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Brandon -B-

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Howdy Sebenza Lovers.

For a long time now I have been thinking about getting a Large Sebenza. I am kind of at a crossroads and to a point where I have bought two knives that cost about 150-200 each. they are a Microtech LCC and a Dalton scalper. I love the Scalper but it's an auto and I'm leery about carrying it around. the Sebenza is pretty plain like the Dalton and has a similar blade shape so I am thinking of selling them both and getting a Sebenza (by the way this is not an ad. I haven't decided what I'm gonna do and I'm not selling anything right now) I am in the Army and don't have too much extra knife money so this is the only way I'll be able to have enough money to buy a Sebbie. For some reason i'm very distressed at what I should do. Has anyone ever been in the situation where they sold some of their very favorite knives to get their first Sebenza? Did it pay of? should it be this hard to decide :D. Anyone out there think I would regret it? I would appriciate it if anyone with any kind of opinion would pipe up with any advice whatsoever. Thanks for reading

Brandon
 
Not just because this is the CR forum. You will not regret it. A few years ago I picked up what I thought would have be the equivilant to the Sebenza: a BM Monolock. Yeah right! Well, you live and learn. I took the dive and ending up getting my first large Sebenza, which just happened to be a wood inlayed one. I have for a while, then sold it off thinking a cool auto would be better. WRONG! Of course now, I carry two, a small and large Classic. Wouldn't have it any other way!

I too did 5yrs in Uncle Sam's Ain't Released Me Yet service. And I'm hear to tell you, you will be much more satisfied with a Sebenza than an auto. I don't care who you buy an auto from; and I own many Microtechs and Daltons. They break! Period. Springs break. It's a simple fact. The Sebenza will probably outlast you and is 100% reliable! Well worth any money you can get together for one.

I would not even hesitate to get one. I'm sure others hear will convince you to do the same. :)
 
Well if you feel you have made a mistake you can sell the Seb at a very good price and buy something else. I'm fortunate in that I haven't had to give up something I'm attached to, in order to finance another purchase. I can however say this, I literally have a shopping bag full of production knives. Quite a few cost over a hundred bucks. Almost half of those knives have something wrong with them. Screws missing,clip pulled off or major blade play. A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY!! Buy the Seb.
I also just bought a somewhat difficult to get custom folder,
thinking it would be better then the seb. NOPE !
 
I have owned a great many tactical and dress folders...when the smoke had cleared after I 'discovered' my first Sebbie, I was left with a Large plain and small wood-inlayed classic sebbie, an Emerson mini-commander, a BM 910HS (still trying to trade away or sell), a Spyderco mouse, and a few Schatt & Morgan slip-joints. The small sebbie, 2 slip-joints, and the Spyderco mouse make up my EDC list (the mouse is my money-clip), while the Emerson serves as my duty folder and the Large Sebbie rides along as my weekend carry / wilderness carry blade. Oh yeah...I almost forgot about my PKCS Buck 110....well, that's for hunting... :rolleyes: ;) :D

Anyway, as you can imagine, my sebenzas have taken over the duties that were previously performed by about 6 knifes. I think that AchimW said it best with “Sebenza - cheapest knife I ever owned."
 
I have the Microtech LCC and a Small Classic Sebenza.

I think that the Microtech knife is a very good knife. It is large and powerful and the Ti/Carbon Fiber combination makes it satisfying to own.

The Sebenza is a better knife - smoothness of operation, the Integral Lock simply feels more secure than the liner lock (perception only on my part, not necessarily fact), and the blade shape and profile are more multi-purpose than the LCC. By the way, I am very picky about thumb studs, and you will find the serrated (horizontally milled grooves) Sebenza thumblug to be an incredible improvement over the LCC, much more secure and safer to open and close one handed.

The Sebenza will only lose about 20% of it's value (max) once you have bought it new. The Microtech loses about 30 - 40 % of its value.

Give yourself a break and buy a slightly used Sebenza off of the forum, you won't notice the difference.
 
Gettin the Large plain. I think I'm gonna hold on to the Dalton. I just sold the Microtech so that will cut a big chunk out of the price. I bid on one on ebay but will probably get outbid later on this week. anyway this might not be the right forum for this but if ya have a large plain that you've been thinkin about selling I might know someone that is in the market now:D Thanks everyone.

One more question. are the blades tight enough tolerance that I could switch a Damascus blade in later on if I feel the need to do so?

Brandon
 
Changing the blade yourself is not an option, I understand each blade is individually matched to the handles .
CRK will fit you a Damascus blade at the appropriate cost, of course you'll have to send the Seb to them .
Once you have your's you will not want to let it out of your posession, so you should probably start a saving for a damascus Seb in the long term, as you are getting a large this time save for a small.
Enjoy your Sebenza when you finally get it .
Paul.
 
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