I am the owner and creator of Freestyle leather works, and I am an avid knife enthusiast. I love learning from others, and hopefully others can also learn from me.
I personally would only do this for Inkosi and Umnumzaan, with the adjustable pivot. The washers on a Sebenza are very precise, and you will get side to side play. Just let it break in, lube it. Done. It won't get any more smooth, lockbar pressure it too high.
I’m SO HAPPY my OCD doesn’t apply to my knives. It allows me to just carry a Buck 110 or 112. When I carry my Sebenza or my Norseman I don’t care if it is perfect. 😂 still a great video.
Hi, I'm wondering how does the build quality /tolerances of the CRK and the Norseman compare, I'm trying to decide which one to get,, All the best from England 🇬🇧
Love using a sheaths, I hardly notice it is on me. Always there when I need it. I created made the sheath the same way for 6 of my knives, but have an extra section for an Olight S1R Baton2. I did one for a Spyderco dragonfly same design but in scout carry, and it pretty much is part of my belt.
Try a polymer eraser “Pentel” - super clean sweep, if they get loaded or greased, erase on a piece of cloth, I’ve been using them for years to take pencil lines out of wood projects
*This is exactly what I needed for trimming the edge of oak boards **MyBest.Tools** I also used the disk to round edges while building an oak - walnut cabinet.*
Handamerican made nice strops and compounds. They seemed to disappear 9 or 10 years ago. The phone number I have for them no longer works either. I have a 25 year old Handamerican mahogany table strop with smooth leather on top and the roughout side on the base. A brass piano hinge flips the smooth strop open to reveal the roughout strop. Really nice strop. I use Handamerican silicon carbide 2.5 micron powder on the roughout side and nothing on the smooth side. Razor sharp and mirror polished for 25 years!
I just got a new 31 and all of the resistance seems to come from the ball dragging on the blade. If I push the lock bar far enough out to stop contact, the blade falls totally freely. Part of me was tempted to relieve some of the tension but that feels like asking for trouble. I understand that the crks aren’t meant to be flicky knives but making them a little smoother is all I’d wanna change.. smoother isn’t even the right word, because it is smooth.. I just want a little less tension. Otherwise, it’s my ideal edc and I can deal with it.. It does flick open easy enough but it took a little practice, muscle memory and callus.
unfortunately nah. I just kind of accepted that the CRK's are as they are. Still love em but currently I daily a microtech utx-70. Single edge Bronzed ;-) @@z28k1d
Did you have any issues with your 940 pivot loosening up on you, I’ve tried locktight and many other things, do you have any recommendations to eliminate the pivot from loosing
My sebenza 31 came yesterday and it was garbage out of the box. I think somehow it got dirt or something on the detent ball because I wiped off the ball and the tack where it rides on the blade the best I could without taking it apart and the grit went away and 24 hours later it’s smooth but it is very stiff. Thumb studs are thumb destroyers. My thumb now has a nice indent and is pulsating. Do I quit playing with it, No.
Never tried a diamond compound but been using a rubber eraser (and a hand scrubber brush) on normal compounds for quite a while. dried out / metal filled compound flies right off with a mild brushing and the eraser rolls the more oily pieces into piles that just brush right off. looks like diamond compound may be just as easy to maintain, good to know.
I'm having the same problem now with the scale screw right below the pivot. It's too small to make a slot !??.I've heated up all to get passed the thread locker ,but this one won't come out! Should all be. T 8 not t 6 .any advice would be appreciated Kerry. kerrykitterman@yahoo.com
Long time since this video. Still relevant. I've also settled on 0.5um diamond spray for the exact reasons you list. It's fast and leaves a tooth and (surprisingly) also a mirror polish. I got some from the "Chef's Knives to go" website - it came as part of a magnetic stropping kit, It's marked "Richmond" 0.5 Micron and retails for $16.97 for a somewhat smaller bottle (1 oz I believe). I'm relatively new to this, having started woodcarving and picked up the side hobby of sharpening (something I've dabbled in for years, but have now decided to do right) I'm using a Cerax 1000 followed by a Chosera 3000 and tried dozens of strop combinations to finish. Right now, It's the .5 um diamond spray on kangaroo, or hard balsa. It's a close race on the substrate and seems to depend on the blade. If anyone sees this, maybe you can tell me, it this still the hot tip, 7 years later? I really like this stuff, but it IS pricey. I tend to use it maybe a little too liberally. The eraser tip is good, I'll be trying that, I've been cleaning with a cabinet scraper or dull blade. The eraser should work much better on the balsa. Thanks BigBubba!
No. It should have value that reflects the price. Value is (to an extent) subjective, but you will not get superior build quality and refinement from any other knife at a price equal or lower. Choosing words carefully here, there are companies and makers who will incorporate higher end steels or more exotic materials, but the fitment of individual parts, machining, grind, usability, universal ergonomics, heat treatment, and attention to detail are unmatched at this price point.
@@youtubethrowaway9324 Does it? It demonstrates the knife can run slightly smoother if the washers are more polished, and only that, I never mention smoothness because everyone likes it slightly different (to an extent of course). CRK knives cannot be perfect, because perfection is subjective, but in the dimensions in which knives can be objectively better or worse, they are unbeatable at the price point. This isn't being a cultist it's just coming to fairly straightforward conclusions. If you find anything at this price that is better in the dimensions I mentioned in my previous comment, then just prove me wrong dude :/
@@maksszmyd1913 no, he says that the washers are not the correct sizes. Stop twisting the facts. A knife priced this high and of such basic design and materials and that is lauded for its "perfect tolerances!!!" Should not require that its washers be ground to proper thickness by the customer . The video doesn't show "polishing" it shows grinding down the washers THEN polishing them up. Give me a break . And about that? Why don't they come polished already? Need to pay 200 more dollars or something? "Some people don't like that a knife is as smooth as possible " HAHAHAH yeah right, that explain the ball bearings craze that has stormed the knife industry, I guess ! I know some of you will NEVER stop sucking reeves penis and never accept any legitimate criticisms. His knives sell on mythology and reputation and are overpriced. Period.
RU-vidThrow Away Well, thanks for your time, but you haven’t really proved me wrong. Read my comment carefully. I’m saying that it isn’t perfect, I’m saying that for the price that it’s at you won’t find a better made knife. Also the way people like action is definitely subjective. Some individuals like a tighter action, either because they think it’s more secure, easier for them to operate, or they just got used to it. And what I said was tighter, not grittier. What you said is like thinking there is no way for men to be attracted to fat women because of the rising demand for women to be skinny. I do accept criticism, CRK knives are far from perfect. All I ever said is that FOR THE PRICE they don’t have competition in the dimensions I mentioned. If you want to argue, prove this statement wrong because you’re trying to cover a field that’s too wide. By the way a basic design isn’t a bad thing, these knives were meant to fit as many people and as many uses as possible, it is basic because that is its purpose and people buy It because it is so basic.
I've been looking for a way to narrow down the number of knives I have on the lamp-table next to my easy chair, and now I have a decent approach. If I can't middle-finger flick them open, they're going in the knife safe for now. Also, just a comment about knife mechanics--easing off on the pivot screw will generally make it easier to flick your knives open, at some sacrifice in blade-centering and possibly also increase in any blade-stick against the lock. And finally, as much as I like small leather items, I ain't going to take up any space anywhere with a leather case, with the possible exception of my Ipad.