24 hours with an Inkosi

Gizler00 said:
I hear you. If they made one that was between this and the Large Seb, it would be the perfect size.
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I can't see them killing the 25 yet. The Sebenza has to live on. IMO with the 25 and the Inkosi, CR is moving back toward working knives. The bushing is a big part of what makes the 21, it's most of the sales these days so I can't see them ending the 21 right now either.

The 25 is the evolution of the 21 and the Zaan, and the Inkosi isn't a Sebenza, but clearly moves forward from the 25. If it's to stay it own family, I think the most likely outcome at this point is a Large Inkosi being smaller than a Large 21/25, and actually being more like a medium sized knife, with whatever changes the Inkosi proves need to be made, and will likely be the most popular new knife to come out of CRK in ages.

Then the question becomes, how does the Sebenza move forward. The Inkosi being the pivoted working knife, and the Sebenza going back to bushings, fancy UG and inlays, and being the decorated working knife, almost stylized as an art knife?

Exciting times. I know I would be buying more of both!
 
uofaengr said:
Glad you're enjoying yours. Yours and mine share the same birthday. [emoji106]
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Heck yeah!! Pretty cool! Post up some pics!!

JustinFournier said:
I can't see them killing the 25 yet. The Sebenza has to live on. IMO with the 25 and the Inkosi, CR is moving back toward working knives. The bushing is a big part of what makes the 21, it's most of the sales these days so I can't see them ending the 21 right now either.

The 25 is the evolution of the 21 and the Zaan, and the Inkosi isn't a Sebenza, but clearly moves forward from the 25. If it's to stay it own family, I think the most likely outcome at this point is a Large Inkosi being smaller than a Large 21/25, and actually being more like a medium sized knife, with whatever changes the Inkosi proves need to be made, and will likely be the most popular new knife to come out of CRK in ages.

Then the question becomes, how does the Sebenza move forward. The Inkosi being the pivoted working knife, and the Sebenza going back to bushings, fancy UG and inlays, and being the decorated working knife, almost stylized as an art knife?

Exciting times. I know I would be buying more of both!
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I hear you and agree. I love the Pivot bushing setup. I also do not understand why they could not ave just made the seb pivot larger for the 25 and the Inkosi. I have yet to take this things down, so we will see how I feel about it then. But so far.....I love this thing. It has been standing up to everything that I can throw at it.

Still feels good in the hand.
 
Still working hard for me every day and night. Everything from cutting zip ties, opening boxes, breaking the boxes down, cutting my lunch up, some fruit, more random stuff that needs cut up....... I am really enjoying this thing.






Waiting for My hot tank Parts washer to drain....no better time for a poser shot of a new knife.

 
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Great review and love all the pics. I will be stoked to hear when you break yours down. I was blown away at the build on these when I took mine apart the first time.

I agree with the stropping back up comment as well. We keep a few big strops around the shop so I hit mine on one about every day and it stays hair shaving sharp even after many rough days.
 
Hey Gizler, you make some compelling points about the Inkosi. You really got me wanting one.

Nice Macs Tri-EDC, btw. Hard to find, easy to love. :)
 
whitty said:
Great review and love all the pics. I will be stoked to hear when you break yours down. I was blown away at the build on these when I took mine apart the first time.

I agree with the stropping back up comment as well. We keep a few big strops around the shop so I hit mine on one about every day and it stays hair shaving sharp even after many rough days.
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Thanks Man! I am trying to put off tearing it down. I want to get it as grimy as possible. :D

socom1970 said:
Hey Gizler, you make some compelling points about the Inkosi. You really got me wanting one.

Nice Macs Tri-EDC, btw. Hard to find, easy to love. :)
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Thanks. I am really enjoying it.



nbp said:
That's a Sinner Tri. ;)
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Thanks for the correction Nick!

socom1970 said:
Whoops! Sorry... :( Still beautiful light, though. :)
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Thanks man. I wish I had a Mac's... The sinner is a great light.
 
Here are a few more Photos from today. I could not get any action shots, but I cut up a crap ton of 3/8" air compressor line. Trying to get My CNC Plasma table up and running. Again, broke down and cut up a few boxes. This thing is still sharp as ever.

One thing I did notice with this knife, is that under heavy cutting the lockbar moves a little. I mean slightly. Kind of like a strider does. Except this lockbar does not stick at all. I noticed this first when I was cutting some wood with heavy push cuts.

There's no doubt in my mind that my grip is causing the lock bar to move over. But the move is so minimal you can hardly tell.

I am still loving this knife. I thought the small size would rub me the wrong way, but it acts like such a large knife that its hard to believe its a tiny little guy. Its like your buddy at the gym whos 5'2" and can bench 400LBS


 
Are those marks on the blade ? :eek:

JK :D I'm following your thread closely because you are answering many things that I wondered about this knife.
I'm glad to see you are still happy with it after having a chance to really put it to work, and not baby it...

