First Sebenza: Observations and a Question

Kreyzhorse

Kreyzhorse

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Hello. Just received my first small left handed Sebenza today. It seems like I ordered it about 8 months ago (actually, I ordered it on the 18th.... It just seemed like I waited that long) from Bladehq. Hats off to them by the way. The knife was shipped quickly and well packed.

My first observations are what an impressive knife. The fit and finish are perfect. The sand blasted scales offer a nice grippy surface. Lock up is at about 80% which I believe is about normal for these knives. Overall, I am really blown away by the knife. The rounding of the spine on the blade is a great touch. The jimping isn't very aggressive but offers a positive purchase. It is going to be hard to use this as an EDC knife but to be honest, I bought it as a user knowing that it will last at least as long as I do. Is the knife worth $350? I don't know it yet but I am not disappointed so far.

Other than removing the lanyard and placing it in my pocket, I've not cut any thing with it yet by the way. With the grind, I'm sure this knife will be a hell of a slicer. With a knife like this, what exactly is worthy of my first cut?

After some use and pocket time, I'll update this post and see if my daily usage equals my first impressions.

Now my question. This knife was born on 2/13/13 (not far from my birthday by the way. Pretty cool) and does not have the "Made in Idaho" stamp on it. Is this normal for a new Sebenza?

Or, is perhaps this a repercussion of this being a left handed knife?

Or, should I start looking for a "made in china" stamp some place?
 
Wow, I have no idea why it wouldnt have the "idaho made" stamp..very curious to hear what others say.
 
My wife's birthday. I will take a guess that they are backing away from the Idaho Made since there has been backlash.
 
This is the first I've seen of a Sebenza not carrying the stamp since its implementation, left-handed or otherwise. The site you ordered the Seb from is certainly on CRK's domestic dealer list which you can check out on their website. I've seen some pictures where the stamp is very faint, but if it is not there that is something different all together. Do you happen to have pictures of the knife you could post? Coming from an authorized dealer, I do not think that the authenticity of the knife is an issue. Curious as to what others think about this as well.
 
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I sent an email to CRK to try to get an answer as well.

I'll try to figure out how to post a picture on here. I'm don't believe it is a fake, but I'm no CRK expert either.
 
They should be able to help you out for sure. If it came from an authorized dealer, I wouldn't worry about it being a fake either. I am very interested in what the cause is though. Please keep us all posted.
 
Yea, I have seen some of those pictures as well. I have placed calls to a couple places who had a clean scale model photographed on their site but was informed it is just a photo they have used from the beginning when the 21 didn't have the stamp. Not saying that is the case here but it may be the reason some sites still have pics of non-stamped models. Some sites do show pics of the exact knife you will be receiving though, so who knows. The response you get will likely give you the best answer, thanks for the post and update.
 
Good point Jumpman. Who the hell knows but I'm intrigued why this one escaped without it. I'll update this on Wednesday night.
 
Thats one luck first sebenza! You better keep that baby haha. Anyway congrats and enjoy.
 
I'm wondering if it's possible that these were just assembled recently with old locking slabs for a lefty. After all, the birth date is only an indicator of when parts were put together. What date is on the inside of your handles?
 
Kreyzhorse said:
I just figured out that I can't post pictures without an outside website....
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Posted this in another thread earlier today. Hope it will help you post some pics:

Set up a free account at a photo hosting site...like Photobucket
Upload pictures from your mobile device or computer to photobucket
Open the picture in photobucket and 'copy' the IMG code.
Paste the IMG code into your post here on the forum and the picture will appear.
 
jumpman said:
Interesting... Anyone have a right-handed 21 made recently?
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No, but I have a new 25 that was made on 2/11/13 with the stamp. If CRK was moving toward not using the stamp anymore, it seems like the 25 would be a great place to start. I think the OP just got lucky and bought an anomaly.
 
SaddleSC said:
No, but I have a new 25 that was made on 2/11/13 with the stamp. If CRK was moving toward not using the stamp anymore, it seems like the 25 would be a great place to start. I think the OP just got lucky and bought an anomaly.
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I agree about the 25, thought it would be a good platform to possibly modify the presentation of the stamp but oh well, it is still an amazing looking knife. It seems there may have been some leftys that missed out on the stamping possibly for some reason, but we will have to see what the OP comes back with for an answer.
 
I just got a large lefty 21, it has the stamp...but mine was made in summer 2012 i believe. wow, and to think that there werent going to be many lefty users on here! pleasant suprise! sounds like a score getting the no stamp...possibly a good luck sebbie? lol
 
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