September 28th, 2018:
Here's a shot of her with a soon to be mutilated pumpkin. The kids will do the carving on this, but the Seb may see a little action. You can see the new edge pretty nicely in this picture as well.
GREASE:
Here's a quick opinion on lube since it seems to come up a lot both here and on the gun forums. While I have used, and been happy with, the standard CRK grease, I believe I have found something better. The stock CRK grease works well, but seems to dry out and loose some of it's smoothness after a while. That's the main reason I, and I'm sure a lot of others here, take the knife apart when they get a new one and clean and re-lube it when they start to carry it. And while the CRK grease is designed to work in that drier state, my lube of choice is now:
Ballistol.
I learned about Ballistol from the gun world. Anybody that has a Glock has probably seen Hickok_45 talking about it as he's used it forever on his Glocks. After trying several different greases, I feel that the Sebenza works better with a thick oil instead of a grease. This is where Ballistol shines. It's an oil, but if you leave it for a while it thickens, or coagulates into a very thin grease that looks like a cross between Chapstick and Vasoline, so it doesn't migrate like typical oil does.
Another key benefit that I've noticed with my guns that will hopefully carry over to the knife is that repeated use seems to "season" the surface. Hickok uses the analogy that it's like what happens to a cast iron skillet over time. I can confirm that this does, in fact, hold true with the Glock barrels I use it on, but since this is the first time I've used it on a Sebenza, I'll need a few months to see if that develops here.
One final note: Get the thicker, non-aerosol version of Ballistol. The spray can is too light a coating, but I have found the pour bottles to work very well. I simply pour some into a small needle oiler that you can get from Brownell's or even off ebay or Amazon, and that works perfectly. After a thorough cleaning of all the parts, I apply ONE DROP to each side of the blade and spread it out evenly over the blade, washer surfaces, and pivot bushing with a small model paint brush. This allows and even coating and prevents you from using too much, as just a light and even coat is all you need. Using too much won't affect the action, but will allow the knife to pick up a bunch more crap from your pocket. Give it a try and let me know what you think. Like I said, I've tried tons of different lubes for both knives and guns, and so far this stuff has really impressed me!
