Anybody sleep with their Sebenzas?

Scott Dog

Scott Dog

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I live in earthquake territory and have lived through four major earthquakes. Slymar, Whittier, Landers and Northridge. I clip my small plain Seb to my pajamas. When a quake hits, the lights go out. When something happens I don't want to be searching in the dark, I want my Seb where I can get to it right away without having to look. Anyone else have this habit? My wife thinks I'm crazy.
 
I live in Venice, CA., been shook up myself. You are overreacting, but not by much - we are due for another big one. I don't want to talk you out of something that lessens your anxiety, because your behavior is a form of coping. I suggest you attach a Photon II Mini-light to the lanyard, its a great emergency light.
 
I slept with a Sebrina once. Does that count?
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Hoodoo

And so, to all outdoor folks, the knife is the most important item of equipment.

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I don't think I'd sleep with a tip-up folder with no backspring, even when the blade is secured by a good ball-bearing detent. The Sebenza is one of those pleasures in life that one should enjoy when fully conscious.

I do sleep with a Photon II clipped with the lanyard to my T-shirt. That way, if something goes bump in the night - like the San Andreas Fault - I can see to find other things - like the exit.


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Not with but besides, on a night stand usually, along with a few other choice ones to peek at before nodding off, the wood inlay is still sleek.
Good idea with the Photon, have to start doing that as well!

G2

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Hoodoo, no, that does not count. Close, but not quite.

As far as the original question, mine is right on the nightstand next to my Surefire 6P.

It's hard to clip a Sebenza on when we still sleep "commando". I mean, you can probably try, but it would hurt alot, and probably leave bruises or welts... Never mind.

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Don LeHue

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings...they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
 
Don:

By sleeping commando, I assume you mean naked. My earthquake experience has tought me not to go to bed in anything that I would not mind showing on the 6 o'clock news. Commando to me seems like it would be someone that is ready to roll out of bed ready for action. General Grant's men learned to sleep in their uniforms after learning a costly lesson, being ambushed (at night while his troops were sleeping "commando") by the Confederates. But then again, we are not at war and you don't live an earthquake area. Anyway, having the knife close at hand is like my security blanket. I bought it up because I thought that I read in one thread that a guy slept with a long straight blade clipped to his undershorts. Anyway, if anything happens, I don't want to be fumbling around my night stand looking for my weapon. If someone crashes into your bedroom, the nightstand might be too far away. Like I said, crazy maybe but prepared always. Now I keep a photon in my pocket at night.
 
Scott, I hope you didn't think that my post was meant to belittle your very real and practical reasons for having a knife immediately available in case of an emergency. Please accept my sincere apologies if that were the case. After re-reading my post, it came across a bit more flippant than was originally intended, but was written more as a response to Hoodoo's post. I never meant any such thing, and if I lived in an area where the ground did the occaisional Fault Line Mambo, I'd probably sleep with a crash helmet on. The worst we get around here is the infrequent tornado watch (and blizzards), so the nightstand has become an easier mode of accessibility, with my Sebenza, Surefire, Seiko, and glasses within easy reach.

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Don LeHue

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings...they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
 
Yes, but it's less about being prepared for an emergency and more about separation anxiety.
You can love your knives, just don't... "love" your knives...
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I don't think it's crazy at all. I've slept with a knife clipped to my gym shorts for years...at one time a Spyderco...now my large Sebenza. I like always knowing where my knife is...even at night. I guess it's a muscle memory kind of thing...I'm still always reaching for the same place in times of need. By the way...at one time...I slept with my CS Gunsite...except it always came unclipped...and my wife would give me a weird look when she woke up with a knife under her back...

My wife sleeps with an Endura on her nightstand...
 
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