Umnumzaan complete take down tool from bhyde...

I was asked by a fellow forum member to make a special tool for his special Umnumzaan. He requested that Titanium be used so, here is the result. Took longer but overall, this has turned out better than I had expected. I also moved the location of the 5/64 hex to a location that seems a little easier to carry.

Material: CP2 (comercially pure titanium) perhaps a little more special than he realized but this is what I had.

Hope he likes the results!

Forgive the pics, there is a reason I am a machinist and not a photographer!

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Bill
 
:D Ahh,,,great. Looks as if with the relocation of the hex tool, it will be easier to see the screw heads now. :thumbup:

Good job. I will have to order one of the Ti one's when my ship comes in.
For now I will have to use the original one, which as I have said, is a fine tool.
 
While the relocation of the hex key makes the tool a little less "pleasing to the eye", I think it will be more practical as one is able to actually see the screw heads now. Nice improvement!
 
akubra said:
While the relocation of the hex key makes the tool a little less "pleasing to the eye", I think it will be more practical as one is able to actually see the screw heads now. Nice improvement!
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Yeah, what he said. :thumbup:
 
Just wanted to bump this on up there and say Bhyde's takedown tool is great! I just received mine today in the mail, and it is very well thought out. :thumbup:

At first I thought I was going to need 2 of them becuase the pivot was spinning when I tried it, but after I applied a good amount of pressure to the female side (lockbar side) of the pivot with my thumb, the male side broke free. It had a little dab of loctite in there, so that's probably what was holding it.

Even though the Umnum operated smoothly, I found the grease to be a little gunky and had some grit and pocket lint mixed in there. I cleaned it out, re-applied, and put it back together with the takedown tool and all is well again.

I'm not sure when CRK plans to release a takedown tool of their own, but I think Bhyde's got a winner on his hands. Any of you with and Umnum need to get in touch with him and grab on of his takedown tools while we wait for an official release.

Thanks again Bill, great job!:thumbup:

-Dan
 
Thanks Dan!


I appreciate the comments- ALOT! I am in the very least hoping that these tools are selling Umnumzaans for CRK as I am very aware that people want a way to take their great knife down for maintenance.
I am aware of this because I have been told as such in my transactions. It really is too bad that I don't have the time to market these tools like I should through various channels like resellers or distributors as I think only a fraction of the knives are sold to BF or other forum members.

I in no way want to step on Chris Reeve Knives nor should any of my comments be taken as such- That is my main collection of edged tools- CRK! If CRK so chose, we could work out a deal for all the files, (Solidworks) as I would sell it very cheap!

But- I am not always happy to rest on my laurels and CRK is not the only maker that does not have a tool available for their product (yet)

I won't mention any names- I don't think I have to- and there is a maker who has a similar design that is next.

This is a multi knife tool- Works on both pictured.

Material: 440c (heat treatable if necessary and rust resistant)
Length: 1.15in (provides a bit more leverage for the sticky pivots)

-I am not currently selling this revision as I don't have numbers for it yet-

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Bill
 
Count me in for that one too! :thumbup:

Bill's machine work is top notch. I now have a precision tool to go with the precision of a CRK knife!

-Dan
 
Great looking work!

Ever thought off making a "old school tool" for those of us that just have hex head knives? It would open your market up a bit.

Edit: I suppose I could just buy an umnum tool and ignore one side.
 
DaveH said:
Great looking work!

Ever thought off making a "old school tool" for those of us that just have hex head knives? It would open your market up a bit.

Edit: I suppose I could just buy an umnum tool and ignore one side.
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Or you could buy an Umnum tool, and then an Umnum! :D
 
Dave,

Honestly, I never thought of making a tool for the wrench only- It never occurred to me that people may want just the allen wrench for their Sebbies on a Keychain or such. As with any project- the higher the interest, the higher the motivation to make this worth doing. I do not blame you for not wanting to pay this price for a hex head tool...I personally would just simply take an allen wrench.

PM me your address Dave- I will see what I can get to you. Something like this is easy enuff that I can make one without issue or cost other than postage-

I probably should state that if you are not DaveH- I will probably not make this custom tool regardless of begging or pleading. This is a one off to gage interest only and the idea does belong to DaveH!

Might be a little while when I get a break from studies and the full time job but I will see what I can do-


Bill

DaveH said:
Great looking work!

Ever thought off making a "old school tool" for those of us that just have hex head knives? It would open your market up a bit.

Edit: I suppose I could just buy an umnum tool and ignore one side.
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Death's Head said:
Just received this take down tool for the Umnumzaan from bhyde, and as
I've used the tool to take down my Um several times already today to test out different lubes, and it has worked perfectly every time. I can't recommend this tool enough for every Um owner or soon to be Um owners.
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Which lubes did you test out and what did you find out?

