Help:Opinions on double thumb stud

[razr_usn]

i am a fan of the double lug as i am very ambidextrious.

I think that would be the only reason to have them..

 

[nevermind35]

At this point in my life I would not even consider buying another single lug knife. I think it adds a huge amount of functionality that just should not be compromised. Imagine you get in a car accident and your right hand is smashed under the dashboard and you have to open your knife quickly left handed to cut your seat belt before your car sinks to the bottom of the river with you in it. Or your climbing a tree and your shoelace gets caught on the branch you just came from, you hold on for you life with your strong arm (right) and can cut the laces with your left. Or your anchor line gets looped around your leg while your letting it out and you don't notice until its pulling your left leg over the edge of the bow with 100 lbs. of force, you quickly whip your knife out of your pocket and flick it open with your left thumb just in time to slice the rope in two before it sends you to your watery grave. Or you just jumped out of a plane 4000 feet above normandy and your parachute cords get entangled in a massive oak tree, your right hand breaks against the top limb on impact and your left with only your left hand. Or... Well I think you get the idea

 

[flava]

IMO the double lugs are a good option. You might never need to open your knife left handed, but again you never know...

 

[DallasSTB]

As this is freshly back from CR, here are some pic's of my "new and improved" Large Classic with Ironwood. I'll either order them or have them put on every Seb I get in the future, I like them that much.

 

[kamagong]

I prefer the double. I don't use the other lug often, but I like the option should the need arise.

 

[pvicenzi]

Double would be OK, though I wouldn't spend a fortune for them.

 

[giant1]

My EDC classic has double lugs, I don't really use the second lug as I am right handed but it does not get in the way npr does it look out of place.

From Personal experience I doubt you will use it much but go with what you like

 

[RICKSTER]

As this is freshly back from CR, here are some pic's of my "new and improved" Large Classic with Ironwood. I'll either order them or have them put on every Seb I get in the future, I like them that much.

Steve thats one great looking Sebenza :thumbup: :thumbup:

Double is the only way to go..... :yawn::yawn::yawn: Rick

 

[flipe8]

When the day comes I send mine in for some T.L.C., I'm gonna get the double thumb stud installed. That being said, I don't have any problem opening my Seb without the double by pressure alone in my left hand(my Seb is a righty,BTW).

 

[JNewell]

I like double lugs better, for flexibility in unforeseen future circumstances. However, just to mention a very unlikely but possible concern, the person I recently bought a 1997 BG-42 regular from mentioned that he'd read a post about a blade cracking when the single lug was replaced and a double lug was pressed into the blade. I did some searching and his memory was correct. CRK replaced the blade but it was an S30V replacement. I wouldn't worry about it for a moment with an S30V blade, but if you have a BG-42 blade, which can't be replaced by CRK now, you might pause.

 

[AMRaider]

I like double lugs better, for flexibility in unforeseen future circumstances. However, just to mention a very unlikely but possible concern, the person I recently bought a 1997 BG-42 regular from mentioned that he'd read a post about a blade cracking when the single lug was replaced and a double lug was pressed into the blade. I did some searching and his memory was correct. CRK replaced the blade but it was an S30V replacement. I wouldn't worry about it for a moment with an S30V blade, but if you have a BG-42 blade, which can't be replaced by CRK now, you might pause.

Yup, that did happen to me. For the record, I'm not at all unsatisfied with CRK; they have always been very helpful and professional to me. And I feel very fortunate to just own a Sebenza. However, it is a risk worth considering if you have a rarer BG42 blade.

 

[iambware]

Hmm i am intrigued that so many people enjoy the double thumb stud. I personally like the looks of the single. I wonder if there will be a change sometime soon. I doubt it would really cost more. Maybe the price of a 21 should be 340 with the new washers and dual studs. That way lefties wouldnt have issues finding a certain model. Anyone know the price to have a new one added?

 

[BobP63]

Anyone know the price to have a new one added?

$35 http://www.chrisreeve.com/pricelistsebenza.htm

 

[JNewell]

Yup, that did happen to me. For the record, I'm not at all unsatisfied with CRK; they have always been very helpful and professional to me. And I feel very fortunate to just own a Sebenza. However, it is a risk worth considering if you have a rarer BG42 blade.

