How to disassemble and maintain the CRKT CEO Pocketknife

Today, we'll take apart an interesting knife, and do some beautiful things for the action, in the CRKT CEO Pocketknife.

[@charliethegent]

anyone else love this guy's voice and that he know his shit?

[@danc2207]

Absolutely. Nick should be voicing Pixar movies

[@joejoelesh1197]

Thank you! I bought one for my partner, who works in a very dirty environment. It is not their main work knife, but it does get carried in. I noticed today that it needs a good cleaning. This video will help a lot. Also I like your asides, and manner. Thank you

[@pomprocks]

A rubber o-ring around bearings seems like it would be a good idea. Shouldn't affect the action and would prevent dust and dirt from getting into the bearing.

[@toddbowers418]

Mine arrived in the mail today. Wow! Super snappy action right out of the box and pretty damn sharp. Between the CEO and the Pilar III, I am becoming a fan of CRKT. Can’t wait to wear this if I ever get back to my office. I hope I never have to take it apart and that’s a beautiful thing. ;)

[@larrymarsico4059]

Thanks Nick! Can't wait to grab 1 of these sweet stylish gentleman's EDC's!

[@qook1543]

I just received mine a couple days ago and I absolutely love it 👌👌

[@BMXmagic8]

qook 15 same here 👌🏼

[@qook1543]

@@BMXmagic8 I love the feel of the handle

[@markp2353]

This is one of my favorite knives. I have problems with my hands & need a knife for many things most people don't. The CEO has a blade large enough to be useful & because of its "deicate" appearance it looks more benign look than many other tactical folders. Plus it opens & closes easily with one hand.

[@OCD4EDC]

The Teflon outer ring is for sure there as a dirt prevention device. I'm kind of XOC'ED CRKT doesn't refer/market that ring as the DPD. It will be great if they do moving forward.

[@ElJeFe556]

Huh

[@WilliamMancel]

@@ElJeFe556 dust prevention device would be my guess

[@ElJeFe556]

Gotcha

[@marcmartens4831]

Love the disassemble & maintain videos Nick. Thank you so much 👍s up

[@IXSevXI]

Working on 3 of these for wedding gifts. Thank you for this video and I feel your pain on this one lmao

[@larrysmitt6440]

Thanks Nick for the breakdown. Very informative.

[@markv9251]

Just discovered your channel and subscribed Nick! I'm a knife fiend and I'm really looking forward to watching some of your other videos! I also just received my CEO this morning and to watch you disassemble and clean it helps a lot! Thx!

[@ozedc7286]

Nick can you please do a dismantle of the crkt ripple it Verry interesting

[@unionse7en]

tip: save old fone books, rip off the cover and expose a clean page as a work surface for all of your clean parts.

[@stoneblue1795]

I like the design, but am not a fan of CRKT knives. Had a liner lock fail on me and I won't let them off for that. Great review in any case. Thumbs up.

[@grahamcawthorne3720]

Just picked one of these guys up and I love it! Now that you have put in the hard work, I know what to lookout for when I'm disassembling it to sharpen. Love that Seamaster btw!

[@danielweber1858]

The washers underneath the bearings could provide better surface gliding and act as a protection, so that the balls can‘t eat into the handle. You could easily replace them after many thousand flips :)

[@IloveGlass]

nicholis i have never seen your work mat so dirty ever and it's making me extremely anxious. Thank you for the content nonetheless.

[@kampferbrooks6087]

Am I the only one who freaked out when he didn't put the spacer first then the bearings?!! But anyways Nick I Love You and Your Work!!!!

[@AndrewD50297045]

This was my first time on your channel😂😂 loved it. "you little bastard".

[@jamesmorrison7847]

It's a cute little letter opener / nose picker. If you tried to cut anything besides paper it will snap like a potato chip.

[@hanaroo5515]

Mine didnt come with the washers or Teflon. I did get mine when they first came out though. Perhaps they updated it people people were complaining about the rough action(the main problem was the stiff detent I think).

[@jlborish]

Thanks brother for doing what you do man. 👊💥💯

[@jojojeep1]

I had a problem with the pivot screw it wouldn’t fit flush it just didn’t fit like it grew with something I don’t know

[@RN-ts2kq]

Am I the only one who imagines Nick carrying on these conversations even when the camera isn’t running?

[@qook1543]

I just bought The CEO and I love it

[@johnrandomuser]

Hi Nick. When you talk about the cupping, are you saying that the concave side should be adjacent to the bearings? In other words, don’t try to “correct” the cupping, but rather keep it as it was?

