CRKT Sebenza

[Ed T]

I had no idea that CRKT and Chris Reeve collaborated on a knife. Anybody have one tucked away?

 

[T. Erdelyi]

I said the same thing to myself, it's similar to the Schrade/Walker,Lake Frame Lock, I don't remember where I saw it I think it was in the new issue of Blade Mag., I'd love one myself, I believe it was an Eddie Bauer edition?

 

[Ed T]

The one I saw is an Eddie Bauer edition. It is on ebay.
Not sure why I was surprised, but I was.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Your right Ed, Ebay was where I saw it, it's been a long week end.

 

[Ed T]

ooops:footinmou

 

[tom mayo]

probably an accident on the lettering...instead of CRK they added an extra letter.

 

[Richard]

Columbia River and Chris Reeve did have a Sebenza collaboration. IIRC it was in 95 or so, fairly early on in CRKT. It was a Zytel handle with a steel support in the lock. I dont beleive it ever reached regular production, just proto-type I think.

When I worked at the Remington knife store, the managers used to go to a vendor show in Bridgeport CT every year. My boss at the time went and spoke to the CRKT guys and messed with one of the proto-types for a while...he liked it quite a bit.

 

[ThinkOfTheChildren]

Pretty impressive looking:
<img src="http://ebay1.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_d318e922a76be39e72a066beb276f2f4/i-1.JPG">
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1839406731

 

[Richard]

Pretty neat. If any did make it to production, sure wish I would have found one then.

 

[knifenerd]

I recall hearing somewhere that it never made to production. It would have been interesting.

 

[BOK]

Heard through the vine that it didn't make it into production because they couldn't get the Zytel frame-lock combination strong enough. It was flimsy and couldn't handle some basic spine-wack tests. Just what I heard though.

 

[LAG3]

I tried to order one back in '95/'96 and was told they never made it to production. Now I have a real one.