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Classic before it was "Classic"
- Thread starter Firebat
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Nice blade, just wondering, what are the differences and ALL the changes made to the sebenza line? For instance, from what I can see on your knife, the thumbstud is unanodized (what material?) and the screws look different (more "bulbous", and there are other subtle differences I am sure. What has CRK done to the sebenza, other than the obvious handle design and two different clip designs, since it was put into production? Thanks ahead of time.
JC
JC
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Jameson,
Since I acquired this and some other Sebbies from Scott, I'll take the liberty of answering from what I know prior to actually handling the knife. I have the plain jane version of this knife I got a couple of weeks ago and then discussed at length with Anne and Chris while I was in their shop last week.
Early Sebenzas, which the Classics were reintroduced to emulate, were constructed out of ATS 34 Steel and some of the early versions had Stainless Thumblugs and some were unanodized Titanium. This knife was clearly a production knife as evidenced by the CNC Machining locator hole, and was probably produced somewhere between 1993~1995. The early Sebenzas also came standard with a fully polished blade. While a polished blade is a current option from CRK, they no longer polish the flats of the blades, only the hollow grind portion. Can't speak to the difference in the screws, etc until I do some more research, but they don't appear any different than the domes of my other early Sebenza. Quite possibly, you just notice them more because they were polished and the current iterations are matte finished on the standard Sebenzas. I am very excited to add this knife to my "collection" though
Since I acquired this and some other Sebbies from Scott, I'll take the liberty of answering from what I know prior to actually handling the knife. I have the plain jane version of this knife I got a couple of weeks ago and then discussed at length with Anne and Chris while I was in their shop last week.
Early Sebenzas, which the Classics were reintroduced to emulate, were constructed out of ATS 34 Steel and some of the early versions had Stainless Thumblugs and some were unanodized Titanium. This knife was clearly a production knife as evidenced by the CNC Machining locator hole, and was probably produced somewhere between 1993~1995. The early Sebenzas also came standard with a fully polished blade. While a polished blade is a current option from CRK, they no longer polish the flats of the blades, only the hollow grind portion. Can't speak to the difference in the screws, etc until I do some more research, but they don't appear any different than the domes of my other early Sebenza. Quite possibly, you just notice them more because they were polished and the current iterations are matte finished on the standard Sebenzas. I am very excited to add this knife to my "collection" though
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As a sort of interesting sidenote to others afflicted with Sebenzanitis, I had an opportunity to talk to Chris and Anne today regarding the knife shown in this thread. This particular knife was probably "made" in late 1993 early 1994 and was done by Chris personally. While we were discussing them I got to see the equipment he used that was actually a precursor to the equipment that the new CGG series are generated on. This particular pattern was one of only two uniques that were similar in pattern.