Has a Sebenza ever opened in your pocket?

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Has a Sebenza ever opened in your pocket?

I just read from a member on another forum that his Sebenza opened in his pocket and cut him.

Should that be an issue to be aware or be wary of?
 
I have been edcing my large sebenza for about 6 months ( not nearly as long as other members ) and it has never opened.
 
BlazenGem said:
Has a Sebenza ever opened in your pocket?

I just read from a member on "another forum" that his Sebenza opened in his pocket and cut him..
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Sounds suspiciously like a troll making trouble, or someone
messing around with thier knife improperly.. This happens on
those darn AO's all the time but Sebs are a little too stiff IMHO.

I've EDC'd my Lg Seb since '99 and this has never happened.

Short of a seriously misaligned right side washer or a ceramic
detent ball falling out (not even sure if either is possible)
I suppose it could happen, particularly to those of us who
back off the tension on the lock bar a little and the stud catching on your pants.

But hey, it's a work knife, a little common sense is needed packing one.
Always double-check your screws, don't pick your teeth with it, etc., etc..

-Ron
 
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Great, thats good to know, i was a little worried on that happening on me.

Thanks for the facts!
 
Once I was carrying my small sebenza in my back pocket next to my wallet, not clipped. I was fishing for my wallet and the blade on my sebenza popped open and I got a really nice cut. It does happen. I no longer carry it like that.
 
I would think front pocket carry (rt.hand/rt.pocket) would put the blade facing the seam of the pocket away from your hand. I'm sure anything can happen but the probability, would be very, very low. Now probability of a cut hand with knives that have a tip up configuration would be substantially higher...all things being equal.
 
I have had and have Sebenza's with VERY WEAK detents. Personally I have had several close calls. It's a shame CRK's can't get consistent detents on their knives. Larry
 
I've been carrying my small Seb for 8 months straight, and it has never so much as threatened to open in my pocket. If you carry it the way you're supposed to, which is to say- right side, with the blade pushed to the rear of your pocket, there's no way it's going to open on you accidentally.
 
I have never had any issues with the blade opening at all.

I even used to carry my small Sebenza loose in the pocket with the clip removed and still never had any issues with it opening.
 
440hard said:
Sounds suspiciously like a troll making trouble, or someone
messing around with thier knife improperly.. This happens on
those darn AO's all the time but Sebs are a little too stiff IMHO.
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I've never had my Sebenza open in my pocket. Also, I've never had an AO open in my pocket. And I have an AO in my pocket a lot more than I do any other type of knife. It would be interesting to see the posts of the AO's opening all the time.

440hard said:
...a little common sense is needed packing one.
Always double-check your screws, don't pick your teeth with it, etc., etc..
-Ron
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Good advice! :thumbup:
 
I have carried my small Sebenza everyday for over three years. I have never had it accidently open in my pocket.
 
I've been carrying a Sebenza for about 5 years,and sometimes they've opened in my pocket.
Don't care for the clips so I carry them with clip-insert.

Bottomline= it can happen!
To some it won't,to some it will....,no trolling about that!

Anyway....,I love my CRK's!!!
 
raoul said:
I've been carrying a Sebenza for about 5 years,and sometimes they've opened in my pocket.
Don't care for the clips so I carry them with clip-insert.

Bottomline= it can happen!
To some it won't,to some it will....,no trolling about that!

Anyway....,I love my CRK's!!!
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Same as raoul, I carry loose in pocket with the clip insert. I keep my keys in the same pocket. A small, classic opened on my once, but luckily I wasn't cut. It wouldn't have happened at all if I was using the clip.
 
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