Seki quality follow up

[Scottpomeroy]

I recently posted about wanting a k390 model but was worried about the quality coming out of Seki. I ended up ordering an Endela and am happy to say it is excellent. Just as good as the Endura models I bought years ago. My faith has been restored.

[ejames13]

Was the edge clean? Both K390 Seki knives I've gotten had a nasty burr on the edge. Have heard the same from others too.

[Sharp Guy]

Was the edge clean? Both K390 Seki knives I've gotten had a nasty burr on the edge. Have heard the same from others too.

I have a K390 Wharnie Delica and a K390 Endela. Actually been switching between both the past few days. Both came with great edges.

[Scottpomeroy]

Was the edge clean? Both K390 Seki knives I've gotten had a nasty burr on the edge. Have heard the same from others too.

The edge was definitely toothy but i did not detect a burr

[Brock O Lee]

Thanks for the follow-up. I'm not surprised... Enjoy!

[olywa]

My most recent Seki models are a Police 4 LW SE in K390 and an Endela in PD#1. Both have excellent fit & finish, good blade centering, zero blade play or rock, nice even grind, and a clean, sharp, though somewhat coarse, edge. Screws were snug but not tight. I added a little blue loctite to them and a drop of KPL on the pivot, then tweaked the edge to my liking and put them to work.

[Albertaboyscott]

Glad you picked one up. I've been on a seki binge lately (I find them best for work) and have really been enjoying them. Now if the summer heat would ease up a bit ill carry my k390 more. Cheers

[Paul Ardbeg]

Good to hear! Got another Seki backlock this week and it's excellent.

[SpyderEdgeForever]

Good to hear! Got another Seki backlock this week and it's excellent.

This is a very encouraging news.

[JohnNYPD]

I have a year old Delica Wharncliffe K390 & a three week old Endela Sprint Micro Melt PD1.

Quality of both have been very good. No Blade Rock,
Edge on both were perfect, no side play & very smooth action. I would give Seki City a AAA+++

Keep up the great work !!!

[GT99]

I have the Endura k390 wharncliffe and the stretch 2 K390, the Endura grind was not uniform on one side, the front half was at 15dps whihc was no issue as I sharpened the entire knife to 15dps anyways and the stretch came perfect. didnt know there was a quality issue at all, mine were just as good as say a golden model with FRN

[Palestrina]

Three Delicas at the moment, all are close to perfect.

No complaints.

[vivi]

I continue to be baffled, then.

Every single lockback I have from Spyderco has vertical play, but every week someone posts about their zero play lockbacks here.

I think I'm going to bust out a scale and record how much pressure it takes on the cutting edge to make the locks rock on all my spyderco lockbacks.

I don't feel like I'll ever get to the bottom of this. How I can have handled over 500 spyderco lockbacks, all with some degree of rock, but everyone else here has zero play lockbacks.

I don't even care about the rock on my knives. I just want to know why I can't find any spydies without it, but everyone else can.

My Catcherman sprint included. Rocked right out of the box. Still love all my spydie lockbacks either way most carried knives I own.

[cabfrank]

I have some with, but I absolutely have, and had some without.

[weeping minora]

FWIW, the TiCN coated Seki knives I have experienced had zero "lock rock", which has been about 8 examples so far. All but a few satin knives have had at least a slight hint of rock.

[vivi]

FWIW, the TiCN coated Seki knives I have experienced had zero "lock rock", which has been about 8 examples so far. All but a few satin knives have had at least a slight hint of rock.

I've got my scale and notepad ready. I'll be doing the testing after I write my Catcherman review. I have unused TiCN and satin seki lockbacks to test as well as users. It's something I always check for out of the box so I know it isn't something that's developed through rough use.

[Scandi Grind]

You know it is an interesting note, it seems that the slight amount of movement that my Endura has probably originates with the pivot bushing having a little wiggle, not the lock mechanism. It might not always be the lock that is rocking if mine is any example.

[R100]

I continue to be baffled, then.

Every single lockback I have from Spyderco has vertical play, but every week someone posts about their zero play lockbacks here.

I think I'm going to bust out a scale and record how much pressure it takes on the cutting edge to make the locks rock on all my spyderco lockbacks.

I don't feel like I'll ever get to the bottom of this. How I can have handled over 500 spyderco lockbacks, all with some degree of rock, but everyone else here has zero play lockbacks.

I don't even care about the rock on my knives. I just want to know why I can't find any spydies without it, but everyone else can.

My Catcherman sprint included. Rocked right out of the box. Still love all my spydie lockbacks either way most carried knives I own.

Count me baffled too. I have 34 Seki and 8 Golden lockbacks and they all have some degree of lock rock. Given this is 100% of a sample size of 42, I find it very difficult to accept that others have multiple examples with zero rock lock. Sometimes a brand new knife will be quite tight but as soon as it has a little use the rock is evident. I think it must be a matter of the way people use their knives. When the rock is obvious is bearing down hard on an unyielding surface. Unless the knives they are talking about are unused I find it difficult to accept that if they were gripped firmly and the blade pressed down strongly onto a cutting board as if cutting something hard, that there would no rock at all. Either that or I am incredibly unlucky. 42 out of 42 is long odds.

Lock backs are still well and truly my favourite lock type by the way.

Dan

[SpyderEdgeForever]

I recently posted about wanting a k390 model but was worried about the quality coming out of Seki. I ended up ordering an Endela and am happy to say it is excellent. Just as good as the Endura models I bought years ago. My faith has been restored.

This makes me so happy.

[olditguy]

I have 27. They all had some degree of up and down blade movement when I received them.