Just for clarity, neither my seller nor I, nor anyone in the thread I mentioned, faulted CRK even to the slightest degree. There is a small amount of risk when you do that, and things happen. CRK did everything right before, during and after. :thumbup:

 

[DallasSTB]

I like double lugs better, for flexibility in unforeseen future circumstances. However, just to mention a very unlikely but possible concern, the person I recently bought a 1997 BG-42 regular from mentioned that he'd read a post about a blade cracking when the single lug was replaced and a double lug was pressed into the blade. I did some searching and his memory was correct. CRK replaced the blade but it was an S30V replacement. I wouldn't worry about it for a moment with an S30V blade, but if you have a BG-42 blade, which can't be replaced by CRK now, you might pause.

This is why I love this forum - you learn something everyday. Thanks to JNewell and AMRaider for sharing. I never thought of this scenario, but it is seems very valid. As much as I love double lugs, this will definitely make me think more critically about adding them to earlier models.

 

[zyhano]

I like the look of a single thumb lug better, but if you want to open it left handed it sucks of course.

but I don't feel the double lug is going to save my life sometime because my right hand is immobilized and i have to cut off my arm by opening my sebenza left handed . so I don't care.

 

[JNewell]

This is why I love this forum - you learn something everyday. Thanks to JNewell and AMRaider for sharing. I never thought of this scenario, but it is seems very valid. As much as I love double lugs, this will definitely make me think more critically about adding them to earlier models.

Hey Steve

I think this was obvious, but I wouldn't hesitate with an S30V knife. I would pause, I think, with a BG-42 blade. However, I recently bought an Umfaan that had been re-lugged by CRK, and it's just fine! I doubt it happens with any regularity. Of course, the best thing to do would be call and ask - I bet you'll wind up having a delightful conversation with Mr. Reeve and learn a lot more than I know about this! :thumbup:

John

 

[Fooj]

I like double lugs better, for flexibility in unforeseen future circumstances. However, just to mention a very unlikely but possible concern, the person I recently bought a 1997 BG-42 regular from mentioned that he'd read a post about a blade cracking when the single lug was replaced and a double lug was pressed into the blade. I did some searching and his memory was correct. CRK replaced the blade but it was an S30V replacement. I wouldn't worry about it for a moment with an S30V blade, but if you have a BG-42 blade, which can't be replaced by CRK now, you might pause.

Hmmm, was it implied that the cracking was due to BG-42 being less robust than S30V? My guess is that it had nothing to do with going from single to double thumb studs in BG-42, that that particular blade had a material defect, and that if it would have been single thumbstud replaced with another single thumb stud, it may have been the same outcome. Of course, this is all just conjecture on my part -- I know nothing about that particular case . . .

 

[JNewell]

Hmmm, was it implied that the cracking was due to BG-42 being less robust than S30V? My guess is that it had nothing to do with going from single to double thumb studs in BG-42, that that particular blade had a material defect, and that if it would have been single thumbstud replaced with another single thumb stud, it may have been the same outcome. Of course, this is all just conjecture on my part -- I know nothing about that particular case . . .

I don't think anyone knew or offered any conjecture. My WAG was a combination of bad luck and harder bladestock, but I think you have to dial area code 208 to get any real intelligence on this. I agree that going from single to double doesn't seem likely to be the issue, rather, just pressing in a new stud - but again, I don't know whether there are differences that might have come into play.

I want to emphasize that after a whole lot of searching, and we all know that internet fora like this attract complaints like ants to a picnic, I found exactly one report of this.

So...you might worry more about getting hit by lightning than having a blade crack? I am beginning to feel awkwardly about even mentioning it.

 

[AMRaider]

Hmmm, was it implied that the cracking was due to BG-42 being less robust than S30V? My guess is that it had nothing to do with going from single to double thumb studs in BG-42, that that particular blade had a material defect, and that if it would have been single thumbstud replaced with another single thumb stud, it may have been the same outcome. Of course, this is all just conjecture on my part -- I know nothing about that particular case . . .

Not at all. I'm not an expert, but my feeling is that with hardened steel, and precision press-fit components, it could happen to any blade. Other than my own experience, I havn't heard of any instance of this happening.