Take-Down: F95 "Banner"

It flies open and the closing was pretty smooth but.... *grrrt*, *grrrk* it goes ever so slightly. Contaminants. Could have let things be for awhile but curiosity got the better of me. Just got to see the insides :)

Anyway time for another grease lube combo experimentation but first,

Yup proper tool for the job, still on the side of caution... masking tape wouldn't hurt.  Snug fit, easy open for both screws.

Bearing retainer for these newer F95 is different from others I have opened up before, Cammie and CF in-lay F95... those had a bevelled retainer and distinct race grooves. Race on handle sides for this one is flat.

  Same 17 bearings per side though...

MRBS retainer seems to be flat and I know of a few F95 out there were using MRBS and was wondering if someday I can get my hands on spare MRBS -- will they fit here?

and...

Dodgy Caliper Work: Vernier is the defacto tool to reach out for but I always wanted a micrometer since playing with one as a kid in the science lab... time to go e.shopping again.

Cleanup...

Packing it back up...

Magnetic bits is a blessing to have

Action...

Update: 2nd Banner Takedown and comparison

Before going into the comparison, here's the video to compare with the above one.

Yes yes, you are not seeing double..it's 2 different Banner out of the 70 for this special commemoration.  This one was for my good friend Koji-san. Which as usual of him these days, he just passes it to me for tuning even when knife is brand new...


Now this F95 Nudie would be an older SRBS. How do you tell when 2 looks pretty much the same from the outside? The jimping? the blade steel? Nope. those are just different options available (except for the stepped in swedge/ jimping which has become a Custom Division only signature).

Ok here's the diff... or as far as I could tell and handled, apple to apple, older SRBS (traced that back to early 2014 and before) has a beveled retainer and grooved race as per pic on left column below. The flat retainer and flat race were seen on newer knives.

"Theories" as to why they may cause the differences in the action seen in the vids?-- Guess I'll leave that to another day...