Which way do you face your screws?

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Here an old topic...which way do you prefer to face your screws, and why? I use to face them with the smooth side on the left (non-clip side), but not sure how I'll do it this time. Just curious.

-AR
 
Always face mine bass akwards...just looks better to me with all the allen heads on the one side. Especially on the deco and wood inlays. But it even looks better on the plain Sebbies to me. It is funny, everytime I send a Seb to CRK for something...it ships off to CRK bass akwards and returns to me just as it arrives from the factory. Then of course, I immediately disassemble and put it back the correct way!
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I tried turning the screws around on the plain and wood inlayed sebbies coming to the same conclusion on both. Between the clip and the cut in the frame for the lock, there seems to be too much clutter with the allen head openings on that side as well. Seems like all the "Junk" is on one side. I try to balance it out by leaving the screws where their at. Make sense? To some probably not...
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RW
 
Makes sense to me RW, Thats the same way I feel about mine, It just has a more overall balance to it all.



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Always face mine bass akwards...just looks better to me with all the allen heads on the one side. Especially on the deco and wood inlays. But it even looks better on the plain Sebbies to me. It is funny, everytime I send a Seb to CRK for something...it ships off to CRK bass akwards and returns to me just as it arrives from the factory. Then of course, I immediately disassemble and put it back the correct way!
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Ditto! CRK says that it doesn't matter. For these types of fasteners, it shouldn't. Maybe they just do it that way because of ease in some assembly process or something. Then again it may have something to do with some super-secret handshake. Hmmmmmmmmmm?

"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, ..."
1 Corinthians 1:27



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AR

I think of the non-clip side as the presentation side, the pretty side. As a result, I prefer that side with the smooth sides of the screws. Everything clean and neat.

The other side, the working side of the scales, with the clip and lock bar have the allen heads showing.

I e-mailed CRK about this one time and the reply was that the screws are screwed in from what I called the presentation side in the final assembly, therefore allen heads show. Really no thought given as to how it looks, it's just the way a machinist would put it together.

I've changed my small Classic to this configuration, but haven't gotten around to doing the others.

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"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, ..."
1 Corinthians 1:27

Like I said.
 
What? When you say, face them? What? They are allen screws, they do not have a face like flat head screws that looks different. What does this mean?

W.A.

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Wouldn't the Sebenza look better with flush screws? Is there any reason why the knife can't have countersunk holes, or would that weaken the knife too much. Just a thought.

Another item: My Sebenza came with unpolished round heads, so I chucked them onto my Dremel, and polished them against 600 grit sandpaper very lightly. I ended up with a "jeweled" effect, instead of a gloss polish that looks very nice.
 
rodemeister: I should have called you. My large came the same way, but I broke down ($) and bought the polished ones.
 
Just a technicality here, Rodmeister - the handles do have countersunk holes. We use domed screws which give as much depth to the hexagonal hole as possible so that it does not round out (strip) so easily.

Anne
 
??? Still in confusion. Someone put me out of my misery! Please!

W.A.

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OK General,
By "facing the screws" we mean the hex wrench fitting. I recently turned mine around so all the screw hex fittings are on the lock side. By all I mean the 3 assy screws along with the clip screw. All hex fittings on the same side.
Get it?
 
Ok, I am dumb Lenny!

The Hex screws are identical at all points are they not? How can I face that which is the same all around? Perhaps I am missing some terminology here?

W.A.

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Ok, My turn to try...General, you missed seeing the forest because of all those damn trees in the way
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We are not trying to "face" all the screws in the same direction like you could do with a flat head. What we mean is which way do you put them into the Sebenza.

The Sebenza comes from CRK with only the clip screw hex showing on the one side and the other three showing on the front side.

The option of changing this would be to remove the other three and turning them around to the other side. So now you have all four hex heads showing on the same side. On the front side you would now only see the three rouned heads.



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Halleluyah!! I see the light! It is soooo simple! Cheers! Never thought about doing that!

Got me thinking!
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Anyone notice how tricky it is, when you dismantle the Sebi, to put it together a keep the blade from scuffing the edge?

I did it in the end. It is now perfect, not of center or anything and tight with no wobble. Thing is, I am not sure how or what I did that made this possible. It makes me think twice about doing it again. Anyone got a step by step disasembly and re-assembly guide? I am talking step by step and how to make sure the blade is centered especially!

W.A.

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I have had my Sebenza for almost 10 years now and what I usually do when taking it apart is to lay a cloth on my work bench, open the knife and lay it down with allen heads up. I unscrew all the heads, take them out and gently start to close the blade just enough to loosen up the top slab, then pull it off and take everything apart. Then clean it up using hot water, wipe it dry of course. No water on the screws tho, Then for reassembly. lay locking slab down with female posts in it already, put the rear and stop bushing in place, place the pivot bushing on its post then take a washer, mine are both same size, and place it on the bushing, I then use the allen key to gently push the washer down around the pivot bushing till it is flush with slab. Then take blade and place it over pivot bushing in open position, push down with fingers and then seat other washer using allen key to flush it up so it is fully seated around bushing. THen place top slab, start screws and snug them all up. then before final tighten, I gently close knife and snug the rest of the way. then a couple open closes just to make sure and VOILA! SEBENZA!!! ready to go!! I used to keep all the screws just like they came out, but came to realize they are interchangeable and makes no diff. Hey it is easy to dissasemble and fun to boot. I have seen where Chris recommends just removing the pivot screw and sliding blade out, and I am sure there are many other ways to proceed , but I have never experienced a single problem and have had mine apart hundreds of times. always goes right back together. Only real problem I have ever had is once in awhile have to retighten pivot screw. ( some problem)
 
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