Amaaaaazing. I just took this to my week old sabenza 31 which I had cleaned and used the CRK grease already. I added a few drop of KPL Original and BAM!!!. It is flicking like a dream. Smoooth and glassy. Thanks Man, this is genius!!!

You sir are 100% correct. Thank you. Two thumbs up. Worked great.

Just got my first seb and mixing oil and grease works amazing. Flicks like a dream now!! Thank you so much.

Great vid thanks👍. Which weight Nano oil did you use…?

I've tried this with my large Inkosi. Crk grease and 10w nano oli. Maybe 10% more smooth than with grease only. So, yes, I will work a little. Do not expect too much.

I can definitely attest to this. I got a Umnumzaan in on Friday, and after deploying it which definitely showed resistance, I cleaned it and added that “PB&J” (Flourinated grease and KPL Heavy) it was like night and day.

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

Team PB&J 4 Life 👊

@jnsnteng

Жыл бұрын

thank you guys! I was wondering where to get the nano oil and I saw your comment and applied "PB&J" on my umnumzaan, it really got smoother!

I like washers and thumbstuds! My favorite knives have them. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Austria

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

First! Haha good stuff as always, man! I’ve been using mineral oil for years but maybe I’ll delve into the world of fancy knife lubes. I also have some Fireclean that I use for my pew pews that I may try.

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks for watching dude!! Play around with what works best… you never know!

If you dont mind helping me out, what take down pad are you using?

I recently have started using Gunny Glide. Treated knives running on washers act like ones on bearings.

I gotta give that a try. My man chucknunface uses that same formula for his folders too. That 630 hollow regrind looks sick. I wouldn’t mind getting something like that done to mine. Never found the Capitalist dude🤷‍♂️

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

Ah man 😔 Next time I see one I can alway proxy for you. And if you want a regrind on your 0630 there’s a guy on IG I used, I’ll about you a DM!

Like most novices to the hobby, CRK with their precision manufacturing and history, was the first knife I wanted. Now, after hoarding more sought after grails for almost a year, I thought it time to go back and acquire my first CRK. Having previous experience with other washer based knife, I knew about the possible break-in period and some methods I successfully used in lieu of month long useage. However, what I did not expect was the Herculean efforts needed to pry open my new CRK using both hands. Despite a complete disassembly, cleaning, and thorough greasing, it was substantially easier to thumb roll (with a 50% deployment rate) but thumb flicking would be a forgone afterthought. There was significant force required to eject the blade from the locking detent ball. Perhaps my thumb needed some training or more likely, this new CRK zaan needed a new home. A final effort of the aforementioned dissassembly, slight washer sanding with 2000 grit sandpaper, the addition of nano oil 10W+grease, and loosening of the pivot collar, and viola! My small sized female hands can easily thumb deploy this oversized knife. I guess I'll be keeping it in the collection now :). Thanks for the informative video!

Pure serpentine oil infused with nano silver particles, the exact ratio of which depends on the combination of blade steel and phosphorus bronze washer, is the only way to go!

I was sitting here watching videos and I seen this and I was like I have to try this and sure shit it’s so much more smother on my spyderco this is my new way for all my copper washers

Late to the game here. Thanks for the video! I just got my first CRK, an Umnumzaan, and it is stiff. I'm going to give it another week of opening and closing then I'll try your method. I'm either going to use KPL and the grease or Gunny Juice. Have you ever lightly polished your washers (I have) or is that taboo? Thanks again!

@cody3078

3 ай бұрын

No need to polish the washers. Zaan is a bear to break in but as it polishes naturally and your thumb callouses develop you’ll forget how you ever struggled with it

I might have to give this a go with my zaan its well worn in but i think it deserves better then just using lard like i have been

Is that the stock Zaan lanyard pin? It looks different 🤔

Great video as usual. Hear that some are "polishing" brass washers with "Flitz" or ???

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, you can also polish as well. I’ve gone as far as to lightly wet sand with 2000 grit before polishing with Flitz. This combo of lube and grease is the icing on the cake though I think…

@jayr526

7 ай бұрын

I use The White stone from the Spyderco Sharp maker to polish my washers.

I mostly use KPL. Wonder how all the different versions of KPL work with grease?

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

It’s worth trying in the name of science!!!

@ArrowVelocity

10 ай бұрын

Kpl heavy works ok but less smooth than crk grease. Usually use the default crk grease and kpl on the ball tract line

I use "Slick 'Em All" and plain old 3 in 1 oil, which is a LIGHT Machine oil.....works GREAT........the REAL trick is to get the clearances set right...especially on a Sebenza, which is more difficult because the Pivot is supposed to be set tightened TIGHT, and to function correctly, the tolerance is measured in 10 thousandths....which most folks have no way to measure.....soooo....if you take too much off the washers smoothing them, you must take some off the bushing to compensate.....fun stuff........my Sebenza will now Drop shut, (until it hits me thumb), and is an easy thumb Flik, with no Blade rock or lock rock....and BTW, it's less than a week old,... Magnacut also ! .... love it ! ....best knife ever made by anybody anywhere.....OnWard........

@alextan2465

8 ай бұрын

Can you share how did you get the tolerance right? I have a new sebenza 31 and it is rather tight

I'm a long time mineral oil user, but I'm grease-curious. I'd love to try this! How do I get a hold of some CRK fluorinated grease if I don't own any CRK knives?

@frankiejdwm_edc1037

2 жыл бұрын

You can order tubes right from CRKs website, and sometimes DLT, or BHQ have some in stock.

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

You can pickup other brands online, they even come in nice easy to use syringes too!

@frankiejdwm_edc1037

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCasualCutter have you ever used Nano-Grease? I've been curious, just already got sooo much stuff (don't need more lubes than knives) 🤣😂🤣

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankiejdwm_edc1037 Hah, I have not. I’ve just been rocking the same Nano oil I’ve had since like 2019 😂. Already had the CRK grease too so I decided to try the combo.

@ZPositive

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCasualCutter alright, I'm now the proud owner of some Finish Line brand Extreme Fluoro grease. Being a scientific kinda guy, I'm trying out the grease-only approach on my Spydiechef and Endela before testing your half & half method. The smoothness is a huge step up from mineral oil, but it's not a fast action. Just super luxurious feeling. I'll try out the half & half next.

What is that other knife? Not the CRKs or the ZT…

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

Quiet Carry Drift

The slurry is king

@TheCasualCutter

2 жыл бұрын

Hell to the yeah

I had a total Crocodile Dundee moment the second you flung The Blade out on that CKF Capitalist that's a hell of a blade there, nothing new for the guys @ CKF Knives!

What I find interesting is how first the author states that washers are superior because they are flat against the blade, implying that they really never need maintenance. BUT quickly follows with cleaning, re-lubing these supposedly 'never need cleaning' knives. Huh? Strange enough, to be sure, but then to follow up with 'ok, if you put LIGHT oil on HEAVY grease (duh) it works BETTER. Yeah, almost as good as bearings. Here's the real point, for the price of CRK knives, they should NEED no "break in", they should be perfection right out of the box. The fact that not only do they NEED break in, but even after being "worn in" you STILL need "magic sauce" to make them function almost as well as bearings do right out of the box. Things that make you go Hmmmmmm. BTW, teflon washers are always smoother than phosphor bronze. This is why a $12 SRM is as smooth out of the box as a tuned and "worn in" CRK.

@funk_face4744

7 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Just got my first two sebenzas. Large & small the small seems to be really smooth and easy to flick but I may have to try this with the large! Thanks and I use kpl original 🫡