Franken-sebs...What Blade on What Body?

[Medic1210]

I know that significant amount of CRK's warranty work deals with the issue of swapped parts.

So if that's the case, I guess doing it doesn't void the warranty. Good news! In all honesty, if anything negative comes as a direct result of my blade swap, I'll be more than happy to pay to have it fixed. As for the other points, we've both made our cases, and our viewpoints aren't eye to eye on everything, but that's cool. Healthy, cordial debates are always good for the mind.

 

[Medic1210]

You both need to call Heather on Monday; your dreams have come true!

Well, if this is indeed true, great. Though it kinda takes the uniqueness of my franken seb away somewhat... Still, I don't know anybody personally that even knows about Sebenzas, much less owns one, so I guess I will still be unique in my neck of the woods...

 

[jackthedog]

You both need to call Heather on Monday; your dreams have come true!

Guess I'll be sending an email and my bank account will be screaming.

 

[roughneckrob]

I called Heather a few weeks ago about this exact topic. I want a damascus blade put on my small african blackwood sebenza. She told me I have to send the knife in as they have to make the blade for that specific knife. I love this as it makes the knives all seem that much more special. Oh, if anyone has a small blackwood with a damascus blade could you post a pic so I can get an idea of what it will look like.:thumbup:

 

[stjames]

Your not joking are you?

Heather said they are taking orders on the Micarta, but they haven't decided if they will offer the whole line (decorated, etc). She told me to expect mine sometime in June.

 

[CAD]

Heather said they are taking orders on the Micarta, but they haven't decided if they will offer the whole line (decorated, etc). She told me to expect mine sometime in June.

SWEET!!!


Chris D.

 

[DallasSTB]

So if that's the case, I guess doing it doesn't void the warranty. Good news!

Did you ever consider a career in contract law, Mike?

The correct verbiage should have been "warranty claims" instead of "warranty work". I stand corrected.

 

[nyefmaker]

Did you ever consider a career in contract law, Mike?

The correct verbiage should have been "warranty claims" instead of "warranty work". I stand corrected.

I think the only thing that would settle this BS once and for all is Mr. Reeve posting a response !!! DallasSTB....you and I already know what that answer would be !!! I know personally, I would rather see him spend his time designing more knives than taking time out of his busy day to respond to such things.

 

[Medic1210]

I think the only thing that would settle this BS once and for all is Mr. Reeve posting a response !!! DallasSTB....you and I already know what that answer would be !!! I know personally, I would rather see him spend his time designing more knives than taking time out of his busy day to respond to such things.

With all due respect, Chris Reeve commenting on the subject will not really prove anything other than he doesn't recommend swapping parts. I don't argue that. He obviously cannot post saying it can't be done, because, well, I've done it, and that wouldn't be true. No sense getting hostile. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. I did it with mine, and am happy to have the knife I wanted. Chris Reeve should be happy too, because he now has a customer that he didn't have prior to this year. To get my combination required me to purchase not one, but two brand new Small Sebenzas, so that's two Sebenzas that wouldn't have been sold had I not decided to go through with my plan to swap the blades. Also, as a result of my purchase, I decided to try a large as well, so I purchased a Large 21 Micarta.

Next, you guys are probably gonna tell me I can't pull the inlays out of one handle and swap them into another... Sheesh....








Edited to Add: All joking aside, I forgot to add that Chris Reeve has already chimed in on this topic. The thread I made when I did the swap got a response from the man himself, and oddly enough, he made no comment regarding the actual issue of swapping parts. He just said

Interesting discussion.To all you guys that did not get a cloth with your folding knife go back to the dealer you bought it from and find out why the cloth was not sent with your knife.Every new folding knife that is sent out of our factory has one.You should also get an Allen key.Lock up is 50 -75% the more the safer.

So the man has been a member (had a personal profile) for over a year, made a total of 12 posts, one of which (post #8 at the time I believe) was in my thread regarding this very issue of swapping blades, and he chose not to say anything at all about the actual issue itself. Instead, he focused more on the issue of the blue cloth.

 

[marthinus]

So the man has been a member (had a personal profile) for over a year, made a total of 12 posts, one of which (post #8 at the time I believe) was in my thread regarding this very issue of swapping blades, and he chose not to say anything at all about the actual issue itself. Instead, he focused more on the issue of the blue cloth.

Just wanted to clarify for some of those not informed since 1999 CRK has been on this forums and Chris has posted through the following profile.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/member.php/104702-Chris-Reeve-Knives

 

[Medic1210]

Just wanted to clarify for some of those not informed since 1999 CRK has been on this forums and Chris has posted through the following profile.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/member.php/104702-Chris-Reeve-Knives

What should also be clarified is that most if not all posts made from that profile, are not made by Chris. They are made by a representative of his company. The post and profile I linked to with 12 posts is Chris' personal profile. This was questioned and confirmed a few months ago when he started posting under it.

 

[marthinus]

What should also be clarified is that most if not all posts made from that profile, are not made by Chris. They are made by a representative of his company. The post and profile I linked to with 12 posts is Chris' personal profile. This was questioned and confirmed a few months ago when he started posting under it.

True. As far as I know the representatives had to ask him before posting on certain matters, or at least run the issue past him most of the times (not sure about this but that is how it sounded through questions in email)?

 

[Medic1210]

True. As far as I know the representatives had to ask him before posting on certain matters, or at least run the issue past him most of the times (not sure about this but that is how it sounded through questions in email)?

That may be true, but you never know what posts under that profile are made with any real imput from the man himself, unlike posts made under his personal profile. Those posts you know without a doubt came straight 'out of the horse's mouth' so to speak. The main point I was trying to make by posting the reference to that thread was that the man himself has seen my thread I made when I did the swap, and read the discussion/debate that followed, and he didn't feel the need to weigh in on the matter at all. Instead, he just talked about the blue cloth and the 50-70% lockup spec. In the end, I really don't care to debate the pros or cons of doing the modification anymore. I'm not saying I'm right, and I'm not saying others are wrong. I'm simply saying the results I got when I did the swap, and my rationale as to why I feel it's not an issue, right or wrong. Both sides of the debate have been made, and now it's up to others to read both sides and decide for themselves if this is something they want to do. Because of these discussions, they are now able to make an actual informed decision of whether or not they feel it should be done. As mentioned, since the OP has considered it, I recommend he give it a try on his various models, and see for himself if it works or doesn't work. That's what I did. Anyway, I think the debate has been healthy, and Chris Reeve is more than welcome to chime in and actually comment on the issue itself if he wishes. I don't doubt he'll be against it. There are knife makers out there, one in particular, that refuse to do any work at all on one of their knives if it's been "pimped" even so much as swapping an aftermarket scale not purchased directly from them. Obviously swapping a G10 scale with an aftermarket scale won't affect the functionality of the knife, but that's that particular maker's standpoint, and whether you like it or not, or whether it makes any sense to you, that's the way it is, and if you choose to pimp your knife, you do so fully aware of the potential issue down the road.