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I recently purchased my 3rd sebenza and went for a large 21 w/ clip point blade this time around. I was camping a few days back and while the small I was carrying did all the jobs I needed it to, I couldnt help but feel like the work would have been easier with a bigger knife.
I get the hype for the large seb now. It is substantially more knife than the small. It's kind of a ton of knife in general. Much larger than it's dimensions lead me to believe. Carrying and using the large has been a lot different than I thought it would be. I have average sized hands and my pinky usually hangs off my small sebenzas and I've found the large to be a great deal more comfortable in the hand and actually, a lot easier to open. The small sebenza is not hard to open by any means but I usually end up rotating the knife a bit as I push the thumbstud out, on the small. On the large, it feels like a much more natural movement, without fiddling with the handle midway through opening.
It really doesn't cause any discomfort being carried either. It does carry deeper in the pocket and is obviously heavier however, unless I feel around for the knife, I still don't really notice it being in my way. I can definitely tell it's there, just based on the weight, but it's a very comfortable carry.
My final thoughts are; the small sebenza 21 can do 99% of what you're going to need it to do but, the large sebenza 21 can do 99% of what need to do, really effortlessly. If I had to choose one to carry every day, it'd still be the small but, I don't see myself ever going camping again without my large 21.
Feel free to share your thoughts as well, owners of both the large and small.
I get the hype for the large seb now. It is substantially more knife than the small. It's kind of a ton of knife in general. Much larger than it's dimensions lead me to believe. Carrying and using the large has been a lot different than I thought it would be. I have average sized hands and my pinky usually hangs off my small sebenzas and I've found the large to be a great deal more comfortable in the hand and actually, a lot easier to open. The small sebenza is not hard to open by any means but I usually end up rotating the knife a bit as I push the thumbstud out, on the small. On the large, it feels like a much more natural movement, without fiddling with the handle midway through opening.
It really doesn't cause any discomfort being carried either. It does carry deeper in the pocket and is obviously heavier however, unless I feel around for the knife, I still don't really notice it being in my way. I can definitely tell it's there, just based on the weight, but it's a very comfortable carry.
My final thoughts are; the small sebenza 21 can do 99% of what you're going to need it to do but, the large sebenza 21 can do 99% of what need to do, really effortlessly. If I had to choose one to carry every day, it'd still be the small but, I don't see myself ever going camping again without my large 21.
Feel free to share your thoughts as well, owners of both the large and small.
