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Quite honestly, a CRK was not on my radar. A few months back I had asked for some advice on this forum, and then decided that I'd not go with a CRK, and stay with my traditionals. I had a few modern folders that got very little use. It seemed to me that spending $400+ for a knife that I probably wouldn't use much was a poor use of my money.
But...
I received an unexpected gift from my supervisor at work which made purchasing a CRK, a Bark River, A LionSteel, and some other knives a possibility.
So after weighing the various options I selected a small Sebenza with micarta inlay. It arrived this past Wednesday.
I can now understand what all the fuss is about. There is something qualitatively different about this knife than all my other moderns. Perhaps if I were to purchase another brand of similar price I would say the same about that knife. But the small sebenza just fits my hand the way I would want a knife to fit.
I have very small hands with short fingers. The micarta has just enough grip, and the knife is just the right size and weight to fit my hand better than any other knife I have handled. The tolerances go without even needing to be mentioned. It arrived sharper than any other knife I have purchased.
There is something very elegant, elemental and right about the minimalist approach that Chris Reeve employs with this knife. It just may be the perfect knife.
After five days of use it's getting a scratch here and there. The micarta is starting to darken a bit with hand oils as well as a bit of mineral oil that was on my hand at the time I picked up the knife. Fine with me. The majority of my knives are slip joints with high carbon blades that take on a patina and life of their own. This knife will get the use to take on its own character.
There are some knives that I would consider selling or trading, though I have not yet done so. This small Sebenza is not one of those knives. It will remain with me until such time as I will pass it along to the next generation.
But...
I received an unexpected gift from my supervisor at work which made purchasing a CRK, a Bark River, A LionSteel, and some other knives a possibility.
So after weighing the various options I selected a small Sebenza with micarta inlay. It arrived this past Wednesday.
I can now understand what all the fuss is about. There is something qualitatively different about this knife than all my other moderns. Perhaps if I were to purchase another brand of similar price I would say the same about that knife. But the small sebenza just fits my hand the way I would want a knife to fit.
I have very small hands with short fingers. The micarta has just enough grip, and the knife is just the right size and weight to fit my hand better than any other knife I have handled. The tolerances go without even needing to be mentioned. It arrived sharper than any other knife I have purchased.
There is something very elegant, elemental and right about the minimalist approach that Chris Reeve employs with this knife. It just may be the perfect knife.
After five days of use it's getting a scratch here and there. The micarta is starting to darken a bit with hand oils as well as a bit of mineral oil that was on my hand at the time I picked up the knife. Fine with me. The majority of my knives are slip joints with high carbon blades that take on a patina and life of their own. This knife will get the use to take on its own character.
There are some knives that I would consider selling or trading, though I have not yet done so. This small Sebenza is not one of those knives. It will remain with me until such time as I will pass it along to the next generation.
You'll have to go out and get yourself a Kershaw Leek too if you don't already own one. It doesn't matter whether or not you like assisted knives. It's a most own for the impact it had on the folding knife industry. And at some point you'll need to get a Spyderco too. The Spyderhole also moved the industry in a new direction and represents, to my way of thinking, the next best thing to sliced bread in engineering the deployment mechanism in a manual folding knife. Last but not least, you should get a CRKT Ripple. It's the first production knife to incorporate bearings into the pivot. At that point you'll have a fairly complete collection of modern folders to build on from a design standpoint. And by the way, you should be able to purchase all the other knives I mentioned here for less than half of what it cost you for your new Sebenza. 