I know we have referenced the Mini Grip before as a comparison, and I'm seeing similarities...
They are both small, but do a better job than people think they are capable of, based on appearances, and the Mini Grip is almost indestructible. It
seems that the Inkosi may be showing similar traits. Not saying it would take the same amount of abuse that a Grip will, but it seems
to be holding up very well...
 
338375 said:
Are those marks on the blade ? :eek:

JK :D I'm following your thread closely because you are answering many things that I wondered about this knife.
I'm glad to see you are still happy with it after having a chance to really put it to work, and not baby it...

I know we have referenced the Mini Grip before as a comparison, and I'm seeing similarities...
They are both small, but do a better job than people think they are capable of, based on appearances, and the Mini Grip is almost indestructible. It
seems that the Inkosi may be showing similar traits. Not saying it would take the same amount of abuse that a Grip will, but it seems
to be holding up very well...
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Hey man! Definitely a lot like the mini grip. This thing really works better for me the more I use it. It's so smooth. Not like any other crk I have owned. This thing feels like it's on bearings with absolutely no play in any direction.

I like this knife so much that I sold my Wilkins mini Ritter last night!!
 
Gizler00 said:
Hey man! Definitely a lot like the mini grip. This thing really works better for me the more I use it. It's so smooth. Not like any other crk I have owned. This thing feels like it's on bearings with absolutely no play in any direction.

I like this knife so much that I sold my Wilkins mini Ritter last night!!
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I saw that you sold your Ritter. When I clicked on the thread to look at it and saw the picture of it, I realized who's it was :D
First thing I thought was, he's getting rid of the Ritter, he must really be hooked on the Inkosi... A lot of us go through many knives over time, but it is very rare
to find one that really stands out. I know that feeling and it is really cool.
 
It was a tough call. The Ritter grip is one heck of a knife. Very hard to kick that one out of the pocket. Especially with the Wilkins grips.

But this Inkosi successfully did just that. It also kicked my large insingo put as well.

I did not use it much today. Just some small stuff around the shop.



338375 said:
I saw that you sold your Ritter. When I clicked on the thread to look at it and saw the picture of it, I realized who's it was :D
First thing I thought was, he's getting rid of the Ritter, he must really be hooked on the Inkosi... A lot of us go through many knives over time, but it is very rare
to find one that really stands out. I know that feeling and it is really cool.
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So I finally decided to tear It down and see what this thing was all about.





I will say....I was hesitant to do so. I was all psyched out over it being a non pivot bushing. But honestly......I have no Idea why I was all weirded out. Its exactly like every other knife I have owned other than my seb 21's and insingo.

So moving forward.........

Very surprised to see Wiha Hex wrenches included in with this knife. That was a pleasant surprise.




This knife comes apart very easy and really minimal parts. I thought my Insingo had minimal parts, but this thing really has nothing for parts!!




I decided to part with the Lanyard for awhile. I am not real big on them, and it seems as though they just like to stick completely perpendicular to my leg while the knife is in my pocket, and that drives me crazy! However, I feel like on a smaller knife, it can help with the grip and act like a small extension of the grip. I will see.....

All back together and sitting to setup the loctite.





I know some have said that they clean the old locktite off and start fresh, and some say they leave the old on. Well...any thing I ever apply locktite too never gets the old removed. I typically always leave it there for added piece of mind. That is exactly what I did here. I added some new, set the pivot to exactly where it was before I tore it down, and set it on the counter to allow for the locktite to set up.

I really love this knife even more now. Not having to mess with the stop pin is a wonderful thing, and the fact that the washers are indexed around it is also a thing of beauty and supreme function for amazing fool proof operation.

I really like the fact that on the 21 style seb, you can remove the blade and washers without taking the knife down.......But this is just as easy with less parts.

If I have to have a negative.......It would be the fact that you need two hex wrenches to take the knife down. That is the only thing that I do not like about this one, but that is something I can live with since both of those wrench sizes are readily available just about anywhere and everywhere.

I will continue to report back with my experience and findings as I continue to use this knife. But just from my short time with this thing, I can tell you that its a keeper for sure.
 
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What's with the D-15 on the inside of the handle?
I thought it was to match handles, but maybe it's a date code??
 
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JR88FAN said:
This is so much better, and you know it!!

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Seriously though, what's with the D-15 on the inside of the handle?
I thought it was to match handles, but maybe it's a date code??
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HAHAHA I love me some Pivot Bushing. It really is a better design. My point with this was that the Non Pivot was not as big of a deal as I was making it out to be in my head.

Those area the date codes the handles were made. I believe the date code on the birth card is from when the knife was completed?

Man I need a small Insinigo. I was fondling my large tonight while I was getting the inkosi box out of the safe.
 
Maybe a small Insingo is your next knife? Thinking in CF....

I think the size of the Inkosi (I think it's maybe a 1/2 inch bigger) with the Insingo blade would be a good combo for you!
 
JR88FAN said:
Maybe a small Insingo is your next knife? Thinking in CF....

I think the size of the Inkosi (I think it's maybe a 1/2 inch bigger) with the Insingo blade would be a good combo for you!
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I really like the KA CF Insingo. I think that I will either go with a plain jane small insingo or the CF one.
 
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