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In the past, I have used the grease products from Finish Line (White teflon grease and Dry spray on Teflon grease). I found Tuf Glide did not seem to offer real protection/lubrication with my Sebi. I was always happy with the performance (of the Finish line products). Well the other day I striped down my large Sebi and used the CRK flourinated grease.
The first thing I noticed was it was a far more fluid substance than the white grease I have used in the past. I applied a moderate quantity of said product both sides of the washers and onto the blade washer.
My blade action is now just as smooth as it always was (I also used Militec-1 in the past) in fact that is not the strange thing as I did not expect this product to much improve matters. In truth I just wanted to have the 'proper' pruduct! Sad I know but there we are...
One big difference that I have noticed however is that the lockbar seems to engaged with far my authority and a more significant 'clack'. Secondly there is a noticable click when closing the blade as the ball detent clicks into place. Thus the knife does not open now by accident in my pocket even if I slam into something (which was the only time I had ever found the knife prone to opening in pocket!)
So this begs the question, why has this happened? Well what I think is this, the white grease needed to be in more significant quantities to provide the same level of lubrication. The CRK product less so, as it is probably richer in Teflon per gramme. Thus in a knife with astoundingly tight tolerances like the Sebenza I would argue that the white grease simply created more 'thickness' and thus increased the tolerences to a level the Sebi was not intended to run in an optimon fashion.
To put it another way Anne and Chris know best! Yes its true, it is better than anything else I have used and I have used prety much every lube under the sun!
The first thing I noticed was it was a far more fluid substance than the white grease I have used in the past. I applied a moderate quantity of said product both sides of the washers and onto the blade washer.
My blade action is now just as smooth as it always was (I also used Militec-1 in the past) in fact that is not the strange thing as I did not expect this product to much improve matters. In truth I just wanted to have the 'proper' pruduct! Sad I know but there we are...
One big difference that I have noticed however is that the lockbar seems to engaged with far my authority and a more significant 'clack'. Secondly there is a noticable click when closing the blade as the ball detent clicks into place. Thus the knife does not open now by accident in my pocket even if I slam into something (which was the only time I had ever found the knife prone to opening in pocket!)
So this begs the question, why has this happened? Well what I think is this, the white grease needed to be in more significant quantities to provide the same level of lubrication. The CRK product less so, as it is probably richer in Teflon per gramme. Thus in a knife with astoundingly tight tolerances like the Sebenza I would argue that the white grease simply created more 'thickness' and thus increased the tolerences to a level the Sebi was not intended to run in an optimon fashion.
To put it another way Anne and Chris know best! Yes its true, it is better than anything else I have used and I have used prety much every lube under the sun!
