Care and Maintenance Tips for a Happy, Healthy Sebenza 

Nice to see an older video brought back to life. They’re priceless!!! And always valuable.

Thanks Rob, Took apart my 21 insingo for the very first time after six months of use. This video helped a ton

Hi - Just wanted to thank you for your video. I purchased a used Small Seb that arrived today really filthy. So I took it down and reassembled it, but the action was very stiff and the blade a bit off center. I found your video, watched it, went at it again following your steps and directions, and it went back together just fine with perfect centering. I even had the same grease you used in hand. Anyway, much appreciated!

I was always frustrated reassembling my Sebenzas till I learned your trick to back off the stop pin screw by that 1/4 turn. All is good in the world now.

So my first time cleaning my (new to me) sabenza, it came to me off center a little and I noticed exactly what you were saying... the center hole on my large washer was uneven, almost like the pivot was jammed in there off center and then opened and shut a few times..you actually made a comment in the beginning of this video that provided me with my solution.. I almost sent it back in.. I got to thinking if you sanded your copper washers down maybe I could sand mine flat again.. I did.. and they did (lay flat again) and it's as smooth as glass now.. I used very fine grit sanding stone.. worked like a charm. In the Blade HQ video you referenced.. the final assembly the guy sands the washers to make the kinfe open and close like it should as well I noticed.Thanks for your videos! Much appreciated for we who are newer to the knife world

Just when I thought I watched all your Sebenza videos this popped up in recommended vids ... Had to watch as I'm excited and can't wait for my large Sebenza 21 in the mail !!! lol

Wonderful information and video quality, made me desire a Sebenza that much more. Thank you for the video mate.

Great vid Rob. Thanks for the tips. Just cleaned mine up and had trouble getting it back right. Found your video here and just worked alongside yours and she fit together perfectly.

Great vid. Bought a used large sebenza and figured it needed a good cleaning, which it did. It was in otherwise great shape. This was the video I referenced to take it apart and clean it. Thanks much!

Great video Rob. I love these kind of vids, and I loved that you didn't edit anything out and did it in one straight run.

Thank you, very helpful since I am about to clean my Sebenza for the first time.

Great Video, Love that you share your knowledge in such a way that is easy to understand.

Great video, first time I took down my sebenza I was nervous! After that, I actually enjoy taking it down. Its so easy with the tolerances and the fact it centers itself. Now taking down the domino......not so much fun. Haha

Great vid!! Just re assembled my small 21 Clean and Centered thanks for the info

Excellent video and very informative. I was wondering if you could do a future video of how you polish the washers. Thanks and God bless.

My small sebenza 21 will be here soon. After some good use I'll come back to this :)

You make this look so easy. lol I'm having a heck of a time disassemble and reassemble my small Sebenza. The screw at the bottom of the handle will not budge at all so I gave up on that put back in the ones I was able to get out and now the blade won't move.

Looks like you've done this once or twice, LOL. Great video from a gentleman we all can trust to do it right, the first time. Thank You.

Great instructional vid. I like how you are very OCD about the same screw going back in the same hole (I'm the same way with all my knives). I recently got a magnetic tray to hold the steel hardware during knife dissassembly... it's a great addition. :) Mine could use a bit of WD just for good measure... great idea. :)

Thanks Rob I didn't know I was risking bending my washers.

Thank you for this informative video Rob. Recently acquired a Subenza 21 Micarta inlay from KnifeArt. This knife was made in 06/17. Just took the beauty apart and to my surprise saw that its small blade brass washer is of a different configuration than the larger one. The larger is exactly the same, (the series of cutout holes are round) as the one in this video while the cutout holes that encircle the center hole, which the pivot bushing goes through on smaller of the two washers are squ

Hello, Thanks for the vid, loads of help. Can you please tell me what strops and strop compounds you use for maintaining an edge on the S35? Thanks

Hey Rob, I noticed your pivot screws were on the opposite side when you disassembled the knife. The screws came out on the show side but you put them in on the lock side when you reassembled the knife. Does it matter which side the screws/pivots are on? My guess is no but just wanted your opinion. Thanks.

Looking to have my sebenza smoothies out. Where can I find out the info?

For a Damascus steel blade is there any maintenance for the blade I should be concerned about?

Rob, at 14:45 you mention some "in depth Sebenza videos" when talking about washers. Could you please post a link to these videos?

Rob, I want to purchase a Sebenza, but I'm not sure which one to go for. The Sebenza 21 or 25. Would your care and maintenance tips also apply to a Sebenza 25? I read something about a ceramic ball in the Sebenza 25 and I'm really not sure which one to go for.

Old but gold🎉

Great q-tip trick!

Why do you need the piece of para cord in the lanyard pin? Won’t it stay in without it?

Great video. I subbed as well. I just got my first Sebenza. Should I do what you just did to it?

Would you kindly make one of these for the Benchmade 940?

Thank you for the video. Many useful tips. I dropped my Sebenza on concrete and it got a couple of small scrapes on one of the scales. How would you suggest I fix this? Sand it to smooth it out perhaps? What about the finish?

Thanks. This helped.

