Flat Ground Blades?

Ed Gordon

Ed Gordon

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I remember not to long ago that some Flat Ground Sebenza's were made. Are these available again or will they be again in the future?
 
Anne posted awhile ago that the flat ground Sebenzas were not going to be produced again until some bugs in the production process are worked out. Chris wasn't satisfied with the consistency and quality that was being delivered. If I remember correctly, some 160 or so large flat ground Sebenzas were completed in the introductory run and these were hand-signed by Chris on the blade. Until the bugs are worked out of the production process, the flat ground blades will not be offered, but I believe that their intention is to do so at some point in the future.
 
I have two of the flat ground Sebenzas and had a small flat ground on order with CRK. About a week ago I received a letter from CRK that said the flat ground blades were not going to be offered. The reasons stated were that the difficulty of making the grinds just did not give the CRK quality everyone has grown to expect. The second was the consumer did did not prefer the grind. I can tell you that the two "flats" I own are perfect and the fact that Chris himself signed the blades makes them unique.
The paperwork that came with the knives said that 130 were made and they were all large Sebenzas
Dale Richmond
 
That's too bad. I think there was a place for the flat ground blades. If anything it gave the consumer one more choice at the "plain vanilla" price point for the Sebenza, rather than having to buy a CG or Unique in order to have something a little different. For an EDC the flat grind has a lot of utility. I think that there were too few of these produced to garner any kind of sales momentum or even a decent amount of market recognition to give the concept a chance. Coupled with startup production problems, the concept never had a decent chance to get off the ground.
Perhaps also the existence of a choice for the average consumer becomes a point of confusion. Which is better? I would have liked to see CRK price the flat grinds at a lower price point given that they were machine ground rather than hand ground. Then the choice might have been easier for some. Once the production issues were solved I am sure that there would have been some amount of production cost savings involved, though at the quality level that CRK demands the gap might not have been as much as some think.
Finally, there is the "cache" built into the product of CRK. Perhaps the idea of a CNC ground blade on a Chris Reeve product was just too big a pill to swallow.
Again, too bad. Like Dale, I would have loved a flat ground small Sebbie. It would have been my first choice for EDC!
 
Someone has a flatground large for sale on Knifeforum's for sale forums. I think it is under "too many Sebenzas".

Just a heads up...JT
 
I just picked this up from a local friend. Sebenza Large Flat Grind. Polished flats, polished screws, signed by Chris...beautiful.
 

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Man! That's sweet! It's too bad there were bugs... hopefully they'll get fixed soon! I wouldn't mind one of those babies. :D
 
You have some?:eek:
Can you mail me? I have people to get money to first, but I 110% want one of these honeys!:p
 
The photos above show a flat grind with polished satin flats. For all of you getting excited over that beauty, please note that the knife in the picture is a customized version of the flat grind Sebenzas. The flat grinds were made with the stonewashed blade finish. If you want yours to look like the one above, you would have to send it in to CRK to have the flats satin finished. Hey Wayne, I can take care of this for you!
 
My understanding is that the pictured knife was purchased `as is' at the Atlanta Blade Show from Mr. Reeve. The knife was born 5/3/01 and signed 6/6/01.
 
Thanks Jeff! I am in your debt as ever! I would be very happy with a normal stonewash model myself...;)

What can I say? I love the Sebenza and I love flat ground blades...

Now for a large decorated flat ground Damascus blade...:eek:

Someone knock me out before I get started...:p !
 
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