curly maple sebenza conquers vienna/austria

[ChristopherB]

Howdy!

After a waiting period of nearly half a year, I am now the proud owner of a small wood inlay sebenza (curly maple).
I feel as the happiest man in world

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Sorry that I can not post some pics, since I have no access to a digital camera or a scanner, yet. But hope I can manage this in near future.

I've been silently lurking (and drooling) in this forum for months and I do not want to repeat all the good words that were spoken about the wood inlay seb - this words are all true!

BTW, the sebenza is not a unknown knive for me, since I also have a small old style (DOB 2-22-94, ats34 blade, marked with a "P"). This knife is my "EDC" - I used (and used and used ...) it nearly every day of the last six years!

And my new woody will also be a "user" - no doubt!
But I have a few questions about this. I learned from the FAQs and archieves that "thou shall not" leave it in direct sunlight or take it with you for deep-sea-diving. (OK, fortunately Austria is not the world center of diving

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But what's about situations like this (with the wood inlay):

*working with it in medium rain for 1/2 hour ...?
*when it (accidently) falls in water and you cannot get it out immediately (for some stupid reason) ...?
*when cleaning - I did wash all the parts of my plain sebenza with soap and hot water and I also used the ScotchBrite for the scales - but I think I will NOT do so with the wood inlay! Any suggestions about proper cleaning?

.........Now I realize that all my concerns are about moisture/water ............
I sure will not baby my wood sebenza, but I will beware it from unnecessary pain

And don't forget: If I have to send it back to CRK for fixing, this is not so easy from Austria!!

Coming to an end, I have to say that I am very PROUD to own this wood inlay sebenza ...
For me, the sebenza is breathing the spirit of pure engineering!

Thank you all!

Regards

ChristopherB

 

[Scott Dog]

Does it look like this? This is my small left hand curly maple. About the water thing, I had mine in my swim trunks and after about 1/2 hour there were little rust spots on the blade. The spots came off easily. I think that rust would be more of a problem in wet environments that concern about the wood. One guy uses his to clean trout. I took mine apart and cleaned it with no problem. I think the woods are the best Sebenzas. And yes mine is a left hand model.

 

[ChristopherB]

Hi Scott!

The pattern of my wood is very similar to yours. But the colour of mine has a little more red in it (maybe the colour of the photograph is not exactly matching reality).
I have to confess that (at first!) I was a little disappointed with the light wood because I hoped I would get a dark one. But the more I look on it, the more I like it and now I would NEVER change it with another.
The whole beauty of the curly maple comes out when the sun is shining on it. I love it!


Regards

ChristopherB

 

[RGRAY]

Congradulations!

Welcome to the club.

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Rick Gray - Left Handers Unite