Enjoyed the video. Question: Just got my first CR knife, a Sebenza 21 with micarta inlays. The titanium handles look different than a regular Sebenza with no inlays. Can I use WD40 on my scales with the inlays? My scales are bead blasted and just have a different looking texture than a Sebenza without inlays. Really curious. Thank you for any assistance.

I want to use mine for food prep. Possibly more while camping than at home. I was thinking of using mineral oil to lube the washers. Would you recommend using the WD-40 before reassembly so that it does not have the chance of mixing with the mineral oil?

tried to take mine apart and the pivot screws were so tight i stripped them

Thank you!

if i brake a pocket clip, will Chris send a new one to me? i know a lot of knife manufacturers do.

Is it safe to use the WD-40 on a micarta inlayed version? Thanks in advance!

Great video, as always. It seems that there is a correct side washers. I do not refer to the side, but the meaning of each. If one falls, is there any way to know which is the correct side that must be put back? Thank you.

Should the lock be a little sticky? Also...if blade isn't perfectly centered do you have any tips? Sorry if I missed this in another vid somewhere...also thank you for all of your help!

Very nice video Rob, keep up the great work! Just one question - any particular reason you used paper towels rather than cotton cloth of some kind during maintenance?

How often should one lubricate the pivot if it's in daily use? Also, does lubricating the pivot ALWAYS mean removing the blade from the handle, or is there a simpler way?

Good video👍

Perfect...You're very kind & very helpful!!! Sorry to be a pain ;-/

Thank you. Same with the windex? Safe also on the Micarta? Thanks again ;-)

All's good with your Sebenza videos! BUT.... Tell me, why is there a hole in the handle on the end near the lanyard? What's that about?

Thnx Rob

Great video rob! I'm a fellow lefty myself and really love my left handed sebenza's. Random question: I was taking apart my small sebenza 21 LH and noticed the date stamps didn't match. They match on my other three. I purchased it new from James Marsh at Action Concepts back in December 2013. Birth certificate shows August 13, 2013 as the manufacture date. I've read that it's not uncommon for those date stamps to not match... have you heard about that? Love the pics that you and @1allspub share on Instagram! Thanks again! Grace and peace... Happy Easter my brother!

TheApostleP does your lanyard pin rattle? I took my pin out because it started rattling after i removed the lanyard. Thanks!

Put my sebenza back together now it is off centered and scrapes when it closes can't figure it out! The washers are in the right places. It is leaning toward the non locking side and you can see a gap where it needs to be pushed over, can you help!?

I recently picked up a 2016 Sebenza 21 (Small) and it is the tightest Reeve I've ever encountered. After three weeks of two-handed opening and repeated rebuilds, it is still too tight to open with one hand. Going to give it a bit longer to break in but don't have much hope. I think the bushing may be fitting too tight inside the blade and possibly slightly galling.

I don't exactly have a champion-level attention span, but could somebody tell me where he mentions his "secret" use of WD-40. I missed it. Thanks.

The second you said WD-40 I heard 50 people in my head screaming "carcinogens"😂

Would you ever let me send my sebenza and inkosi to you to achieve the same action.

I have to point out to be very very careful with the wd-40. i had a sebenza edc for 6-7 yrs with zero trouble and only wiped it clean and i think even only took it apart once (prior to wd-40 day) simply blew pocket dust and wedged paper towel in to clean. on the fateful wd-40 day i spayed it well around the pivot and so forth. anyway, within a week the ball on the lock arm was locked up and started to put a groove in the blade and nothing i tried would free it. my only thoughts are the wd-40 helped to draw dirt into the bearing space only to be there for worse. in other words, wd-40 ruined my sebenza.

i;m on the verge of buying a large 21 with micarta, think i should? i've wanted one for years and i finally have the money, or should i buy strider?

I've known race car drivers that coated their exhausts with wd40 after every shutdown... Just to give the chrome metal a mellow gold coloration.

This video made me take mine apart to clean and lube it. Did it need it? No!

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Get some canned air for cleaning up excess grease and oil!!!

Rob I own every folder sebenza made, I’ve watched a bunch of your videos, and they are really helpful, but on this video I have to bring something to your attention, you remove screws from show side, then on reassemble you reassembled screws on clip side, just saying, I wouldn’t have noticed but that is the real reason I was watching video to know which is right, show side or clip side,

Nice vid but you should avoid WD40. Its not a lubricant, it dries to a varnish

Sliding the blade when the handle slabs are screwed together is truly a terrible, horrible technique. Why would you do this stupid thing...? (I mean, you've already fully disassembled the knife anyway! lol) You just have to deposit the blade on one of the slab with pivot,washer and bushing, then put the remaining washer on top of blade, then put the slab on top and screw everything back. Also, way too much grease... And windex..? Just wash the stuff using dish soap and warm water omg ... And why the fuck do you put WD40 on titanium..?! Ti doesn't rust ! It's completely useless and will only make the knife dirtier faster and WD40 in constant contact with your skin with sweat etc isn't healthy ... No offense but I strongly suspect that you have no idea what you're doing.

Hey, Rob! I just bought the CTS-204p Military from you and I can’t wait. Would you wipe a black micarta inlay Sebenza down with WD-40 too? Thanks for your vids.