Beadblasted lockbar on inlaid Sebenzas?

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I did a quick search and didn't find anything, but I'm sure it has been brought up before. I only just recently started visiting the CRK forum, because I have never owned a CRK until this week (awaiting delivery). My knife collecting has grown over the past 15 months and I am now looking at higher end knives. I made the beginners transition from Kershaw/CRKT > Spyderco/Benchmade > low end ZT > mid-high end Spyderco/BM/ZT > now CRK.

I just recently traded for my first CRK, Lg Cocobolo inlay Sebenza and noticed that all the inlaid Sebenzas have polished flats with a beadblasted clip and lockbar. Why is this? To me it seems to throw off the lines a bit to see the polished flats and a beadblasted strip on the lockbar. Probably a good reason, I was just curious.

Anyone with quick access to a lockside inlay Sebenza pic is welcome to post a pic to show what I mean.

Thanks in advance. This forum seems super friendly and it will be one of my regular stops when I'm online now.
 
As far as I know there was no definitive answer by CRK themselves.
Probably because the frame is beadblasted and then the lock is bent.

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This isn't the best representation of what you are referring to, but it shows enough. I remember a thread discussing this, but it has been too long for me to recall.

 
Is the micarta inlaid model the same?
I don't recall seeing it on a micarta model.
 
The Micarta version is not polished at all.

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The first pic above is what I was talking about. Its clear that only the lockbar and pocket clip are beadblasted. I like the polished flats with the inlay, but it seems to ruin the symmetry when you see that matte finished lockbar against the rest of the polished flats. (IMO)
 
Ok thank you.

After reading the first page of the above linked thread it seems it because the scales are polished AFTER the lockbar spring tension has been set. So when the scale is polished the lockbar is bent above the plane of the rest of the scale and does not contact the polishing media. Makes perfect sense.

This begs the question... Why not polish the scales first?
Reading further in the linked thread, they probably mill out and set the lockbar very early in the manufacturing of the lockside scales, and do the inlay process much later so they don't have to keep track of which scales are marked for inlays and which are not. Saves time and labor.

Thank you Icyblue for the link. It was very informative.
 
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