Also I just received the tool today from bhyde, awesome piece of kit. I love having the right tool for a job and this one does it. Well done!
 
bhyde said:
Dave,

Honestly, I never thought of making a tool for the wrench only- It never occurred to me that people may want just the allen wrench for their Sebbies on a Keychain or such. As with any project- the higher the interest, the higher the motivation to make this worth doing. I do not blame you for not wanting to pay this price for a hex head tool...I personally would just simply take an allen wrench.

PM me your address Dave- I will see what I can get to you. Something like this is easy enuff that I can make one without issue or cost other than postage-

I probably should state that if you are not DaveH- I will probably not make this custom tool regardless of begging or pleading. This is a one off to gage interest only and the idea does belong to DaveH!

Might be a little while when I get a break from studies and the full time job but I will see what I can do-


Bill
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i like this idea!!!!!!!

if you make it and i buy my next seb like i am planning, i will buy your tool.
 
jjpaul- Glad that you find the tool to your liking! Let me know if there is anything else I can do fo you!

biggerjon- Again- I appreciate your interest in the tool for the Sebenza! I will make a new post if/when the tool is available.

It is hard to gage the interest in any of these unless I hear about them in some fashion- Believe me- It is entirely too easy to sink time and money into making this kind of tool only to have them sit on a shelf somewhere- So, if you are interested let me know somehow!


Bill
 
Bill, I had an idea. I'm about to ship the passaround sebenza to morrow98 for him to run. If you haven't sent my tool out could you ship to him. Or if you had an umnun tool made up, send him one of those instead?

That way the seb passaround could have a take down tool too.

(I hope I'm making sense)
 
Dave-

It's probably not a bad idea to have the Umnum tool for the passaround as it may work for any future CRK passaround stuff you may get-

I will send whomever you want the tool- All I need is the shipping address!

Btw- The tool does not include the one you are getting from me- They are both taken care of aready as far as I am concerned. Just need to have the addy is all!

Bill
 
bhyde said:
It is hard to gage the interest in any of these unless I hear about them in some fashion- Believe me- It is entirely too easy to sink time and money into making this kind of tool only to have them sit on a shelf somewhere- So, if you are interested let me know somehow!
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Bill,

So I've used the tool a number of times in order to get the tuning of my Un.... just right. Here's a few suggestions I could come up with.

1. On the special edition you have the hex bit on the side, if you are changing the tool to make that a standard feature I'd say maybe stick a T6 (hardened) bit on the opposite side. I always need either T6 or T8 depending on the folder.

2. If at all possible coat (rubber?) the two metal bits for the main pivot of the Unm... It is very easy to scratch the pivot as is.

3. Again only if you are moving the bit to the side, stick a lanyard hole in the middle, not sure I'd use this or not but I can see it being handy.

The above are just suggestions to get it perfect. As is I can't imagine anyone having an Um... without this tool. :thumbup:
 
JJPaul-

The T-6 is in the works for the tool of two knives (clever eh?) The issue with this particular too right now is the cost- They will run between $50.00-60.00 after all the work that is involved in them. 4 separate mill operations. I am kicking around some other ideas at the moment because I am not sure anyone wants to pay that for this tool but feel free to correct me on this...

The pins are changing a bit as well- They will have a full radius and no sharp edges- This is why I now have a lathe at home!

The thought of a lanyard hole has came up many times, but I lack the room to implement one if I include the T6, Otherwise, I am seriously considering the lanyard hole as it will be a minor addition.


Bill



JJPaul said:
Bill,

So I've used the tool a number of times in order to get the tuning of my Un.... just right. Here's a few suggestions I could come up with.

1. On the special edition you have the hex bit on the side, if you are changing the tool to make that a standard feature I'd say maybe stick a T6 (hardened) bit on the opposite side. I always need either T6 or T8 depending on the folder.

2. If at all possible coat (rubber?) the two metal bits for the main pivot of the Unm... It is very easy to scratch the pivot as is.

3. Again only if you are moving the bit to the side, stick a lanyard hole in the middle, not sure I'd use this or not but I can see it being handy.

The above are just suggestions to get it perfect. As is I can't imagine anyone having an Um... without this tool. :thumbup:
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bhyde said:
JJPaul-

The T-6 is in the works for the tool of two knives (clever eh?) The issue with this particular too right now is the cost- They will run between $50.00-60.00 after all the work that is involved in them. 4 separate mill operations. I am kicking around some other ideas at the moment because I am not sure anyone wants to pay that for this tool but feel free to correct me on this...

The pins are changing a bit as well- They will have a full radius and no sharp edges- This is why I now have a lathe at home!

The thought of a lanyard hole has came up many times, but I lack the room to implement one if I include the T6, Otherwise, I am seriously considering the lanyard hole as it will be a minor addition.
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Bill,

The T6 would be a nice to have, but for me personally not worth a huge increase in price. The lanyard hole is nice 2, but I can live without it as well. I'd rather have the T6 vs the lanyard hole, but don't think its worth a big price change. Which I'm sure is no help at all for you.

I don't have a Strider yet (waiting for a couple cool ones to show up in stock) but I'll definitely order up the T2K version when you start selling them.
 
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