Am I too OCD for CRK?

One of the main reasons I bought a Sebenza is because I'm OCD. I hate uncentered blades, uneven grinds, sticky locks, etc. I literally obsess over every little detail constantly. When I got a Sebenza, all that obsessing stopped. Scratches don't seem to bother me but if they did, a sheath would be my solution. Knowing I could always send it to the spa would also help calm my nerves.
 
Im pretty anal about caring for my stuff, but for the most part use items as intended. For example, my Iphone is in a nice case as is my laptop. However, I never let my caring nature take over the function of the tool. As soon as your obsession with keeping something nice takes over from intended function and use, I think you have gone too far. If carrying it in a little sheath is enough, that is fine, but what happens when you drop it? Will you stop using it? If the answer is yes, then I think you need to do some self reflection
 
I guess it's like buying that new car. The first ding - sends you through the roof. Soon, the dings pile up, and you stop noticing. But you know what - it still drives like a dream.
I can live with that.
 
I don't like scratches much but, what I hate more IN a knife is that pocket lint/stuff that covers knife and blade (any knife)
sooo, I use a CRK slip pouch, a custom one, BMs knife sacks or other knife sleeves

they're not clipped but I prefer it, not visible, less prone to loosing
if you don't want the exterior to be ruined use a sleeve :thumbup:
 
I have twins who are turning 5 next month, and as a family we watch a lot of Pixar movies. Cars 2 has a theme within it about dents and how each dent that the car has is a fond memory that they would never want to have fixed up because the memory is to valuable. I find that the wear on my CRK knives is a lot like the dents that Mator and Holly reference in Cars 2.

I keep my knives clean. I keep my knives sharp. I keep the blades especially clean since I use them for food prep a lot. But I enjoy seeing the wear in the scales.

About a year ago, I was teaching myself how to sharpen a knife by hand and thought I had the hang of it, so I sharpened my small Insingo and well, I should've practiced a little more because I managed to put some big scratches along the blade from the edge to the spine. This drives me a little nuts, but, I'm getting ready to send the knife back to CRK for a retumble and to add double thumb lugs. Happily, I've since learned how to sharpen a knife without doing any damage to the blade, or the top of the scales.

I appreciate the way the scales show wear, yet they do so in a clean way. Other knives I own have g10 and they do show wear as well, but to my eye, the wear is more dirty, a collection of skin oils plus plain dirt. Sebenzas show wear more as character of the knife than anything else.
 
From the experience I got from EDCing my small dog tracks Sebie, using a small pouch helps.
There are however some scratches on the front scale from daily use.
So my suggestions are:
use a small pouch to reduce scratches in you pocket
if necessary get a spare front scale.
and enjoy you knife.
red mag
 
johnhere said:
I have twins who are turning 5 next month, and as a family we watch a lot of Pixar movies. Cars 2 has a theme within it about dents and how each dent that the car has is a fond memory that they would never want to have fixed up because the memory is to valuable. I find that the wear on my CRK knives is a lot like the dents that Mator and Holly reference in Cars 2.

I keep my knives clean. I keep my knives sharp. I keep the blades especially clean since I use them for food prep a lot. But I enjoy seeing the wear in the scales.

About a year ago, I was teaching myself how to sharpen a knife by hand and thought I had the hang of it, so I sharpened my small Insingo and well, I should've practiced a little more because I managed to put some big scratches along the blade from the edge to the spine. This drives me a little nuts, but, I'm getting ready to send the knife back to CRK for a retumble and to add double thumb lugs. Happily, I've since learned how to sharpen a knife without doing any damage to the blade, or the top of the scales.

I appreciate the way the scales show wear, yet they do so in a clean way. Other knives I own have g10 and they do show wear as well, but to my eye, the wear is more dirty, a collection of skin oils plus plain dirt. Sebenzas show wear more as character of the knife than anything else.
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Rub down your G10 scales with a Mr. Clean magic eraser and get that gunk out of them, thank me later. Not only will they look a LOT cleaner, but they will actually be a lot grippier also.
 
CrimsonTideShooter said:
Rub down your G10 scales with a Mr. Clean magic eraser and get that gunk out of them, thank me later. Not only will they look a LOT cleaner, but they will actually be a lot grippier also.
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I saw your video on that, the stuff does look like it works well.
 
Get a Micarta inlay one. Mine still looks pretty good after a year of use. The inlays do help with the scratches.

I tried the scotchbrite thing and didn't like it at all. It turned out being way too slippery and it makes it look like a fake sebenza
 
I carry my larger/nicer knives in my right back pocket. As long as it isn't too thick, it won't bother you.
 
Stop carrying your keys in the same pocket as your knife. Nasty nasty habit. Especially with open back knives like the sebenza. You're gonna nick the edge with a key eventually, and see what your OCD does then...
 
As others have mentioned the first few scratches look bad. Over time the multitude of scratches that add up gives the titanium a nice used finish.

I too am an offender of throwing my small sebenzas in my front pocket with my keys. Have not seen any damage by the open back from them but change in the same pocket is bad and can get stuck between the liner and the blade. I no longer carry change with the mix but the keys still do bounch around with the knife.

Here's my small classic which has been carried for a few years on and off.

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If you're a knife user and don't like scratches, stay away from sand-blasted or bead-blasted scales. A scratch or other user imprint, intentional or not, will find it's way onto it. Besides, don't think you want to be worrying about it every time you use the knife- forget about it.

Get a stonewashed crk ti-lock.
 
CrimsonTideShooter said:
First off, it shouldn't bug you too much. Life is short, keeping the knife mint is a waste of effort. Can't take it with you when you go....

Second, if you did want to minimize wear from your keys and such, go ahead and get yourself a leather knife pouch from CRK. I put my large in one when it's not clipped to my pocket, and it works great.
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I agree with you. I use my small sebenza clipped as EDC.
 
I sold an Insingo recently because the scales were all scratched up, interesting thing is that some folks LIKE and look for them in that worn in condition.
Reminds me of the first time I saw new blue jeans being sold for, what I thought was a VERY expensive price, and they had rips, frays and tears in them!
 
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