[@NickShabazz]

Yup

[@RolexDSSD]

Nice Omega 👍🏼

[@Blackhoodie85]

Any recommendations for sharpening this knife? It's already so thin - I'm worried about damaging or oversharpening it.

[@yoda1037]

I got a rat 1 today

[@ocomegashadowstacking5886]

Wow really amazing knife reviews!!! ^^

[@brodon4886]

Can I take the pocket clip off or do the screws hold the scales on?

[@markv9251]

Yes BD, you can take the clip off and re-install the screws, but it's not necessary for holding the scales on, simply for appearance sake. Be sure to not overtighten the screws without the clip, otherwise they go in too far and rub against the blade!

[@mikahdogg5055]

My knife is super tight and hard to open will it loosen over time or do I need to loosen it?

[@mrt862]

absolutely infuriating watching you work. you got there in the end so good work👍

[@jojojeep1]

The nylon washer is to keep dust and dirt out of the ball bearings

[@jediedc2375]

I was starting to fall asleep when all of a sudden some drama when the knife was thrown to the mat!

[@Keith_the_knife_freak]

Nice work

[@danielducu]

Love the Pakistan tweezer :)

[@TrueArcBaron]

Is these a normal process for this knife? Just got one as a gift

[@rickagg-qp1hj]

can you put the CRKT flipper blade in this body????

[@liamroarke7991]

Oh god I've been waiting for this review for a WHILE. Genuinely super curious as to if this particular knife is worth picking up.

[@PD5K]

No, crkt is subpar.

[@ElJeFe556]

I ordered one as soon as it was released, and the example I received was absolutely terrible, in every way. I sent it back.

[@jho107]

I've been carrying mine every day for the better part of a year. Personally I love it, then again I look at it as more of a glorified letter opener than a knife. Definitely not a hard use kind of knife, but for opening boxes, letters, general use it's great. Not so much if you're the kind of person who uses their knife as a tool. Definitely a lot of better options out there, but it makes for a pretty decent and discrete carry piece.

[@johnc646]

I like it a lot. Very elegant. However, there’s a reason it’s called CEO. How often have you seen a CEO use a knife?

[@Orochi_001]

What is your padded mat, precisely? Thanks!

[@ibanez7412]

I have the same mat, bought it from gearbest

[@13irishsailors]

Look in his video about the tools he uses to disassemble! He also should have a link in the description of that video and alot of his other videos to his Amazon account which has the mat and some of his other tools.

[@gregm963]

I have this knife but I can't open it one handed. I'm afraid of slicing my thumb open or having it fly across the room. It's going back.

[@mattchoo2650]

Did he forget the links to his equipment or am I stupid

[@edrader]

nice knife with crap steel, and expensive. check out the RUIKE P865-B, which is my favorite knife of the year so far and a frequent carry at half the price.

[@pitiedvod]

This. Not sure how CRKT can get some many great designs and then cut so many corners on the manufacturing, they ruin the lot of them.

[@edrader]

a Chinese company made this knife it would have D2 steel and cost $25-$35

[@druid799]

The ruike May be the better knife BUT me personally I don’t like the look of it , which means it’s going to stay in its box in the draw unused . No matter how good at its job something is if i don’t like the look or feel of it I know I’m probably not going to be carrying it on me . As my dad always said , “the best tool for the job is the one you’ve got with you” .

[@billybob-xy5pt]

Hi could someonw tell what screw you used to take apart the knife, Thanks

[@NickShabazz]

nickshabazz.com/tools

[@jasonscalzo9597]

I love your voice

[@ZaLoopoo]

Logo IKBS but where ikbs?

[@comstormer89]

I think the better statement would be "why buy the channel if you can get the reviews for free"

[@jojojeep1]

I don’t have space is all mine

[@dereckhasken9055]

Never seen such clumsy job!

[@jamesbenedict7206]

Is this Richard Hawking talking?

[@BenJamin-ou7kd]

Instead of throwing all the parts around , could you use mechanics gloves? , not to bulky

[@Ikki11235]

Or you could dismember it in the open state!

[@mikeg81]

I know this is an older video but throwing a shot in the dark for some feedback. I'm having trouble stropping the blade because of the thumbstud. I've tried removing it but it just won't unthread. Has anyone else had this issue?

[@KenGerathsDuck]

Try using the blade just a little with a hair dryer. That's works for me before

[@Flakka-]

Cleaning the parts and then making them more dirty from that dirty mat

[@重田雄司-l8b]

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[@stoner762x51]

What a mess

[@ณัฐพลไสวแสนยากร]

Stoner yeah..!!?

[@UsernameInvalidTHIS]

Worst knife name since the 'Bugout'

[@edrader]

fact

[@Iammightymeaty]

That’s a slim gent.