Got a hloe in my LDC 109 :confused:

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BadBob

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I have acquired a small Sebenza LDC 109. This is a right handed knife, therefore the scale in question would be the front, opposite side from the clip. There is a rather large hole in the handle slab, not the location hole or the lanyard hole, but a hole in the front handle slab only, that the tip of the blade can be seen through when it is closed. The question is what is the hole for ? Is it just to be different or does it have a function, like cutting off the tips of fine Cuban cigars (small ones) ????
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OK it's late and you can't go back and edit the subject line .... hole &
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[This message has been edited by BadBob (edited 04-11-2001).]
 
BB, this is from the CRK website's ( www.chrisreeve.com ) FAQs
( http://www.chrisreeve.com/faq.html ):

There is an extra hole on the Sebenza and Umfaan. What is it used for?

This is a tooling or locating hole and, in the finished knife, has no real function. The process goes something like this: we buy titanium in sheet form and cut it into rectangles approximately the size of the handle. We drill all the holes into this rectangle which is then placed onto a fixture, held secure by locating pins through these holes. The profile of the handle is then machined and the rectangle begins to look like the handle of a folding knife. It is at this stage that we select left or right-handed knives. We sometimes use the hole as part of the graphic on the decorated models and sometimes enlarge the hole and inlay a cabochon into it.



[This message has been edited by OwenM (edited 04-11-2001).]
 
Actually, that big hole is part of the exclusive LDC design. I think only Les and Chris know why it is there.
 
Oops! Guess I need to work on my reading comprehension. It's right there, too-"not the location hole or the lanyard hole".
Thanks, James. I haven't seen one of the LDC's....hmmm, a secret hole
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The design on the LDC handles was done simply to make them look different. It makes the knives a bit lighter but there is no major functional purpose for the hole or the lines.

Anne
 
Thanks Anne
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I know this is not "Knives Wanted" but here is where all CRK people are.
I'm loking for a large LDC Sebenza, Thanks.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BadBob:
Thanks Anne
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I know this is not "Knives Wanted" but here is where all CRK people are.
I'm loking for a large LDC Sebenza, Thanks.

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Good luck, when offered for sale they go fast!

 
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