Got my first Sebby small ....... she's a cutie

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kidcongo

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I wanted a "gentleman's folder" for those times when I'm feeling like a gentleman this Christmas season. Sometimes it's just not appropriate to bust out the Large 21 to cut the ribbon on a gift etc. I ended up with a Small 21 in box elder. After some initial "damn this really is small!" type emotions, I started really digging this little blade (oh no!....it's starting). After spending nearly two years getting very familiar with the Large 21, looking at this knife feels like someone put my Large through the wash and it shrunk. It's kinda like owning a miniature scale replica of the Large 21 if that makes sense to anyone. Anyways....just loving it. Dices an apple, cuts at tomato, cleans your fingernails, and prepares a fine cigar with grace and strength. Highly recommended blade, just prepare yourself for the size if you are used to the large knives.

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Beautiful! One of my favorite wood inlays. Lots of character! Congrats.
 
Continuing the strangeness, I've been carrying a large CRK for the past 2 weeks (first the 25, then the Zaan, then the 21), and today I went down to CT to my parents and decided to take my small insingo, and it took me most of the day to get used to the small again.
 
I have a pair of lignum vitae Classics (large and small) that I think of the same way. I took the clips off them, which make them feel like more of a "gentleman's knife." :thumbup:
 
My first CRK was a large 21 Insingo, I use a knife a lot at work and the Insingo feels really nice in the hand, but it is a little "dear God he has a knife!" looking size of a blade. I got a small Unique Graphic Sebenza 21 to use at work instead. At first it felt really small, but I have put this thing through some serious work and it is holding up well, just needing to be run over fine stones when it starts to lose it's edge
 
Cowboy1629 said:
Beautiful, what inlay is that? Excuse my ignorance but I'm new to CRK.
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It is 'Box Elder Burl', which is wood from a tumor on a type of maple tree (Acer Negundo / Box Elder) that grows in central/eastern North America. The burls get all the strange grain, and it's a popular wood for stuff where the grain can be seen, like making boxes (hence the name). Maple is soft, but on the CRK knives it's "stabilized", which I think means they vacuum impregnate it with epoxy, so it's almost like plastic.
 
I have had both, but now carry only small for similar reasons as you first posted about. The small easily handles all of my daily tasks and is not as bulky to carry around. Now if I got a large annual I might change my mind.......
By the way, that is some greats looking grain in that wood!
 
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