FS: 2 Carbon Fiber Sebenzas, Insingo ($350) and Drop Point ($325)

[WhiteShampoo]

Traded.

CRK Knife Art Sebenza Exclusive (Insingo) $350 via PayPal including shipping in the CONUS via USPS
It has some snail trails on pocket clip but very few on scale, and I don't see any issues on the CF scale. The blade is a little off centered when closed (known issue with the Knife Art exclusive Sebenzas, doesn't affect operation of the knife at all), but everything else about the knife is completely solid. Knife doesn't appear to have ever been sharpened and it still has plenty of life on the factory edge. Has Dual silver thumb studs and lanyard pin (though I removed the lanyard, but it is intact and included). No CRK cloth included with this one, but it has everything else.

CRK Knife Art Sebenza Exclusive (Drop Point) $325 via PayPal including shipping in the CONUS via USPS
The drop point has some slight smudging on the CF scale and snail trails on the ti scale. It looks to have been a user, but was not abused. The blade is a little off centered when closed (known issue with the Knife Art exclusive Sebenzas, doesn't affect operation of the knife at all) and the blade looks to still have the factory edge and it has plenty of life left. Single blue thumbstud and blue lanyard pin (no lanyard, was removed before it got to me). This one appears to have everything it originally shipped with, including the cloth.

Album of both knives: https://imgur.com/a/PouFj

Here is an album of the blemishes on the carbon fiber (drop point): http://imgur.com/a/Iru4C

Trades I will consider are Hinderers, CRK Mnandis or Inkosis.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

[tnl]

Messaged you

 

[Edward]

Is this known issue just the insingo blades or all blade types

 

[WhiteShampoo]

It is a known issue with all Knife Art carbon fiber scale Sebenzas. I don't know if it always happens, but it happens enough for CRK to acknowledge it.

Here is the response I received from CRK about it:

"The blade being off-center is not due to a fault in the carbon fiber scale itself. The titanium scale (which has a greater tensile strength than the carbon fiber scale) pushes against the carbon fiber scale harder than the carbon fiber can push back, which causes the blade to appear off-center. We combat this with a modified stop sleeve that flares out on one end, the end positioned against the carbon fiber scale, to help the carbon fiber scale match the titanium scale's tensile strength. If you send your knife in to the shop, we can adjust the blade so that it is re-centered, however over time it may become off-center again."

 

[Edward]

hmmm interesting, thanks for the detail on that.

 

[ralmpete]

I've sent you a message about the drop point.