly, which causes the lock bar to fully engage.
- Set the locking side handle slab over top, matching up the holes with the screw pins, and press into place.
- Hold everything together with your index finger, while placing the screws into place, and tighten them down.
- Now, tighten all 3 screws down how you like them, and work the action a few times without locking the blade in the open position.
- Open the blade about 80% of the way open, and lightly "snap" the blade in the open position. Repeat this 3 - 4 times so that the pivot pin "seats" itself for that perfect lock up.
- Check the screws to see that they are still nice and snug.
- Open the blade again, and install the clip. This way, their is no tension on the clip, when tightening the screw down.
I bend my clips so that they just contact the lock bar when in the open position for the perfect clip tension. (However, mine has the clip "notch," so yours may vary.)
- Now, carefully shake the open knife as if you were shaking water out of the pivot area to see that you have no access oil at all. If so, it will come out on the blade, if not, you've done it "right."
- Hit that blade on the fine 204MF sharpmaker stone at a 40 degree angle about 10 times, and wipe some Rem Oil on the whole blade. Remove any access and wipe well with a clean cloth. (Try doing it as if you were "fog" cleaning your eye glasses.) This will keep the finger prints away too.
- Now, work that super smooth action, and shove it in your pocket.
You shouldn't have to relube, (very little) and you won't collect nearly as much pocket junk. Plus, the action is at least twice as smooth now, and all parts are clean...clean..clean.
-AR
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- AKTI Member ID# A000322
[This message has been edited by Jackyl (edited 03-27-2000).]
