$350 and need something nice to buy.

$350 you say. It's gotta be a sign. The exact price to get a small Sebenza to your door.
 
I actually have gotten a guy willing to trade an umnumzan or large sebenza for $350.. is it worth it more than the TFS? It'd mainly be EDC, with maybe hints of defensive whatnotsits. How sturdy are the CRK's compared to the TSF?
 
Kershaw Tilt is a great limited edition knife that you can find for $350. Awesome materials, great in the hand feel and in my opinion great looks.
 
Sebenza gets my vote:thumbup:
As for the XM i wouldn't keep my hopes high to get one for 350:D
 
Okay, the Umnumzan looks a tad beat up, and he said $350 so I'm not sure. It functions fine, just a semi late lock up and the ti is a tad worn due to carry. Is this still a fair price? Checking the sebenza now.
 
VolundoftheForge said:
That Three Sisters looks awesome. So it's ridiculously tough ti lock or elegant thin ti lock. :P Nice. I'm really excited. How long does Three Sister take to deliver the knife? I wanted to get it before July.
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It's beefy--mine came in just a few days after I contacted Jim, but I sent it back for some minor changes (nothing wrong with it, just having the edges rounded and smoothed, since I don't wear combat gloves). It was sharp, with a shallow hollow grind, thick tough blade, and wonderfully smooth. It fills the hand more than the Sebenza, and feels more like a user. A lot of folks aren't going to really use the Sebenza because it's so pretty--the TSF is nice, and very nicely finished, with great tolerances (and hand-finshing/polishing on the critical surfaces), but in a package you won't worry about using. Plus you can just email the maker and ask him about it.

The other selling point for me (besides the one-man-shop, personal custom approach), is that he does his own heat-treat and ran a forge for a long time, so he know what he's doing. Mediocre heat-treat and steel are at least as bad as mediocre finishing and lock-up, but no one ever really talks about it.
 
expwmbat said:
It's beefy--mine came in just a few days after I contacted Jim, but I sent it back for some minor changes (nothing wrong with it, just having the edges rounded and smoothed, since I don't wear combat gloves). It was sharp, with a shallow hollow grind, thick tough blade, and wonderfully smooth. It fills the hand more than the Sebenza, and feels more like a user. A lot of folks aren't going to really use the Sebenza because it's so pretty--the TSF is nice, and very nicely finished, with great tolerances (and hand-finshing/polishing on the critical surfaces), but in a package you won't worry about using. Plus you can just email the maker and ask him about it.

The other selling point for me (besides the one-man-shop, personal custom approach), is that he does his own heat-treat and ran a forge for a long time, so he know what he's doing. Mediocre heat-treat and steel are at least as bad as mediocre finishing and lock-up, but no one ever really talks about it.
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Thanks, really great input. I'm considering trying to talk him down to 325 on the Um because of late lockup and whatnot(Even though I prefer it's a tad scratched so I don't mind using it and can still say I own a freakin' sebenza, a brand new knife which at 3" is nearly legal anywhere and is a knife I could truly depend on for my life sounds nice..)
 
VolundoftheForge said:
I was thinking small sebenza, 0550 and a fixed blade, or 0560 I want something high quality
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I have an Chris Reeve Umnumzaan and a ZT0550. By many folks opinion, the CRK is the highest production quality folder available. And, I like my 0550. But the small Sebenza is like a mouse compared to the elephant ZT models. There just isn't any comparison at all, other than both are good quality folders. Small Sebenza for office EDC; ZT 0550 for someone who needs a very heavy-duty knife. IMO

and...I do agree with hank rearden's post above. You could even do the smaller Paramilitary 2 model, with 3.3" blade instead of 4" blades. My choice of blade-steel would be the S90V if you can find it...or the M390 or CTS-20CP which appear to be in the same top-rated group.
Sonny
 
I have the benchmade 710 in m390 so as far as large defensive folders I consider myself pretty well. Then I have the emerson if for whatever reason I don't have the 710.
 
I am not allowed to sell things in this thread or am I allowed to hint at selling things, but I would suggest balisongs.
 
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